1994 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament

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1994 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1993–94
Teams10
SiteDelta Center
Salt Lake City, UT
ChampionsHawaii (1st title)
Winning coachRiley Wallace (1st title)
MVPTrevor Ruffin (Hawaii)
← 1993
1995 →
1993–94 WAC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
New Mexico 14 – 4   .778 23 – 8   .742
Fresno State 13 – 5   .722 21 – 11   .656
BYU 12 – 6   .667 22 – 10   .688
Hawaii † 11 – 7   .611 18 – 15   .545
Colorado State 8 – 10   .444 15 – 13   .536
Utah 8 – 10   .444 14 – 14   .500
UTEP 8 – 10   .444 18 – 12   .600
Wyoming 7 – 11   .389 14 – 14   .500
San Diego State 6 – 12   .333 12 – 16   .429
Air Force 3 – 15   .167 8 – 18   .308
† 1994 WAC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1994 Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 9–12 at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.[2]

Hawaii defeated BYU in the championship game, 73–66, to clinch their first WAC men's tournament championship.

The Rainbow Warriors, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by the conference's regular season champions, New Mexico, who received an at-large bid to the tournament.

Format[]

No changes were made to the tournament format from the previous year. The top six teams received byes into the quarterfinal round, leaving the lowest four-seeded teams to play in the first round. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference records.

Bracket[]

First Round
Wednesday, March 9 		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 10 		Semifinals
Friday, March 11 		Championship
Saturday, March 12
            
1 New Mexico 61
9 San Diego State 46
9 San Diego State 54
8 Wyoming 51
1 New Mexico 58
4 Hawaii 61
5 Colorado State 61
4 Hawaii 65
4 Hawaii 73
3 BYU 66
3 BYU 96
6 Utah 65
3 BYU 87
2 Fresno State 72
7 UTEP 72
10 Air Force 58
7 UTEP 66
2 Fresno State 88

References[]

  1. ^ sports-reference.com 1993-94 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary
  2. ^ "1993-94 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
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