2018 WAC men's basketball tournament
| 2018 WAC men's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2017–18 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Site | Orleans Arena Paradise, Nevada |
| Champions | New Mexico State (8th title) |
| Winning coach | Chris Jans (1st title) |
| MVP | Jemerrio Jones (New Mexico State) |
| Television | ESPN3, ESPNU |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico State † | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 28 | – | 6 | .824 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah Valley | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 23 | – | 11 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Canyon | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 22 | – | 12 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seattle | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 20 | – | 14 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas–Rio Grande Valley | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 15 | – | 18 | .455 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Bakersfield | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 12 | – | 18 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMKC | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 10 | – | 22 | .313 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago State | 1 | – | 13 | .071 | 3 | – | 29 | .094 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2018 WAC tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2018 WAC men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Western Athletic Conference for the 2017–18 season. All tournament games will be played at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada, from March 8–10, 2018. The winner of the tournament will receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Regular-season champion New Mexico State also won the WAC Tournament championship and received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Seeds
[edit]All eight teams in the WAC were eligible to compete in the conference tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker | Tiebreaker 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Mexico State | 12–2 | ||
| 2 | Utah Valley | 10–4 | ||
| 3 | Grand Canyon | 9–5 | ||
| 4 | Seattle | 8–6 | ||
| 5 | UT Rio Grande Valley | 6–8 | ||
| 6 | UMKC | 5–9 | 1–1 vs. CSUB | 1–1 vs. UVU |
| 7 | Cal State Bakersfield | 5–9 | 1–1 vs. UMKC | 0–2 vs. UVU |
| 8 | Chicago State | 1–13 |
Schedule and results
[edit]| Game | Time[1] | Matchup | Score | Television |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 8 | ||||
| 1 | 12:00 pm | No. 3 Grand Canyon vs No. 6 UMKC | 77–74 | ESPN3 |
| 2 | 2:30 pm | No. 2 Utah Valley vs No. 7 Cal State Bakersfield | 81–74 | |
| 3 | 6:00 pm | No. 1 New Mexico State vs No. 8 Chicago State | 97–70 | |
| 4 | 8:30 pm | No. 4 Seattle vs No. 5 UT Rio Grande Valley | 77–60 | |
| Semifinals – Friday, March 9 | ||||
| 5 | 6:00 pm | No. 3 Grand Canyon vs No. 2 Utah Valley | 75–60 | ESPN3 |
| 6 | 8:30 pm | No. 1 New Mexico State vs No. 4 Seattle | 84–79 | |
| Final – Saturday, March 10 | ||||
| 7 | 7:00 pm | No. 3 Grand Canyon vs No. 1 New Mexico State | 58–72 | ESPNU |
| Game times in PST. Rankings denote tournament seed. | ||||
Bracket
[edit]| Quarterfinals March 8 ESPN3 | Semifinals March 9 ESPN3 | Championship March 10 ESPNU | ||||||||||||
| 1 | New Mexico State | 97 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Chicago State | 70 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | New Mexico State | 84 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Seattle | 79 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Seattle | 77 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | UT Rio Grande Valley | 60 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | New Mexico State | 72 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Grand Canyon | 58 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Utah Valley | 81 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Cal State Bakersfield | 74 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Utah Valley | 60 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Grand Canyon | 75 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Grand Canyon | 77 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | UMKC | 74 | ||||||||||||
Source[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "2018 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament" (PDF). Western Athletic Conference. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 21, 2021. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
- ^ Mitchell, Greg (March 4, 2018). "WAC Tournament Bracket: Will Grand Canyon's dream come true?". Mid-Major Madness. Archived from the original on June 20, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2018.