1995 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1995 Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 8–11 at The Pit at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[2]

1995 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1994–95
Teams10
SiteThe Pit
Albuquerque, NM
ChampionsUtah (1st title)
Winning coachRick Majerus (1st title)
MVPKeith Van Horn (Utah)
1994–95 WAC men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 19 Utah †15–3 .833  28–6  .824
BYU13–5 .722  22–10  .688
UTEP13–5 .722  20–10  .667
Wyoming9–9 .500  13–15  .464
New Mexico9–9 .500  15–15  .500
Hawaii8–10 .444  16–13  .552
Colorado State7–11 .389  17–14  .548
Fresno State7–11 .389  13–15  .464
San Diego State5–13 .278  11–17  .393
Air Force4–14 .222  8–20  .286
† 1995 WAC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Top-seeded Utah defeated defending champions Hawaii in the championship game, 67–54, to clinch their first WAC men's tournament championship.

The Utes, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by BYU, 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 8
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 9
Semifinals
Friday, March 10
Championship
Saturday, March 11
                                     
       
  1 #22 Utah 72  
    9 San Diego State 63  
9 San Diego State 71
8 Fresno State 57  
  1 #22 Utah 86  
  5 New Mexico 50  
       
       
  5 New Mexico 63
    4 Wyoming 56  
     
       
  1 #22 Utah 67
  6 Hawaii 54
       
       
  3 UTEP 65
    6 Hawaii 66  
     
       
  6 Hawaii 66
  7 Colorado State 64  
7 Colorado State 84  
10 Air Force 75  
  7 Colorado State 75
    2 BYU 73  
     

References

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