1993 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament

1993 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 10
Site Delta Center
Salt Lake City, UT
Champions New Mexico (1st title)
Winning coach Dave Bliss (1st title)
MVP Ike Williams (New Mexico)
WAC Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1992  1994»

Template:1992–93 WAC men's basketball standings

The 1993 Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 10–13 at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.[1] This was the first WAC tournament not held on a campus arena.

New Mexico defeated UTEP in the championship game, 76–65, to clinch their first WAC men's tournament championship.

The Lobos, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1993 NCAA Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by the conference's regular season co-champions, Utah and BYU, who received at-large bids to the tournament.

Format

With the addition of Fresno State to the WAC in 1993, the conference's total membership expanded to ten teams. In turn, the tournament field expanded to once again feature all WAC members. The top six teams received byes into the Quarterfinal round, leaving the lowest four-seeded teams to play in the First Round. Like before, teams were seeded based on regular season conference records.

Bracket

  First Round
Wednesday, March 10		 Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 11		 Semifinals
Friday, March 12		 Championship
Saturday, March 13
                                     
        
  1  Utah 85  
    9  San Diego State 64  
9  San Diego State 59
8  Wyoming 57  
  1  Utah 85  
  4  UTEP 90  
        
        
  5  Colorado State 65
    4  UTEP 70  
      
        
  4  UTEP 65
  3  New Mexico 76
        
        
  3  New Mexico 72
    6  Fresno State 48  
      
        
  3  New Mexico 69
  2  BYU 59  
7  Hawaii 62  
10  Air Force 54  
  7  Hawaii 71
    2  BYU 85  
      

References

  1. ↑ "1992-93 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
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