The 2012 West Coast Conference has already gotten their annual championship tournament off to a thrilling start. First round games were played on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in Las Vegas and three teams have already advanced to the quarterfinals.

The first quarterfinal match on Saturday will pit the No. 4 and No. 5 seeds against one another. The San Francisco Dons defeated the Portland Pilots on Thursday to earn the right to take on the fourth-seeded Loyola Marymount Lions. The winner of this match will advance to the semifinals and face off against regular-season WCC champs the St. Mary's Gaels.

USF and LMU will tip off at 9:00 p.m. ET. The game will be televised on ESPNU.

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