1996 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1996 Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 6–9 at The Pit at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[2]

1996 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season199596
Teams10
SiteThe Pit
Albuquerque, NM
ChampionsNew Mexico (2nd title)
Winning coachDave Bliss (2nd title)
MVPKenny Thomas (New Mexico)
1995–96 WAC men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 12 Utah153 .833  277  .794
No. 23 New Mexico144 .778  285  .848
Fresno State135 .722  2211  .667
Colorado State117 .611  1812  .600
BYU99 .500  1513  .536
Wyoming810 .444  1415  .483
San Diego State810 .444  1514  .517
Hawaii711 .389  1018  .357
UTEP414 .222  1315  .464
Air Force117 .056  523  .179
1996 WAC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Hosts New Mexico upset top-seeded, defending champions Utah in the championship game, 64–60, to clinch their second WAC men's tournament championship.

The Lobos, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by WAC regular season champions Utah, who received an at-large bid.

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 6
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 7
Semifinals
Friday, March 8
Championship
Saturday, March 9
                                     
       
  1 #10 Utah 76  
    9 UTEP 63  
9 UTEP 77
8 Hawaii 69  
  1 #10 Utah 71  
  4 Colorado State 69  
       
       
  5 BYU 84
    4 Colorado State 100  
     
       
  1 #10 Utah 60
  2 New Mexico 64
       
       
  3 Fresno State 91
    6 Wyoming 82  
     
       
  3 Fresno State 99
  2 New Mexico 104  
7 San Diego State 80  
10 Air Force 69  
  7 San Diego State 75
    2 New Mexico 94  
     

References

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