Loyola Marymount will attempt to add the...

Loyola Marymount will attempt to add the West Coast Athletic Conference tournament title to its regular-season title during the conference tournament at Santa Clara next weekend.

The tournament opens Saturday at noon with second-place St. Mary’s (18-8 overall, 9-5 in the WCAC) facing seventh-place San Diego (11-16, 3-11). Top-seeded Loyola (24-3, 14-0) plays last-place Portland (6-21, 1-13) at 2 p.m.

In the evening session, third-place Santa Clara (18-9, 9-5) plays sixth-place USF (13-14, 5-9) at 6, followed by fourth-place Pepperdine (16-11, 8-6) against fifth-place Gonzaga (16-11, 7-7) at 8.

Semifinals will be played at 5 and 7 p.m. Sunday. The championship will be televised live on ESPN--a first for the conference--at 8:30 p.m. next Monday.