2016 WAC men's basketball tournament

The 2016 WAC men's basketball tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Western Athletic Conference, held from March 10–12, 2016[1] at Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The winner of the tournament received the conference's automatic bid into the 2016 NCAA tournament.

2016 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2015–16
Teams7
SiteOrleans Arena
Paradise, Nevada
ChampionsCal State Bakersfield (1st title)
Winning coachRod Barnes (1st title)
MVPDedrick Basile (Cal State Bakersfield)
TelevisionESPNU
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2015–16 WAC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
New Mexico State 13 1   .929 23 11   .676
Grand Canyon* 11 3   .786 27 7   .794
Cal State Bakersfield 11 3   .786 24 9   .727
Seattle 7 7   .500 15 17   .469
Utah Valley 6 8   .429 12 18   .400
UMKC 4 10   .286 12 19   .387
Texas–Rio Grande Valley 4 10   .286 8 22   .267
Chicago State 0 14   .000 4 28   .125
* Ineligible for postseason during transition to Division I.
2016 WAC tournament winner

Seeds

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Grand Canyon was ineligible to participate in the conference tournament during its transition to Division I. The remaining seven teams participated in the tournament. The top seed received a bye to the semifinals.

Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 New Mexico State 13–1
2 Cal State Bakersfield 11–3
3 Seattle 7–7
4 Utah Valley 6–8
5 UMKC 4–10 Higher RPI than UT Rio Grande Valley
6 UT Rio Grande Valley 4–10 Lower RPI than UMKC
7 Chicago State 0–14

Schedule

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Session Game Time* Matchup#
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10
1 1 2:00 pm #4 Utah Valley 78 vs. #5 UMKC 80
2 4:30 pm #2 Cal State Bakersfield 79 vs. #7 Chicago State 57
3 7:00 pm #3 Seattle 75 vs. #6 UT Rio Grande Valley 52
Semifinals – Friday, March 11
2 4 6:00 pm #1 New Mexico State 78 vs. #5 UMKC 64
5 8:30 pm #2 Cal State Bakersfield 72 vs. #3 Seattle 47
Championship – Saturday, March 12
3 6 8:30 pm #1 New Mexico State 54 vs. #2 Cal State Bakersfield 57
*Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

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Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 10
Semifinals
Friday, March 11
Championship
Saturday, March 12
ESPNU
         
1 New Mexico State 78
5 UMKC 64
4 Utah Valley 78
5 UMKC 80
1 New Mexico State 54
2 Cal State Bakersfield 57
2 Cal State Bakersfield 79
7 Chicago State 57
2 Cal State Bakersfield 72
3 Seattle 47
3 Seattle 75
6 UT Rio Grande Valley 52

References

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  1. ^ "2015-16 WAC Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). WAC. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 5, 2015.