1988 West Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament

1988 West Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season198788
Teams8
SiteToso Pavilion
Santa Clara, CA
ChampionsLoyola Marymount (1st title)
Winning coachPaul Westhead (1st title)
MVPHank Gathers (Loyola Marymount)
West Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball tournaments
1987–88 West Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 15 Loyola Marymount140 1.000284  .875
Saint Mary's95 .643199  .679
Santa Clara95 .6432011  .645
Pepperdine86 .5711713  .567
Gonzaga77 .5001612  .571
San Francisco59 .3571315  .464
San Diego311 .2141117  .393
Portland113 .071622  .214
Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 1988 West Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 5–7 at the Toso Pavilion (now Leavey Center) on the campus of Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California. This was the second edition of the tournament; it included all eight teams and all seven games were held at the same site.

Regular season champion Loyola Marymount defeated tournament host and #3 seed Santa Clara 104–96 in the final to win their first WCAC (now WCC) tournament championship.

The Lions earned the automatic bid to the 64-team NCAA tournament and were seeded tenth in the West regional. Sent to Salt Lake City, they outscored Wyoming 119–115, but were stopped 123–97 by second-seeded North Carolina.