2013 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2013 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament was the 30th basketball tournament hosted by the WAC and was held March 12–16, 2013[1] at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The winner, New Mexico State University, received an automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Tournament. The 2013 Championship game was televised on ESPNU. With the departure of Nevada, and Fresno State to the Mountain West, and Hawaiʻi to the Big West, and the additions of Denver, Seattle, Texas–Arlington, UTSA, and Texas State the WAC held a ten-team tournament for 2013.

2013 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
2013 WAC Tournament logo
ClassificationDivision I
Season201213
Teams10
SiteOrleans Arena
Paradise, Nevada, USA
ChampionsNew Mexico State (4th title)
Winning coachMarvin Menzies (3rd title)
TelevisionESPNU
2012–13 WAC men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Louisiana Tech*162 .889  277  .794
Denver162 .889  2210  .688
New Mexico State144 .778  2411  .686
Utah State117 .611  2110  .677
Texas–Arlington117 .611  1914  .576
Idaho711 .389  1218  .400
Texas State513 .278  1222  .353
UTSA314 .176  1022  .313
San Jose State314 .176  920  .310
Seattle315 .167  822  .267
2013 WAC Tournament winner
As of March 25, 2013
* WAC Tournament #1 seed; Rankings from AP Poll

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Bracket

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  First Round
Tuesday March, 12
Quarterfinals
Thursday March, 14
Semifinals
Friday March, 15
Championship Game
Saturday March, 16
ESPNU
                                     
  1 Louisiana Tech 67  
  9 UTSA 73  
8 San Jose State 49  
9 UTSA 67
  9 UTSA 53  
  4 Texas–Arlington 69  
4 Texas–Arlington 83
5 Utah State 78  
  4 Texas–Arlington 55
  3 New Mexico State 64
3 New Mexico State 65  
6 Idaho 49  
  3 New Mexico State 74
  7 Texas State 65  
7 Texas State 68  
10 Seattle 56  
  2 Denver 68
7 Texas State 72  

All times listed are Pacific

References

  1. "WAC Men's Basketball Preview 2012-13" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  2. "2013 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament Bracket" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  3. "2013 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament Scenarios". wacsports.org. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
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