2000_WAC_men's_basketball_tournament

2000 WAC men's basketball tournament

2000 WAC men's basketball tournament

College basketball tournament

The 2000 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 9–11 at the Selland Arena at Fresno State University in Fresno, California.[2]

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Hosts Fresno State upset top-seeded Tulsa in the championship game, 75–72, to clinch their first WAC men's tournament championship. However, most of the Bulldogs' season was later vacated by the NCAA for using an ineligible player.

Fresno State received the WAC's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA tournament. They were joined in the tournament by WAC regular season champion Tulsa, who earned an at-large bid.

Format

Prior to the 1999–2000 season, eight of the WAC's members announced they were departing to form the new Mountain West Conference: Air Force, BYU, Colorado State, UNLV, New Mexico, San Diego State, Utah, and Wyoming. With this dramatic departure, the league was left with only eight teams. The tournament field was subsequently reduced from twelve to eight, and the division structure was eliminated.

All teams now qualified for the tournament and were all placed into the initial quarterfinal round. The teams were seeded based on regular season conference record.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 9 		Semifinals
Friday, March 10 		Championship
Saturday, March 11
         
1 #14 Tulsa 71
8 Rice 51
1 #14 Tulsa 93
4 TCU 77
5 San Jose State 71
4 TCU 84
1 #14 Tulsa 72
2 Fresno State 75
3 SMU 82
6 Hawaii 87
6 Hawaii 100
2 Fresno State 103
7 UTEP 70
2 Fresno State 79

See also

References

  1. [1]
    sports-reference.com 1999-00 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary
  2. [2]
    "1999-00 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
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