1996 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1996 Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 6–9 at The Pit at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[2]

1996 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1995–96
Teams10
SiteThe Pit
Albuquerque, NM
ChampionsNew Mexico (2nd title)
Winning coachDave Bliss (2nd title)
MVPKenny Thomas (New Mexico)
1995–96 WAC men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 12 Utah15–3 .833  27–7  .794
No. 23 New Mexico †14–4 .778  28–5  .848
Fresno State13–5 .722  22–11  .667
Colorado State11–7 .611  18–12  .600
BYU9–9 .500  15–13  .536
Wyoming8–10 .444  14–15  .483
San Diego State8–10 .444  15–14  .517
Hawaii7–11 .389  10–18  .357
UTEP4–14 .222  13–15  .464
Air Force1–17 .056  5–23  .179
† 1996 WAC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Hosts New Mexico upset top-seeded, defending champions Utah in the championship game, 64–60, to clinch their second WAC men's tournament championship.

The Lobos, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by WAC regular season champions Utah, who received an at-large bid.

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 6		 Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 7		 Semifinals
Friday, March 8		 Championship
Saturday, March 9
                                     
       
  1 #10 Utah 76  
    9 UTEP 63  
9 UTEP 77
8 Hawaii 69  
  1 #10 Utah 71  
  4 Colorado State 69  
       
       
  5 BYU 84
    4 Colorado State 100  
     
       
  1 #10 Utah 60
  2 New Mexico 64
       
       
  3 Fresno State 91
    6 Wyoming 82  
     
       
  3 Fresno State 99
  2 New Mexico 104  
7 San Diego State 80  
10 Air Force 69  
  7 San Diego State 75
    2 New Mexico 94  
     
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References
  1. sports-reference.com 1995-96 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary
  2. "1995-96 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
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