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)
WAC Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1998  2000»

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 José 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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