1993 WAC men's basketball tournament

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.

1993 WAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1992–93
Teams	10
Site	Delta Center Salt Lake City, UT
Champions	New Mexico (1st title)
Winning coach	Dave Bliss (1st title)
MVP	Ike Williams (New Mexico)
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1992–93 WAC men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 19 Utah	15	–	3		.833			24	–	7		.774
BYU	15	–	3		.833			25	–	9		.735
No. 21 New Mexico †	13	–	5		.722			24	–	7		.774
UTEP	10	–	8		.556			21	–	13		.618
Colorado State	9	–	9		.500			17	–	12		.586
Fresno State	8	–	10		.444			13	–	15		.464
Hawaii	7	–	11		.389			12	–	16		.429
Wyoming	7	–	11		.389			13	–	15		.464
San Diego State	3	–	15		.167			8	–	21		.276
Air Force	3	–	15		.167			9	–	19		.321
† 1993 WAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

New Mexico defeated UTEP 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.

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 10					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 11					Semifinals Friday, March 12					Championship Saturday, March 13
						1	#15 Utah	85
						9	San Diego State	64
	9	San Diego State	59
	8	Wyoming	57
											1	#15 Utah	85
											4	UTEP	90
						5	Colorado State	65
						4	UTEP	70
																4	UTEP	65
																3	New Mexico	76
						3	New Mexico	72
						6	Fresno State	48
											3	New Mexico	69
											2	#25 BYU	59
	7	Hawaii	62
	10	Air Force	54
						7	Hawaii	71
						2	#25 BYU	85

References

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