1990 WAC men's basketball tournament

The 1990 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 7–10 at the Special Events Center at the University of Texas at El Paso in El Paso, Texas.[1]

1990 WAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season198990
Teams9
SiteSpecial Events Center
El Paso, TX
ChampionsUTEP (4th title)
Winning coachDon Haskins (4th title)
MVPGreg Foster (UTEP)
1989–90 WAC men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Colorado State115 .688219  .700
BYU115 .688219  .700
Hawaii106 .6252510  .714
UTEP106 .6252111  .656
New Mexico97 .5632014  .588
Wyoming79 .4381514  .517
Utah79 .4381614  .533
San Diego State412 .2501318  .419
Air Force313 .1881220  .375
1990 WAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

UTEP defeated Hawaii in the championship game, 75–58, to clinch their fourth overall, and second consecutive, WAC men's tournament championship

The Miners, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA tournament. They were joined in the tournament by the WAC regular season co-champions Colorado State and BYU, who both earned at-large bids (both teams lost their WAC quarterfinal games to lower seeds).

Format

The tournament field remained fixed at nine teams, and teams were again seeded based on regular season conference records. All teams were entered into the quarterfinal round with the exception of the two lowest-seeded teams, who played in the preliminary first round to determine who would then play against the tournament's top seed.

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, March 7
Quarterfinals
Wednesday, March 7
Thursday, March 8
Semifinals
Friday, March 9
Championship
Saturday, March 10
            
1 Colorado State 51
9 Air Force 58
9 Air Force 70
8 San Diego State 64
9 Air Force 54
4 UTEP 57
5 New Mexico 61
4 UTEP 78
4 UTEP 75
3 Hawaii 58
3 Hawaii 66
6 Wyoming 63
3 Hawaii 66
7 Utah 60
7 Utah 62
2 BYU 61

References

  1. "1989-90 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
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