1999 WAC men's basketball tournament

1999 WAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1998–99
Teams	12
Site	Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV
Champions	Utah (3rd title)
Winning coach	Rick Majerus (3rd title)
MVP	Alex Jensen (Utah)
WAC men's basketball tournaments

The 1999 Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 2–6 at the Thomas & Mack Center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in Paradise, Nevada. This was the final tournament before the formation of the Mountain West Conference.

Top-seeded Utah defeated New Mexico in the championship game, 60–45, to clinch their third WAC men's tournament championship.

The Utes, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by two other WAC members, New Mexico and Tulsa, who all earned at-large bids.

Format

No changes were made to the tournament format from the 1997 or 1998 tournaments. Teams were again seeded based on their position within either the Mountain or Pacific Division (top six teams only).

Bracket

First Round Tuesday, March 2

Quarterfinals Thursday, March 4

Semifinals Friday, March 5

Championship Saturday, March 6

M1

UNLV

70

M5

SMU

71

P4

UTEP

64

M5

SMU

65

M5

SMU

56

P2

New Mexico

57

M3

Rice

64

P6

San José State

61

M3

Rice

49

P2

New Mexico

51

P2

New Mexico

45

P1

Utah

60

M2

Tulsa

85

P3

Fresno State

56

P3

Fresno State

80

M6

Colorado State

59

M2

Tulsa

61

P1

Utah

64

M4

TCU

74

P5

BYU

90

P5

BYU

62

P1

Utah

81