2016 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament

2016 Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 201516
Teams 7
Site Orleans Arena
Paradise, Nevada
Champions Cal State Bakersfield (1st title)
Winning coach Rod Barnes (1st title)
MVP Dedrick Basile (Cal State Bakersfield)
Television ESPNU
Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2015 2017»
2015–16 WAC men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
New Mexico State 13 1   .929     23 11   .676
Grand Canyon* 11 3   .786     27 7   .794
Cal State Bakersfield 11 3   .786     24 9   .727
Seattle 7 7   .500     15 17   .469
Utah Valley 6 8   .429     12 18   .400
UMKC 4 10   .286     12 19   .387
UT Rio Grande Valley 4 10   .286     8 22   .267
Chicago State 0 14   .000     4 28   .125
* Ineligible for postseason during transition to Division I.
2016 WAC Tournament winner

The 2016 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Western Athletic Conference, held from March 10–12, 2016[1] at Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The winner of the tournament received the conference's automatic bid into the 2016 NCAA Tournament.

Seeds

Grand Canyon was ineligible to participate in the conference tournament during its transition to Division I. The remaining seven teams participated in the tournament. The top seed received a bye to the semifinals.

Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 New Mexico State 13–1
2 Cal State Bakersfield 11–3
3 Seattle 7–7
4 Utah Valley 6–8
5 UMKC 4–10 Higher RPI than UT Rio Grande Valley
6 UT Rio Grande Valley 4–10 Lower RPI than UMKC
7 Chicago State 0–14

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup#
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10
1 1 2:00 pm #4 Utah Valley 78 vs. #5 UMKC 80
2 4:30 pm #2 Cal State Bakersfield 79 vs. #7 Chicago State 57
3 7:00 pm #3 Seattle 75 vs. #6 UT Rio Grande Valley 52
Semifinals – Friday, March 11
2 4 6:00 pm #1 New Mexico State 78 vs. #5 UMKC 64
5 8:30 pm #2 Cal State Bakersfield 72 vs. #3 Seattle 47
Championship – Saturday, March 12
3 6 8:30 pm #1 New Mexico State 54 vs. #2 Cal State Bakersfield 57
*Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 10
Semifinals
Friday, March 11
Championship
Saturday, March 12
ESPNU
                           
        
  1  New Mexico State 78  
    5  UMKC 64  
4  Utah Valley 78
  5  UMKC 80  
    1  New Mexico State 54
  2  Cal State Bakersfield 57
  2  Cal State Bakersfield 79  
7  Chicago State 57  
2  Cal State Bakersfield 72
    3  Seattle 47  
3  Seattle 75
  6  UT Rio Grande Valley 52  

References

  1. "2015-16 WAC Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). WAC. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
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