1996 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament

1996 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 10
Site The Pit
Albuquerque, NM
Champions New Mexico (2nd title)
Winning coach Dave Bliss (2nd title)
MVP Kenny Thomas (New Mexico)
WAC Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1995  1997»

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.[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  Utah 76  
    9  UTEP 63  
9  UTEP 77
8  Hawaiʻi 69  
  1  Utah 71  
  4  Colorado State 69  
        
        
  5  BYU 84
    4  Colorado State 100  
      
        
  1  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

  1. ↑ "1995-96 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
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