1993 WAC men's basketball tournament explained

Year:1993
Conference:WAC
Division:I
Gender:Men's
Teams:10
Arena:Delta Center
City:Salt Lake City, UT
Champions:New Mexico
Titlecount:1st
Coach:Dave Bliss
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Ike Williams
Mvpteam:New Mexico

The 1993 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 10–13 at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.[1] This was the first WAC tournament not held on a campus arena.

New Mexico defeated in the championship game, 76–65, to clinch their first WAC men's tournament championship.

The Lobos, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1993 NCAA tournament. They were joined in the tournament by the conference's regular season co-champions, Utah and BYU, who received at-large bids to the tournament.

Format

With the addition of Fresno State to the WAC in 1993, the conference's total membership expanded to ten teams. In turn, the tournament field expanded to once again feature all WAC members. The top six teams received byes into the quarterfinal round, leaving the lowest four-seeded teams to play in the first round. Like before, teams were seeded based on regular season conference records.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1992-93 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary. sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. April 14, 2016.