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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)
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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.[1]

Top-seeded Utah defeated defending champions Hawaiʻi 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 Utah 72
9 San Diego State 63
9 San Diego State 71
8 Fresno State 57
1 Utah 86
5 New Mexico 50
5 New Mexico 63
4 Wyoming 56
1 Utah 67
6 Hawaiʻi 54
3 UTEP 65
6 Hawaiʻi 66
6 Hawaiʻi 66
7 Colorado State 64
7 Colorado State 84
10 Air Force 75
7 Colorado State 75
2 BYU 73

References

  1. ^ "1994-95 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2016.