The 2017 WAC men's basketball tournament is a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Western Athletic Conference. It will be held from March 9–11, 2017 at Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The winner of the tournament, New Mexico State, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament with a 70-60 win over California State-Bakersfield.[1]
| 2017 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2016–17 |
| Teams | 7 |
| Site | Orleans Arena Paradise, Nevada |
| Champions | New Mexico State Aggies (7th title) |
| Winning coach | Paul Weir (1st title) |
| MVP | Ian Baker (New Mexico State) |
| Television | ESPNU |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Bakersfield | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 25 | – | 10 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico State † | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 28 | – | 6 | .824 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Canyon* | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 22 | – | 9 | .710 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMKC | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 18 | – | 17 | .514 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah Valley | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 17 | – | 17 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seattle | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas–Rio Grande Valley | 2 | – | 12 | .143 | 10 | – | 22 | .313 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago State | 1 | – | 13 | .071 | 6 | – | 26 | .188 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| * Ineligible for postseason during transition to Division I. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2017 WAC tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeds
Grand Canyon was ineligible to participate in the conference tournament during its transition to Division I. The remaining seven teams will participate in the tournament. The top seed will receive a bye to the semifinals. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
| Seed | School | Conference |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cal State Bakersfield | 12–2 |
| 2 | New Mexico State | 11–3 |
| 3 | UMKC | 8–6 |
| 4 | Utah Valley | 6–8 |
| 5 | Seattle | 5–9 |
| 6 | UT Rio Grande Valley | 2–12 |
| 7 | Chicago State | 1–13 |
Schedule
| Game | Time* | Matchup | Score | Television |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9 | ||||
| 1 | 2:00 pm | No. 5 Seattle vs. No. 4 Utah Valley | 53–65 | WAC Digital Network |
| 2 | 4:30 pm | No. 7 Chicago State vs. No. 2 New Mexico State | 53–67 | |
| 3 | 7:00 pm | No. 6 UT Rio Grande Valley vs. No. 3 UMKC | 78–82OT | |
| Semifinals – Friday, March 10 | ||||
| 4 | 6:00 pm | No. 4 Utah Valley vs. No. 1 Cal State Bakersfield | 80–814OT | ESPN3 |
| 5 | 8:30 pm | No. 3 UMKC vs. No. 2 New Mexico State | 60–78 | |
| Championship – Saturday, March 11 | ||||
| 6 | 8:00 pm | No.1 Cal State Bakersfield vs. No. 2 New Mexico State | 60–70 | ESPNU |
| *Game times in PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding. | ||||
Bracket
| Quarterfinals Thursday, March 9 WAC Digital Network | Semifinals Friday, March 10 ESPN3 | Championship Saturday, March 11 ESPNU | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Cal State Bakersfield | 81**** | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Utah Valley | 80 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Utah Valley | 65 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Seattle | 53 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Cal State Bakersfield | 60 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | New Mexico State | 70 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | New Mexico State | 67 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Chicago State | 53 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | New Mexico State | 78 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | UMKC | 60 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | UMKC | 82* | ||||||||||||
| 6 | UT Rio Grande Valley | 78 | ||||||||||||
* denotes overtime period
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