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1994 WAC men's basketball tournament

1994 WAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1993–94
Teams10
SiteDelta Center
Salt Lake City, UT
ChampionsHawaii (1st title)
Winning coachRiley Wallace (1st title)
MVPTrevor Ruffin (Hawaii)
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1993–94 WAC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
New Mexico 14 4   .778 23 8   .742
Fresno State 13 5   .722 21 11   .656
BYU 12 6   .667 22 10   .688
Hawaii 11 7   .611 18 15   .545
Colorado State 8 10   .444 15 13   .536
Utah 8 10   .444 14 14   .500
UTEP 8 10   .444 18 12   .600
Wyoming 7 11   .389 14 14   .500
San Diego State 6 12   .333 12 16   .429
Air Force 3 15   .167 8 18   .308
1994 WAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1994 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 9–12 at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.[2]

Hawaii defeated BYU in the championship game, 73–66, to clinch their first WAC men's tournament championship.

The Rainbow Warriors, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA tournament. They were joined in the tournament by the conference's regular season champions, New Mexico, 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 9
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 10
Semifinals
Friday, March 11
Championship
Saturday, March 12
            
1 New Mexico 61
9 San Diego State 46
9 San Diego State 54
8 Wyoming 51
1 New Mexico 58
4 Hawaii 61
5 Colorado State 61
4 Hawaii 65
4 Hawaii 73
3 BYU 66
3 BYU 96
6 Utah 65
3 BYU 87
2 Fresno State 72
7 UTEP 72
10 Air Force 58
7 UTEP 66
2 Fresno State 88

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