Point Loma is the site of the 2026 PacWest Basketball Championships.
Point Loma is the site of the 2026 PacWest Basketball Championships.

Men's Basketball

The Road to San Diego is a Traffic Jam for MBB, a Race for Seeding for WBB

Five WBB teams have already clinched spots in the PacWest Championships, but the regular season champ is far from determined. On the men's side, ten teams are still alive with host Point Loma the only team that has clinched a spot.

It’s now an eight-day drive on the road to the 2026 Pacific West Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Championships.

Each team in the PacWest has anywhere from 2-4 games remaining before the regular season wraps up on Saturday, February 28.

The top six teams after the conference schedule is completed will qualify to make the trip to San Diego and Golden Gymnasium for the PacWest tournaments. The winner of the single elimination event earns the PacWest's automatic berth into the NCAA tournament.

For the men, Point Loma is the only team that has officially clinched a berth in the tournament. The Sea Lions (16-3) have a three-game lead over Westmont (13-6) and have secured at minimum a share of the conference regular season title.

After those two frontrunners, it’s a tight pack of eight teams battling for the remaining four spots. Incredibly, only 2.5 games separate those eight hopefuls. Those eight are Hawaii Pacific (12-8), Concordia (11-8), Chaminade (11-8), Fresno Pacific (11-8), Jessup (11-9), Dominican (10-9), Vanguard (9-9) and Biola (9-10).  

On the women’s side, the scenario is completely different. Only one-half game separates the top three teams in the standings and 1.5 games divide the top four. Five teams have already clinched a spot in the tournament, and only one slot remains available.

Vanguard (15-3), Point Loma (15-4) and Westmont (15-4) are virtually dead even, with Azusa Pacific (14-5) still in the hunt. Dominican (13-6) has secured a tournament berth. Concordia (11-8) currently sits in a pretty secure sixth place, but still mathematically alive are Biola (9-10) and Menlo (8-11).  

A full slate of games is on tap on Saturday. Click here to the see the MBB Schedule, and WBB Schedule. 

To see the MBB standings, click here. To see the WBB standings, click here. Click here for Instagram version. 

To see all things championships, go to the Men's Tournament Page here, and the Women's Tournament Page here.  Included on those pages are links to tickets, the schedule, Live Stats, Live Stream and much, much more.