The Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament is the conference championship tournament in men's basketball for the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). Even though the WAC was founded in 1964, the annual tournament has only been held since 1984.
The event has alternated between being hosted at campus sites and neutral sites throughout its history. From the inaugural event in 1984 until 1992 the regular season champion hosted the tournament, but in 1993 and 1994 the event was held at the Delta Center (now Vivint Arena) in Salt Lake City which, although located less than five miles from then-conference member Utah's campus, was considered a neutral site. From 1995 through 2009 the event returned to on-campus sites, although the location was awarded through a predetermined bidding process rather than being given to the regular-season champion. Since 2010 the tournament has again been held at a neutral site, namely Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada.
Schools highlighted in yellow are current members of the WAC. UT Arlington, rejoining the WAC in July 2022, is highlighted in green.
Among schools that will be WAC members in 2022–23, five have competed in at least one WAC tournament but failed to reach the title game: California Baptist, Sam Houston, Stephen F. Austin, Utah Valley, and UTRGV. California Baptist began a transition from NCAA Division II in 2018 and thus will not be eligible for NCAA-sponsored postseason play until the 2022–23 season.
Three other members, Lamar, Tarleton, and Utah Tech (to be renamed from Dixie State before the 2022–23 season), have yet to play in a WAC tournament. Lamar, which joined the WAC from the Southland Conference in 2021, did not qualify for the 2022 WAC tournament. The other two schools started transitions from NCAA Division II to Division I in 2020 and are thus ineligible for NCAA-sponsored postseason play until 2024–25. However, WAC rules allow transitional schools to play in the WAC tournament in their third transitional seasons, meaning that Tarleton and Utah Tech can play in the 2023 WAC tournament should they qualify.