1994 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1994 Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 9–12 at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.[2]

1994 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season199394
Teams10
SiteDelta Center
Salt Lake City, UT
ChampionsHawaii (1st title)
Winning coachRiley Wallace (1st title)
MVPTrevor Ruffin (Hawaii)
1993–94 WAC men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
New Mexico144 .778  238  .742
Fresno State135 .722  2111  .656
BYU126 .667  2210  .688
Hawaii †117 .611  1815  .545
Colorado State810 .444  1513  .536
Utah810 .444  1414  .500
UTEP810 .444  1812  .600
Wyoming711 .389  1414  .500
San Diego State612 .333  1216  .429
Air Force315 .167  818  .308
1994 WAC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Hawaii defeated BYU in the championship game, 73–66, to clinch their first WAC men's tournament championship.

The Rainbow Warriors, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by the conference's regular season champions, New Mexico, who received an at-large bid to the tournament.

Format

No changes were made to the tournament format from the previous year. The top six teams received byes into the quarterfinal round, leaving the lowest four-seeded teams to play in the first round. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference records.

Bracket

  First Round
Wednesday, March 9
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 10
Semifinals
Friday, March 11
Championship
Saturday, March 12
                                     
       
  1 New Mexico 61  
    9 San Diego State 46  
9 San Diego State 54
8 Wyoming 51  
  1 New Mexico 58  
  4 Hawaii 61  
       
       
  5 Colorado State 61
    4 Hawaii 65  
     
       
  4 Hawaii 73
  3 BYU 66
       
       
  3 BYU 96
    6 Utah 65  
     
       
  3 BYU 87
  2 Fresno State 72  
7 UTEP 72  
10 Air Force 58  
  7 UTEP 66
    2 Fresno State 88  
     

References

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