The 2012 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament was held February 29 though March 5 at the Orleans Arena in the Las Vegas-area community of Paradise, Nevada.

With the addition of BYU to the conference, a new format was introduced for the 2012 tournament.

The tournament began on Wednesday instead of Friday, and a first round 8 vs. 9 seed game was added.

[1] The tournament quarterfinals were held on Friday, 2 March, and were broadcast on ESPNU.

The championship game was played on Monday, 5 March 2012 and was broadcast on television by ESPN and on national radio by Dial Global Sports, formerly Westwood One.