2019 WAC men's basketball tournament

2019 WAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2018–19
Teams	8
Site	Orleans Arena Paradise, Nevada
Champions	New Mexico State (9th title)
Winning coach	Chris Jans (2nd title)
MVP	Trevelin Queen (New Mexico State)
Television	ESPN3, ESPNU
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2018–19 WAC men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
New Mexico State †	15	–	1		.938			30	–	5		.857
Utah Valley	12	–	4		.750			25	–	10		.714
Grand Canyon	10	–	6		.625			20	–	14		.588
Texas–Rio Grande Valley	9	–	7		.563			20	–	17		.541
California Baptist*	7	–	9		.438			16	–	15		.516
Cal State Bakersfield	7	–	9		.438			18	–	16		.529
Seattle	6	–	10		.375			18	–	15		.545
UMKC	6	–	10		.375			11	–	21		.344
Chicago State	0	–	16		.000			3	–	29		.094
*Ineligible for WAC tournament (reclassification from Division II)
† 2019 WAC tournament winner

The 2019 WAC men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Western Athletic Conference during the 2018–19 season. All tournament games were played at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada, from March 14–16, 2019. New Mexico State defeated Grand Canyon 89–57 in the championship to win the tournament, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA tournament. The win was New Mexico State's WAC leading ninth championship, and seventh in the last eight seasons.

Seeds

8 of the 9 teams in the WAC were eligible to compete in the conference tournament. California Baptist is ineligible due to their transition from Division II to Division I. 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	15–1
2	Utah Valley	12–4
3	Grand Canyon	10–6
4	UTRGV	9–7
5	Cal State Bakersfield	7–9
6	Seattle	6–10	H2H and through the conference tied	Higher NET Rankings
7	UMKC	6–10	H2H and through the conference tied	Lower NET Rankings
8	Chicago State	0–16

Schedule and results

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14
1	12:00 pm	No. 1 New Mexico State vs No. 8 Chicago State	86–49	ESPN+
2	2:30 pm	No. 4 UTRGV vs. No. 5 Cal State Bakersfield	85–70
3	6:00 pm	No. 2 Utah Valley vs. No. 7 UMKC	71–64
4	8:30 pm	No. 3 Grand Canyon vs. No. 6 Seattle	84–75
Semifinals – Friday, March 15
5	6:00 pm	No. 1 New Mexico State vs. No. 4 UTRGV	79–72	ESPN+
6	8:30 pm	No. 2 Utah Valley vs. No. 3 Grand Canyon	74–78
Final – Saturday, March 16
7	7:00 pm	No. 1 New Mexico State vs. No. 3 Grand Canyon	89–57	ESPNU
Game times in PDT. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals March 14 ESPN3					Semifinals March 15 ESPN3					Championship March 16 ESPNU
	1	New Mexico State	86
	8	Chicago State	49
						1	New Mexico State	79
						4	UTRGV	72
	4	UTRGV	85
	5	Cal State Bakersfield	70
											1	New Mexico State	89
											3	Grand Canyon	57
	2	Utah Valley	71
	7	UMKC	64
						2	Utah Valley	74
						3	Grand Canyon	78
	3	Grand Canyon	84
	6	Seattle	75

External links

• 2019 Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Championship