1992 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1992 Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 11–13 at Moby Arena at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado.[1]

1992 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1991–92
Teams8
SiteMoby Arena
Fort Collins, CO
ChampionsBYU (2nd title)
Winning coachRoger Reid (2nd title)
MVPEddie Rivera (UTEP)
1991–92 WAC men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
BYU †12–4 .750  25–7  .781
UTEP12–4 .750  27–7  .794
New Mexico11–5 .688  20–13  .606
Utah9–7 .563  24–11  .686
Hawaii9–7 .563  16–12  .571
Wyoming8–8 .500  16–13  .552
Colorado State8–8 .500  14–17  .452
Air Force3–13 .188  9–20  .310
San Diego State0–16 .000  2–26  .071
† 1992 WAC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Top-seeded BYU repeated as tournament champions by defeating UTEP in the championship game, 73–71, to clinch their second overall WAC men's tournament championship. Both teams shared the WAC regular season conference title.

The Cougars, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1992 NCAA Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by UTEP, who earned an at-large bid.

Format

Even though WAC membership remained fixed at nine, the tournament field dropped to eight, forcing the elimination of the play-in round game between the eighth- and ninth-seed teams. As such, only the top eight teams, again seeded based on regular season conference records, participated in the tournament, all entering the tournament into the quarterfinal round.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Wednesday, March 11
Semifinals
Thursday, March 12
Championship
Friday, March 13
         
1 BYU 72
8 Air Force 71
1 BYU 75
4 Utah 62
5 Hawaii 69
4 Utah 81
1 BYU 73
2 UTEP 71
3 New Mexico 89
6 Wyoming 83
3 New Mexico 72
2 UTEP 83
7 Colorado State 65
2 UTEP 66

References

  1. "1991-92 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
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