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2021–22 West Coast Conference men's basketball season

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The 2021–22 West Coast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in September 2021 and ended with the 2022 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament in March 2022.{{Cite web|title=WCC Announces 2021-22 Men’s Basketball Conference Matchups|url=https://wccsports.com/news/2021/6/17/wcc-announces-2021-22-mens-basketball-conference-matchups.aspx|access-date=2021-09-21|website=wccsports.com|language=en}} This will be the 71st season for WCC men's basketball, and the 33rd under its current name of "West Coast Conference". The conference was founded in 1952 as the California Basketball Association, became the West Coast Athletic Conference in 1956, and dropped the word "Athletic" in 1989.

Head coaches

= Coaching changes =

Two new head coaches will lead their team in the WCC during the 2021–22 season. On March 22, 2021, Shantay Legans, the then coach at Eastern Washington University, revealed via Twitter that he had accepted the position as the head coach at the University of Portland.{{Cite web |date=2021-03-22 |title='I love this place': Shantay Legans will miss EWU as he takes on head coaching job at Portland |url=https://www.krem.com/article/sports/eastern-washington/ewu-coach-legans-leaving-portland-pilots-job/293-ec61d8a2-107c-49d4-b6da-04596f0a430b |access-date=2021-09-21 |website=krem.com |language=en-US}} Then, on July 7, 2021, the University of the Pacific announced that associate head coach Leonard Perry would become the new head coach of the Tigers.{{Cite web |last=Frommer |first=Justin |date=2021-08-03 |title=New Pacific men’s basketball head coach Leonard Perry ready for second chance at leading a team |url=https://www.recordnet.com/story/sports/college/basketball/2021/08/03/pacific-mens-basketball-leonard-perry-ready-second-chance-coaching/5465333001/ |access-date=2021-09-21 |website=The Record |language=en-US}} The former head coach, Damon Stoudamire, accepted a position as an assistant coach with the Boston Celtics under Ime Udoka.{{Cite web|last=Kelapire|first=Ryan|date=2021-07-07|title=Damon Stoudamire leaving Pacific to join Celtics’ coaching staff|url=https://www.azdesertswarm.com/basketball/2021/7/7/22567283/damon-stoudamire-leaving-pacific-join-celtics-coaching-staff-assistant-udoka-arizona-wildcats-nba|access-date=2021-09-21|website=Arizona Desert Swarm|language=en}} Perry was previously the head basketball coach at the University of Idaho from 2001 to 2006.{{Cite web |last=Norlander |first=Matt |date=2021-07-07 |title=Pacific basketball promotes Leonard Perry as Damon Stoudamire accepts assistant coach job with Celtics |url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/pacific-basketball-promotes-leonard-perry-as-damon-stoudamire-accepts-assistant-coach-job-with-celtics/ |access-date=2021-09-21 |website=CBSSports.com |language=en}}

= Coaches=

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!Team

!Head coach

!Previous job

!Years

at school

!Overall

record

!WCC

record

!WCC

Tournament record

!NCAA

tournaments

!Sweet

Sixteens

BYU

|Mark Pope

|Utah Valley

|3

|44–15 (.746)

|23–6 (.793)

|1–2 (.333)

|1

|0

Gonzaga

|Mark Few

|Gonzaga

(asst.)

|23

|630–124 (.836)

|305–31 (.908)

|45–5 (.900)

|21

|10

Loyola Marymount

|Stan Johnson

|Marquette (asst.)

|2

|13–9 (.591)

|7–5 (.583)

|1–1 (.500)

|0

|0

Pacific

|Leonard Perry

|Pacific (asst.)

|1

|0–0 (–)

|0–0 (–)

|0–0 (–)

|0

|0

Pepperdine

|Lorenzo Romar

|Arizona (asst.)

|4

|89–90 (.497)

|21–25 (.457)

|5–3 (.625)

|7

|3

Portland

|Shantay Legans

|Eastern Washington

|1

|0–0 (–)

|0–0 (–)

|0–0 (–)

|1

|0

Saint Mary's

|Randy Bennett

|Saint Louis(asst.)

|21

|454–192 (.703)

|223–98 (.695)

|25–17 (.595)

|7

|1

San Diego

|Sam Scholl

|San Diego

(asst.)

|4

|35–50 (.412)

|11–30 (0.268)

|3–3 (0.500)

|0

|0

San Francisco

|Todd Golden

|San Francisco (asst.)

|3

|33–26 (.559)

|13–16 (.448)

|3–2 (.600)

|0

|0

Santa Clara

|Herb Sendek

|Arizona State

|6

|76–72 (.514)

|36–40 (.474)

|4–5 (.444)

|8

|1

Notes:

  • Year at school includes 2021–22 season.
  • Overall and WCC records are from time at current school and are through the beginning of the 2021–22 season.

Preseason

= Conference realignment =

On September 10, 2021, BYU was one of four schools (the others being Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF) that accepted invitations to join the Big 12 Conference beginning with the 2023–24 athletic season.{{Cite web |last=Lundquist |first=Casey |title=BYU Athletics to Join the Big 12 in 2023 |url=https://www.si.com/college/byu/news/byu-athletics-to-join-the-big-12-in-2023 |access-date=2021-09-21 |website=Sports Illustrated |language=en}} Therefore, BYU remained a member of the WCC for this season and the 2022–23 season, with the WCC potentially dropping to nine teams for the 2023–24 season.{{Cite web|title=What BYU leaving the WCC means for both the conference and Gonzaga|url=https://www.krem.com/article/sports/gonzaga/what-byu-leaving-the-wcc-means-for-both-the-conference-and-gonzaga/293-2280d65e-6836-4c03-b54e-bf6767784ef9|access-date=2021-09-21|website=krem.com|language=en-US}} West Coast Conference commissioner Gloria Nevarez indicated that the conference is open to adding additional schools to the conference to ensure "continued success" for the league.{{Cite web |last=Lawson |first=Theo |date=2021-09-10 |title=West Coast Complication: Exploring the future for Gonzaga and the West Coast Conference without BYU {{!}} The Spokesman-Review |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/sep/10/west-coast-complication-exploring-the-future-for-g/ |access-date=2021-09-21 |website=spokesman.com}}

= Preseason poll =

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! colspan="3" |2021-22 WCC Preseason Men's Basketball Coaches Poll

Rank

!Team (First Place Votes)

!Points

1.

|Gonzaga (9)

|81

2.

|BYU (1)

|72

3.

|Saint Mary's

|63

4.

|Loyola Marymount

|56

5.

|San Francisco

|49

6.

|Santa Clara

|45

7.

|Pepperdine

|31

8.

|Pacific

|24

8.

|San Diego

|20

10.

|Portland

|9

= All-WCC Preseason Men's Basketball team =

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!Honor

!Recipient

rowspan="10" |Preseason All-WCC Team

|Alex Barcello, BYU

Jamaree Bouyea, San Francisco
Logan Johnson, Saint Mary's
Caleb Lohner, BYU
Andrew Nembhard, Gonzaga
Eli Scott, LMU
Khalil Shabazz, San Francisco
Drew Timme, Gonzaga
Josip Vrankic, Santa Clara
Jalen Williams, Santa Clara

Rankings

{{Main|2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings}}

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|Drop in ranking
|Not ranked previous week
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|Received votes but were not ranked in top 25 of poll

(Italics)

|Number of first-place votes

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!Final

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!AP

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|18

|12

|24

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!AP

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|1 (55)

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|3 (1)

|5

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|4

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|2

|1 (25)

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|1 (23)

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|1 (31)

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Regular season

= Conference matrix =

class="wikitable"

! colspan="1" |

!BYU

!Gonzaga

!Loyola Marymount

!Pacific

!Pepperdine

!Portland

!Saint Mary's

!San Diego

!San Francisco

!Santa Clara

vs. BYU

|–

|2–0

|0–2

|1–1

|0–2

|0–1

|1–1

|0–1

|1–1

|1–0

vs. Gonzaga

|0–2

|–

|0–1

|0–1

|0–2

|0–1

|1–1

|0–1

|0–2

|0–2

vs. Loyola Marymount

|2–0

|1–0

|–

|1–1

|0–1

|1–1

|2–0

|2–0

|1–0

|2–0

vs. Pacific

|1–1

|1–0

|1–1

|–

|1–1

|2–0

|0–0

|2–0

|1–0

|2–0

vs. Pepperdine

|2–0

|2–0

|1–0

|1–1

|–

|2–0

|2–0

|2–0

|2–0

|1–0

vs. Portland

|1–0

|1–0

|1–1

|0–2

|0–2

|–

|1–0

|1–1

|1–1

|1–0

vs. Saint Mary's

|1–1

|1–1

|0–2

|0–0

|0–2

|0–1

|–

|0–2

|0–2

|1–1

vs. San Diego

|1–0

|1–0

|0–2

|0–2

|0–2

|1–1

|2–0

|–

|2–0

|2–0

vs. San Francisco

|1–1

|2–0

|0–1

|0–1

|0–2

|1–1

|2–0

|0–2

|–

|0–2

vs. Santa Clara

|0–1

|2–0

|0–2

|0–2

|0–1

|0–1

|1–1

|0–2

|2–0

|–

Total

!9–6

!13–1

!3–12

!3–11

!1–15

!7–7

!12–3

!7–9

!10–6

!10–5

= Early season tournaments =

The following table summarizes the multiple-team events (MTE) or early season tournaments in which teams from the West Coast Conference will participate.

class="wikitable"

|+

!Team

!Tournament

!Dates

!Arena

!Arena location

!Record

!Bracketed

!Finish

!TV partner

BYU

|Diamond Head Classic{{Cite web |author= |date=2021-07-15 |title=Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic bracket revealed |url=https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2021/07/15/diamond-head-classic-bracket/ |access-date=2021-09-21 |work=University of Hawaii |language=en-US}}

|December 22–25

|Stan Sheriff Center

|Honolulu, Hawaii

|2–1

|Yes

|3rd

|ESPN

Gonzaga

|Empire Classic{{Cite web |last=Meehan |first=Jim |date=2020-07-01 |title=Gonzaga to play in 2021 Empire Classic at Madison Square Garden {{!}} The Spokesman-Review |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2020/jul/01/gonzaga-to-play-in-2021-empire-classic-at-madison-/ |access-date=2021-09-21 |website=spokesman.com}}

|November 18–19

|Madison Square Garden

|New York, New York

|2–0

|No

|N/A

|ESPN

Loyola Marymount

|Jacksonville Classic{{Cite web|date=2021-05-12|title=Sources: Florida State, Missouri, SMU, Loyola Marymount to headline 2021 Jacksonville Classic|url=https://collegehoopstoday.com/index.php/rothstein-files/sources-florida-state-missouri-smu-loyola-marymount-to-headline-2021-jacksonville-classic/|access-date=2021-09-21|website=College Hoops Today|language=en-US|author=Rothstein, Jon}}

|November 17–22

|UNF Arena

|Jacksonville, Florida

|2–1

|Yes

|3rd

|CBS

Pacific

|Rainbow Classic{{Cite web|date=2021-09-10|title=University of Hawai’i announces 2021-22 men’s basketball schedule beginning with Outrigger Resorts Rainbow Classic|url=https://www.khon2.com/sports/university-of-hawaii-announces-2021-22-mens-basketball-schedule-beginning-with-outrigger-resorts-rainbow-classic/|access-date=2021-09-21|website=KHON2|language=en-US}}

|November 10–13

|Stan Sheriff Center

|Honolulu, Hawaii

|1–2

|No

|N/A

|N/A

Pepperdine

|SoCal Challenge{{Cite web|title=So Cal Challenge|url=https://www.socalchallenge.co/|access-date=2021-09-21|website=So Cal Challenge|language=en}}

|November 22–24

|Pavilion at JSerra

|San Juan Capistrano, California

|0–3

|No

|N/A

|CBS/FloHoops

Portland

|Incarnate Word Tournament

|November 26–28

|McDermott Center

|San Antonio, Texas

|2–1

|No

|N/A

|N/A

Saint Mary's

|Maui Invitational{{Cite web|date=2021-07-27|title=2021 Maui Invitational Bracket Set, Notre Dame Will Face St. Mary's|url=https://irishsportsdaily.com/s/15504/2021-maui-invitational-bracket-set-notre-dame-will-face-st-marys|access-date=2021-09-21|website=Irish Sports Daily|language=en}}

|November 22–24

|Lahaina Civic Center

|Maui, Hawaii

|2–1

|Yes

|2nd

|ESPN

San Diego

|Las Vegas Classic{{Cite web|last=Dudley|first=Kevin|date=2018-12-22|title=Cougs meet San Diego in Las Vegas Classic|url=https://www.cougcenter.com/2018/12/22/18152597/wsu-cougars-las-vegas-classic-san-diego|access-date=2021-09-21|website=CougCenter|language=en}}

|November 25–26

|Orleans Arena

|Paradise, Nevada

|2–1

|Yes

|3rd

|N/A

San Francisco

|Las Vegas Invitational{{Cite web|title=MBB {{!}} Dons Announce Non-Conference Schedule|url=https://usfdons.com/news/2021/8/23/mens-basketball-mbb-dons-announce-non-conference-schedule.aspx|access-date=2021-09-21|website=University of San Francisco Athletics|language=en}}

|November 25–26

|Orleans Arena

|Las Vegas, Nevada

|2–0

|Yes

|1st

|Fox Sports

Santa Clara

|SoCal Challenge

|November 22–24

|Pavilion at JSerra

|San Juan Capistrano, California

|2–1

|No

|N/A

|CBS/FloHoops

= WCC Player/Freshman of the Week =

Throughout the year, the West Coast Conference names a player of the week and a freshman of the week as follows:

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|+

!Week

!Date

!Player of the Week

!Freshman of the Week

1

|November 15, 2021

|Drew Timme, Gonzaga

|Chet Holmgren, Gonzaga

2

|November 22, 2021

|Alex Barcello, BYU

|Chet Holmgren, Gonzaga

3

|November 29, 2021

|Dan Fotu, Saint Mary's

|Chet Holmgren, Gonzaga

4

|December 6, 2021

|Jamaree Bouyea, San Francisco

|Chet Holmgren, Gonzaga

5

|December 13, 2021

|Jamaree Bouyea, San Francisco

|Houston Mallette, Pepperdine

6

|December 20, 2021

|Andrew Nembhard, Gonzaga

|Mike Mitchell Jr., Pepperdine

7

|December 27, 2021

|Fousseyni Traore, BYU

|Fousseyni Traore, BYU

8

|January 3, 2022

|Logan Johnson, Saint Mary's

|Nolan Hickman, Gonzaga

9

|January 11, 2022

|Yauhen Massalski, San Francisco

|Fousseyni Traore, BYU

10

|January 17, 2022

|Drew Timme, Gonzaga

|Chet Holmgren, Gonzaga

11

|January 24, 2022

|Alex Ducas, Saint Mary's

|Chet Holmgren, Gonzaga & Fousseyni Traore, BYU

12

|January 31, 2022

|Matthias Tass, Saint Mary's

|Chet Holmgren, Gonzaga

13

|February 7, 2022

|Chet Holmgren, Gonzaga

|Chet Holmgren, Gonzaga

14

|February 14, 2022

|Tyler Robertson, Portland

|Houston Mallette, Pepperdine

15

|February 21, 2022

|Tommy Kuhse, Saint Mary's

|Chet Holmgren, Gonzaga

16

|February 28, 2022

|Logan Johnson, Saint Mary's

|Fousseyni Traore, BYU

National awards and teams

= All-Americans =

{{Main|2022 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans}}

The following WCC players were named as national All-Americans as follows:

class="wikitable sortable"

!Player

!School

!Associated Press

!United States Basketball

Writers Association

!National Association of

Basketball Coaches

!Sporting News

!Consensus Points

Drew Timme

|Gonzaga

|2

|2

|2

|2

|8

Chet Holmgren

|Gonzaga

|2

|3

|3

|2

|6

= Other National Awards =

The following WCC players were named to national award watch lists and received awards as follows:

== Wooden Award – Player of the Year ==

{{Main|John R. Wooden Award}}

class="wikitable"

!Preseason Top 50

!Midseason Top 25

!Late Season Top 20

!Top 15 Ballot

!Wooden 10 All Americans

!5 Finalists

Chet Holmgren, Gonzaga

|Chet Holmgren, Gonzaga

|Chet Holmgren, Gonzaga

|Chet Holmgren, Gonzaga

|Chet Holmgren, Gonzaga

|Drew Timme, Gonzaga

Andrew Nembhard, Gonzaga

|Drew Timme, Gonzaga

|Drew Timme, Gonzaga

|Drew Timme, Gonzaga

|Drew Timme, Gonzaga

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Drew Timme, Gonzaga

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== Naismith Award – Player of the Year ==

{{Main|Naismith College Player of the Year}}

class="wikitable"

!Preseason Top 50

!Midseason Top 30

!10 Semifinalists

!4 Finalists

Alex Barcello, BYU

|Chet Holmgren, Gonzaga

|Chet Holmgren, Gonzaga

|(none)

Andrew Nembhard, Gonzaga

|Drew Timme, Gonzaga

|Drew Timme, Gonzaga

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Chet Holmgren, Gonzaga

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Drew Timme, Gonzaga

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== Lute Olson – Player of the Year ==

{{Main|Lute Olson Award}}

class="wikitable"

!Preseason Top 40

!Midseason Top 30

!10 Semifinalists

!4 Finalists

Alex Barcello, BYU

|Alex Barcello, BYU

|Chet Holmgren, Gonzaga

|(none)

Chet Holmgren, Gonzaga

|Chet Holmgren, Gonzaga

|Drew Timme, Gonzaga

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Drew Timme, Gonzaga

|Drew Timme, Gonzaga

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== Bob Cousy Award – Point Guard ==

{{Main|Bob Cousy Award}}

class="wikitable"

!Preseason Top 20

!Midseason Top 10

!5 Finalists

Andrew Nembhard, Gonzaga

|Andrew Nembhard, Gonzaga

|Andrew Nembhard, Gonzaga

== Jerry West Award – Shooting Guard ==

{{Main|Jerry West Award}}

class="wikitable"

!Preseason Top 20

!Midseason Top 10

!5 Finalists

Hunter Sallis, Gonzaga

|(none)

|(none)

== Julius Erving Award – Small Forward ==

{{Main|Julius Erving Award}}

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!Preseason Top 20

!Midseason Top 10

!5 Finalists

(none)

|(none)

|(none)

== Karl Malone Award – Power Forward ==

{{Main|Karl Malone Award}}

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!Preseason Top 20

!Midseason Top 10

!5 Finalists

Drew Timme, Gonzaga

|Chet Holmgren, Gonzaga

|Chet Holmgren, Gonzaga

== Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award – Center ==

{{Main|Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award}}

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!Preseason Top 20

!Midseason Top 10

!5 Finalists

Chet Holmgren, Gonzaga

|Drew Timme, Gonzaga

|Drew Timme, Gonzaga

All-WCC awards and teams

On March 2, 2022, the West Coast Conference announced the following awards:{{Cite web |date=2022-03-02 |title=Timme Tabbed WCC Player Of The Year |url=https://wccsports.com/news/2022/3/2/mens-basketball-timme-tabbed-wcc-player-of-the-year.aspx |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=WCC Sports}}

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!Honor

!Recipient

!School

Player of the Year

|Drew Timme

|Gonzaga

Coach of the Year

|Randy Bennett

|Saint Mary's

Defensive Player of the Year

|Chet Holmgren

|Gonzaga

Newcomer of the Year

|Chet Holmgren

|Gonzaga

Sixth Man of the Year

|Tommy Kuhse

|Saint Mary's

rowspan="10" |All-WCC First Team

|Alex Barcello

|BYU

Jamaree Bouyea

|San Francisco

Chet Holmgren

|Gonzaga

Tommy Kuhse

|Saint Mary's

Yauhen Massalski

|San Francisco

Andrew Nembhard

|Gonzaga

Matthias Tass

|Saint Mary's

Drew Timme

|Gonzaga

Josip Vrankic

|Santa Clara

Jalen Williams

|Santa Clara

rowspan="6" |All-WCC Second Team

|Alex Ducas

|Saint Mary's

Logan Johnson

|Saint Mary's

Keshawn Justice

|Santa Clara

Tyler Robertson

|Portland

Eli Scott

|LMU

Khalil Shabazz

|San Francisco

rowspan="7" |All-WCC Freshman Team

|Nolan Hickman

|Gonzaga

Chet Holmgren

|Gonzaga

Maxwell Lewis

|Pepperdine

Houston Mallette

|Pepperdine

Wayne McKinney III

|San Diego

Mike Mitchell Jr.

|Pepperdine

Fousseyni Traore

|BYU

rowspan="8" |WCC Honorable Mention

|Jeremiah Bailey

|Pacific

Rasir Bolton

|Gonzaga

Marcellus Earlington

|San Diego

Julian Strawther

|Gonzaga

Moses Wood

|Portland

Postseason

= West Coast Conference tournament =

{{Main|2022 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament}}Gonzaga defeated Saint Mary's 82–69 in the championship game to win the tournament on March 8. Mark Few was the winning coach and Andrew Nembhard was named the MVP of the tournament.

= NCAA tournament =

{{Main|2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament}}Three teams from the WCC participated in the 2022 NCAA tournament. Gonzaga received the automatic bid from the WCC and the #1 overall seed. Gonzaga advanced to the Sweet 16, where they were defeated by Arkansas 74–68. Saint Mary's received a 5 seed as an at-large selection and advanced to the second round where they were defeated by UCLA 72–56. San Francisco received a 10 seed as an at-large selection but was defeated in overtime in the first round, 92–87, by Murray State.

= National Invitation Tournament (NIT) =

{{Main|2022 National Invitation Tournament}}BYU and Santa Clara participated in the 2022 NIT. BYU received a 2 seed and advanced to the quarterfinals where they lost to Washington State 77–58 while Santa Clara lost in the first round to Washington State 63–50.

= College Basketball Invitational (CBI) tournament =

{{Main|2022 College Basketball Invitational}}No teams from the WCC participated in the 2022 CBI Tournament.

= The Basketball Classic (TBC) =

{{Main|2022 The Basketball Classic}}Portland received an invitation to and participated in the 2022 TBC. Portland defeated New Orleans in the first round but lost to Southern Utah in the quarterfinals 77–66.

References

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