2000 WAC men's basketball tournament

2000 WAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1999–00
Teams	8
Site	Selland Arena Fresno, CA
Champions	Fresno State (vacated) (1st title)
Winning coach	Jerry Tarkanian (vacated) (1st title)
MVP	Courtney Alexander (Fresno State)
WAC men's basketball tournaments

The 2000 Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 9–11 at the Selland Arena at Fresno State University in Fresno, California.

Hosts Fresno State upset top-seeded Tulsa in the championship game, 75–72, to clinch their first WAC men's tournament championship. However, most of the Bulldogs' season was later vacated by the NCAA for using an ineligible player.

The Bulldogs, nonetheless, received the WAC's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by WAC regular season champion Tulsa, who earned an at-large bid.

Format

Prior to the 1999–2000 season, eight of the WAC's members announced they were departing to form the new Mountain West Conference: Air Force, BYU, Colorado State, UNLV, New Mexico, San Diego State, Utah, and Wyoming. With this dramatic departure, the league was left with only eight teams. The tournament field was subsequently reduced from twelve to eight, and the division structure was eliminated.

All teams now qualified for the tournament and were all placed into the initial quarterfinal round. The teams were seeded based on regular season conference record.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Thursday, March 9					Semifinals Friday, March 10					Championship Saturday, March 11
	1	Tulsa	71
	8	Rice	51
						1	Tulsa	93
						4	TCU	77
	5	San José State	71
	4	TCU	84
											1	Tulsa	72
											2	Fresno State	75
	3	SMU	82
	6	Hawaiʻi	87
						6	Hawaiʻi	100
						2	Fresno State	103
	7	UTEP	70
	2	Fresno State	79

See also

• Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament