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College basketball tournament
1996 WAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1995–96
Teams10
SiteThe Pit
Albuquerque, NM
ChampionsNew Mexico (2nd title)
Winning coachDave Bliss (2nd title)
MVPKenny Thomas (New Mexico)
WAC men's basketball tournaments← 19951997 →
1995–96 WAC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 12 Utah 15 3   .833 27 7   .794
No. 23 New Mexico 14 4   .778 28 5   .848
Fresno State 13 5   .722 22 11   .667
Colorado State 11 7   .611 18 12   .600
BYU 9 9   .500 15 13   .536
Wyoming 8 10   .444 14 15   .483
San Diego State 8 10   .444 15 14   .517
Hawaii 7 11   .389 10 18   .357
UTEP 4 14   .222 13 15   .464
Air Force 1 17   .056 5 23   .179
1996 WAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 6–9 at The Pit at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Hosts New Mexico upset top-seeded, defending champions Utah in the championship game, 64–60, to clinch their second WAC men's tournament championship.

The Lobos, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by WAC regular season champions Utah, who received an at-large bid.

Another important note, the Hawaii team would get a second chance and move on to face Utah in the Quarterfinals because UTEP forfeited due to an ineligible player.

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 6
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 7
Semifinals
Friday, March 8
Championship
Saturday, March 9
            
1 #10 Utah 76
8 Hawaii 63
9 UTEP 77
8 Hawaii 69
1 #10 Utah 71
4 Colorado State 69
5 BYU 84
4 Colorado State 100
1 #10 Utah 60
2 New Mexico 64
3 Fresno State 91
6 Wyoming 82
3 Fresno State 99
2 New Mexico 104
7 San Diego State 80
10 Air Force 69
7 San Diego State 75
2 New Mexico 94

References

  1. sports-reference.com 1995-96 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary
  2. "1995-96 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
  3. https://utepminers.com/news/2005/3/9/UTEP_Basketball_Notes_Versus_Hawaii
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