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2018 WAC men's basketball tournament

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2018 WAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2017–18
Teams8
SiteOrleans Arena
Paradise, Nevada
ChampionsNew Mexico State (8th title)
Winning coachChris Jans (1st title)
MVPJemerrio Jones (New Mexico State)
TelevisionESPN3, ESPNU
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2019 →
2017–18 WAC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
New Mexico State 12 2   .857 28 6   .824
Utah Valley 10 4   .714 23 11   .676
Grand Canyon 9 5   .643 22 12   .647
Seattle 8 6   .571 20 14   .588
Texas–Rio Grande Valley 6 8   .429 15 18   .455
Cal State Bakersfield 5 9   .357 12 18   .400
UMKC 5 9   .357 10 22   .313
Chicago State 1 13   .071 3 29   .094
2018 WAC tournament winner

The 2018 WAC men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Western Athletic Conference for the 2017–18 season. All tournament games will be played at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada, from March 8–10, 2018. The winner of the tournament will receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Regular-season champion New Mexico State also won the WAC Tournament championship and received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds

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All eight teams in the WAC were eligible to compete in the conference tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker Tiebreaker 2
1 New Mexico State 12–2
2 Utah Valley 10–4
3 Grand Canyon 9–5
4 Seattle 8–6
5 UT Rio Grande Valley 6–8
6 UMKC 5–9 1–1 vs. CSUB 1–1 vs. UVU
7 Cal State Bakersfield 5–9 1–1 vs. UMKC 0–2 vs. UVU
8 Chicago State 1–13

Schedule and results

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Game Time[1] Matchup Score Television
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 8
1 12:00 pm No. 3 Grand Canyon vs No. 6 UMKC 77–74 ESPN3
2 2:30 pm No. 2 Utah Valley vs No. 7 Cal State Bakersfield 81–74
3 6:00 pm No. 1 New Mexico State vs No. 8 Chicago State 97–70
4 8:30 pm No. 4 Seattle vs No. 5 UT Rio Grande Valley 77–60
Semifinals – Friday, March 9
5 6:00 pm No. 3 Grand Canyon vs No. 2 Utah Valley 75–60 ESPN3
6 8:30 pm No. 1 New Mexico State vs No. 4 Seattle 84–79
Final – Saturday, March 10
7 7:00 pm No. 3 Grand Canyon vs No. 1 New Mexico State 58–72 ESPNU
Game times in PST. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

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Quarterfinals
March 8
ESPN3
Semifinals
March 9
ESPN3
Championship
March 10
ESPNU
         
1 New Mexico State 97
8 Chicago State 70
1 New Mexico State 84
4 Seattle 79
4 Seattle 77
5 UT Rio Grande Valley 60
1 New Mexico State 72
3 Grand Canyon 58
2 Utah Valley 81
7 Cal State Bakersfield 74
2 Utah Valley 60
3 Grand Canyon 75
3 Grand Canyon 77
6 UMKC 74

Source[2]

References

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  1. ^ "2018 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament" (PDF). Western Athletic Conference. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 21, 2021. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Greg (March 4, 2018). "WAC Tournament Bracket: Will Grand Canyon's dream come true?". Mid-Major Madness. Archived from the original on June 20, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
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