2017_WAC_men's_basketball_tournament

2017 WAC men's basketball tournament

2017 WAC men's basketball tournament

College basketball tournament

The 2017 WAC men's basketball tournament is a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Western Athletic Conference. It will be held from March 9–11, 2017 at Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The winner of the tournament, New Mexico State, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament with a 70-60 win over California State-Bakersfield.[1]

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Seeds

Grand Canyon was ineligible to participate in the conference tournament during its transition to Division I. The remaining seven teams will participate in the tournament. The top seed will receive a bye to the semifinals. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

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Schedule

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Bracket

Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 9
WAC Digital Network 		Semifinals
Friday, March 10
ESPN3 		Championship
Saturday, March 11
ESPNU
         
1 Cal State Bakersfield 81****
4 Utah Valley 80
4 Utah Valley 65
5 Seattle 53
1 Cal State Bakersfield 60
2 New Mexico State 70
2 New Mexico State 67
7 Chicago State 53
2 New Mexico State 78
3 UMKC 60
3 UMKC 82*
6 UT Rio Grande Valley 78

* denotes overtime period

References

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    Slane, Bill (March 12, 2017). "New Mexico State back on top in WAC tournament". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
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