2020 WAC men's basketball tournament explained

Year:2020
Conference:WAC
Division:I
Gender:Men's
Teams:8
Arena:Orleans Arena
City:Paradise, Nevada
Television:ESPN+, ESPNU

The 2020 WAC men's basketball tournament was to be the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Western Athletic Conference during the 2019–20 season. All tournament games were to be played at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada, from March 12–14, 2020. The tournament champion would have received the WAC's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA tournament.

On March 12, both the WAC Tournament and the NCAA Tournaments were cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Seeds

8 of the 9 teams in the WAC are eligible to compete in the conference tournament. California Baptist is ineligible due to their transition from Division II to Division I. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker Tiebreaker 2
1New Mexico State16–0
2UTRGV9–7
3Seattle7–7
4Grand Canyon8–8
5Kansas City8–7
6Utah Valley5–10
7Cal State Bakersfield6–10
8Chicago State0–14

Schedule and results

GameTime[1] Matchup ScoreTelevision
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12
1cancelledNo. 1 New Mexico State vs No. 8 Chicago StateN/AESPN+
2No. 4 Grand Canyon vs. No. 5 Kansas City
3No. 2 UTRGV vs. No. 7 Cal State Bakersfield
4No. 3 Seattle vs. No. 6 Utah Valley
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
5cancelledGame 1 winner vs. Game 2 winnerN/AESPN+
6Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner
Final – Saturday, March 14
7cancelledGame 5 winner vs. Game 6 winnerN/AESPNU
Game times in PDT. Rankings denote tournament seed.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2018 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament. 21 March 2023. wacsports.com.