1994 WAC men's basketball tournament

The 1994 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 9–12 at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.^[2]

1994 WAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1993–94
Teams	10
Site	Delta Center Salt Lake City, UT
Champions	Hawaii (1st title)
Winning coach	Riley Wallace (1st title)
MVP	Trevor Ruffin (Hawaii)
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1993–94 WAC men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
New Mexico	14	–	4		.778			23	–	8		.742
Fresno State	13	–	5		.722			21	–	11		.656
BYU	12	–	6		.667			22	–	10		.688
Hawaii †	11	–	7		.611			18	–	15		.545
Colorado State	8	–	10		.444			15	–	13		.536
Utah	8	–	10		.444			14	–	14		.500
UTEP	8	–	10		.444			18	–	12		.600
Wyoming	7	–	11		.389			14	–	14		.500
San Diego State	6	–	12		.333			12	–	16		.429
Air Force	3	–	15		.167			8	–	18		.308
† 1994 WAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Hawaii defeated BYU in the championship game, 73–66, to clinch their first WAC men's tournament championship.

The Rainbow Warriors, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA tournament. They were joined in the tournament by the conference's regular season champions, New Mexico, who received an at-large bid to the tournament.

Format

No changes were made to the tournament format from the previous year. The top six teams received byes into the quarterfinal round, leaving the lowest four-seeded teams to play in the first round. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference records.

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 9					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 10					Semifinals Friday, March 11					Championship Saturday, March 12
						1	New Mexico	61
						9	San Diego State	46
	9	San Diego State	54
	8	Wyoming	51
											1	New Mexico	58
											4	Hawaii	61
						5	Colorado State	61
						4	Hawaii	65
																4	Hawaii	73
																3	BYU	66
						3	BYU	96
						6	Utah	65
											3	BYU	87
											2	Fresno State	72
	7	UTEP	72
	10	Air Force	58
						7	UTEP	66
						2	Fresno State	88

References

1. sports-reference.com 1993-94 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary
2. "1993-94 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2016.