1988 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament

1988 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 198788
Teams 9
Site Marriott Center
Provo, UT
Champions Wyoming (2nd title)
Winning coach Benny Dees (1st title)
MVP Eric Leckner (Wyoming)
1987-88 WAC men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
BYU133 .813  266  .813
Wyoming115 .688  266  .813
Utah115 .688  1911  .633
Texas-El Paso106 .625  2310  .697
New Mexico88 .500  2214  .611
Colorado State88 .500  2213  .629
San Diego State511 .313  1217  .414
Air Force412 .250  1117  .393
Hawaii214 .125  425  .138
1988 WAC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1988 Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 9–12 at the Marriott Center at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.[2]

Wyoming defeated UTEP in the championship game, 79–75, to clinch their second overall, as well as second consecutive, WAC men's tournament championship

The Cowboys, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by BYU and UTEP, both of whom received at-large bids.

Format

The tournament field remained fixed at nine teams, and teams were again seeded based on regular season conference records. All teams were entered into the quarterfinal round with the exception of the two lowest-seeded teams, who played in the preliminary first round to determine who would then play against the tournament's top seed. Once again, the whole tournament was hosted by the regular season champion.

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, March 9
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 10
Semifinals
Friday, March 11
Championship
Saturday, March 12
     
        1 BYU 76  
9 Hawaii 84     9 Hawaii 74  
8 Air Force 76       1 BYU 63  
          4 UTEP 66  
        5 New Mexico 61  
        4 UTEP 74  
          4 UTEP 75
          2 Wyoming 79
        3 Utah 68  
        6 Colorado State 78  
          6 Colorado State 58  
          2 Wyoming 60  
        7 San Diego State 76      
        2 Wyoming 83      
     

References

  1. sports-reference.com 1987-88 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary
  2. "1986-87 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
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