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2020 WAC men's basketball tournament

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2020 WAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2019–20
Teams8
SiteOrleans Arena
Paradise, Nevada
TelevisionESPN+, ESPNU
← 2019
2021 →
2019–20 WAC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
New Mexico State 16 0   1.000 25 6   .806
California Baptist* 10 6   .625 21 10   .677
Texas–Rio Grande Valley 9 7   .563 14 16   .467
Kansas City 8 7   .533 16 14   .533
Seattle 7 7   .500 14 15   .483
Grand Canyon 8 8   .500 13 17   .433
Cal State Bakersfield 6 10   .375 12 19   .387
Utah Valley 5 10   .333 11 19   .367
Chicago State 0 14   .000 4 25   .138
* Ineligible for the 2020 NCAA tournament due to transition period
Note: The 2020 WAC tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2020 WAC men's basketball tournament was to be the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Western Athletic Conference during the 2019–20 season. All tournament games were to be played at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada, from March 12–14, 2020. The tournament champion would have received the WAC's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA tournament.

On March 12, both the WAC Tournament and the NCAA Tournaments were cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Seeds

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8 of the 9 teams in the WAC are eligible to compete in the conference tournament. California Baptist is ineligible due to their transition from Division II to Division I. Teams will be 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 16–0
2 UTRGV 9–7
3 Seattle 7–7
4 Grand Canyon 8–8
5 Kansas City 8–7
6 Utah Valley 5–10
7 Cal State Bakersfield 6–10
8 Chicago State 0–14

Schedule and results

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Game Time[1] Matchup Score Television
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12
1 cancelled No. 1 New Mexico State vs No. 8 Chicago State N/A ESPN+
2 No. 4 Grand Canyon vs. No. 5 Kansas City
3 No. 2 UTRGV vs. No. 7 Cal State Bakersfield
4 No. 3 Seattle vs. No. 6 Utah Valley
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
5 cancelled Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner N/A ESPN+
6 Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner
Final – Saturday, March 14
7 cancelled Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner N/A ESPNU
Game times in PDT. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

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Quarterfinals
March 12
ESPN+
Semifinals
March 13
ESPN+
Championship
March 14
ESPNU
         
1 New Mexico State  
8 Chicago State  
 
 
4 Grand Canyon  
5 Kansas City  
 
 
2 UTRGV  
7 Cal State Bakersfield  
 
 
3 Seattle  
6 Utah Valley  

References

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  1. ^ "2018 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament" (PDF). wacsports.com. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
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