2007 WAC men's basketball tournament

The 2007 WAC men's basketball tournament was March 6–10 in the Pan American Center in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The winners of the tournament were the second-seeded New Mexico State Aggies, the host team.[2] Regular season champion #10 Nevada was upset in the semifinals by Utah State.

2007 WAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season200607
Teams9
SitePan American Center
Las Cruces, New Mexico
ChampionsNew Mexico State (1st title)
Winning coachReggie Theus (1st title)
MVPJustin Hawkins (New Mexico State)
2006–07 WAC men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 15 Nevada142 .875295  .853
New Mexico State115 .688259  .735
Fresno State106 .6252210  .688
Utah State97 .5632312  .657
Hawaii88 .5001813  .581
Boise State88 .5001714  .548
Louisiana Tech79 .4381020  .333
San Jose State412 .250525  .167
Idaho115 .063427  .129
2007 WAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll[1]

In the NCAA tournament, New Mexico State was seeded #13 in the East region and lost in the first round; Nevada was the #7 seed in the South region and advanced to the second round.

Fresno State and Utah State made the National Invitation Tournament (NIT), but both lost road games in the first round.

Bracket

First round
Tuesday, March 6
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 8
Semifinals
Friday, March 9
Final
Saturday, March 10
            
1 #10 Nevada 88
9 Idaho 56
8 San Jose State 49
9 Idaho 50
1 #10 Nevada 77
4 Utah State 79
4 Utah State 73
5 Hawaii 70
4 Utah State 70
2 New Mexico State 72
2 New Mexico State 77
7 Louisiana Tech 70
2 New Mexico State 88
6 Boise State 69
3 Fresno State 73
6 Boise State 77

References

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