2016 WAC men's basketball tournament
The 2016 WAC men's basketball tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Western Athletic Conference, held from March 10–12, 2016[1] at Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The winner of the tournament received the conference's automatic bid into the 2016 NCAA tournament.
| 2016 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2015–16 |
| Teams | 7 |
| Site | Orleans Arena Paradise, Nevada |
| Champions | Cal State Bakersfield (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Rod Barnes (1st title) |
| MVP | Dedrick Basile (Cal State Bakersfield) |
| Television | ESPNU |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico State | 13 | – | 1 | .929 | 23 | – | 11 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Canyon* | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 27 | – | 7 | .794 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Bakersfield † | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 24 | – | 9 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seattle | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah Valley | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 12 | – | 18 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMKC | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 12 | – | 19 | .387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas–Rio Grande Valley | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 8 | – | 22 | .267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago State | 0 | – | 14 | .000 | 4 | – | 28 | .125 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| * Ineligible for postseason during transition to Division I. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2016 WAC tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeds
Grand Canyon was ineligible to participate in the conference tournament during its transition to Division I. The remaining seven teams participated in the tournament. The top seed received a bye to the semifinals.
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Mexico State | 13–1 | |
| 2 | Cal State Bakersfield | 11–3 | |
| 3 | Seattle | 7–7 | |
| 4 | Utah Valley | 6–8 | |
| 5 | UMKC | 4–10 | Higher RPI than UT Rio Grande Valley |
| 6 | UT Rio Grande Valley | 4–10 | Lower RPI than UMKC |
| 7 | Chicago State | 0–14 | |
Schedule
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 2:00 pm | #4 Utah Valley 78 vs. #5 UMKC 80 |
| 2 | 4:30 pm | #2 Cal State Bakersfield 79 vs. #7 Chicago State 57 | |
| 3 | 7:00 pm | #3 Seattle 75 vs. #6 UT Rio Grande Valley 52 | |
| Semifinals – Friday, March 11 | |||
| 2 | 4 | 6:00 pm | #1 New Mexico State 78 vs. #5 UMKC 64 |
| 5 | 8:30 pm | #2 Cal State Bakersfield 72 vs. #3 Seattle 47 | |
| Championship – Saturday, March 12 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 8:30 pm | #1 New Mexico State 54 vs. #2 Cal State Bakersfield 57 |
| *Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. | |||
Bracket
| Quarterfinals Thursday, March 10 | Semifinals Friday, March 11 | Championship Saturday, March 12 ESPNU | ||||||||||||
| 1 | New Mexico State | 78 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | UMKC | 64 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Utah Valley | 78 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | UMKC | 80 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | New Mexico State | 54 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Cal State Bakersfield | 57 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Cal State Bakersfield | 79 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Chicago State | 57 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Cal State Bakersfield | 72 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Seattle | 47 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Seattle | 75 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | UT Rio Grande Valley | 52 | ||||||||||||
References
- "2015-16 WAC Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). WAC. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
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