1995 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
| 1995 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 10 | ||||
| Site |
The Pit Albuquerque, NM | ||||
| Champions | Utah (1st title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Rick Majerus (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Keith Van Horn (Utah) | ||||
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The 1995 Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 8–11 at The Pit at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[1]
Top-seeded Utah defeated defending champions Hawaiʻi in the championship game, 67–54, to clinch their first WAC men's tournament championship.
The Utes, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by BYU, who received an at-large bid to the tournament.
Format
No changes were made to the tournament format from the previous year. The top six teams received byes into the quarterfinal round, leaving the lowest four-seeded teams to play in the first round. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference records.
Bracket
| First Round Wednesday, March 8 |
Quarterfinals Thursday, March 9 |
Semifinals Friday, March 10 |
Championship Saturday, March 11 |
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| 1 | Utah | 72 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | San Diego State | 63 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | San Diego State | 71 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Fresno State | 57 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Utah | 86 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | New Mexico | 50 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | New Mexico | 63 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Wyoming | 56 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Utah | 67 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Hawaiʻi | 54 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | UTEP | 65 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Hawaiʻi | 66 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Hawaiʻi | 66 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Colorado State | 64 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Colorado State | 84 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Air Force | 75 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Colorado State | 75 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | BYU | 73 | ||||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "1994-95 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
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