1999 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament

1999 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1998–99
Teams 12
Site Thomas & Mack Center
Paradise, NV
Champions Utah (3rd title)
Winning coach Rick Majerus (3rd title)
MVP Alex Jensen (Utah)

The 1999 Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 2–6 at the Thomas & Mack Center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in Paradise, Nevada.[1] This was the final tournament before the formation of the Mountain West Conference.

Top-seeded Utah defeated New Mexico in the championship game, 60–45, to clinch their third WAC men's tournament championship.

The Utes, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by two other WAC members, New Mexico and Tulsa, who all earned at-large bids.

Format

No changes were made to the tournament format from the 1997 or 1998 tournaments. Teams were again seeded based on their position within either the Mountain or Pacific Division (top six teams only).

Bracket

  First Round
Tuesday, March 2		 Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 4		 Semifinals
Friday, March 5		 Championship
Saturday, March 6
                                     
       
  M1 UNLV 70  
    M5 SMU 71  
P4 UTEP 64
M5 SMU 65  
  M5 SMU 56  
  P2 New Mexico 57  
M3 Rice 64  
P6 San Jose State 61  
  M3 Rice 49
    P2 New Mexico 51  
     
       
  P2 New Mexico 45
  P1 Utah 60
       
       
  M2 Tulsa 85
    P3 Fresno State 56  
P3 Fresno State 80
M6 Colorado State 59  
  M2 Tulsa 61
  P1 Utah 64  
M4 TCU 74  
P5 BYU 90  
  P5 BYU 62
    P1 Utah 81  
     

References

  1. ↑ "1998-99 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
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