1986 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1986 Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 4–8 at the Arena-Auditorium at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming.[2]

1986 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season198586
Teams9
SiteArena-Auditorium
Laramie, WY
ChampionsUTEP (2nd title)
Winning coachDon Haskins (2nd title)
MVPEric Leckner (Wyoming)
1985–86 WAC men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Wyoming124 .750  2412  .667
No. 20 UTEP124 .750  276  .818
Utah124 .750  2010  .667
Brigham Young115 .688  1814  .563
New Mexico88 .500  1714  .548
San Diego State79 .438  1019  .345
Colorado State610 .375  1118  .379
Air Force313 .188  1019  .345
Hawaii115 .063  424  .143
1986 WAC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

UTEP defeated top-seeded Wyoming in the championship game, 65–64, to clinch their second WAC men's tournament championship.

The Miners, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Tournament. Third-seeded Utah, who lost in the quarterfinal round, also earned an at-large bid.

Format

Even though the tournament field remained fixed at nine teams, there were some changes to the tournament structure. Teams were again seeded based on regular season conference records, although the previous double-bye structure for the top two seeds was eliminated. Instead, all teams were entered into the quarterfinal round with the exception of the two lowest-seeded teams, who played in the preliminary first round to determine who would then play against the tournament's top seed.

Bracket

First round
Tuesday, March 4
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 6
Semifinals
Friday, March 7
Championship
Saturday, March 8
     
        1 Wyoming 67  
9 Hawaii 58     8 Air Force 65  
8 Air Force 64       1 Wyoming 56  
          5 New Mexico 54  
        5 New Mexico 79  
        4 BYU 68  
          1 Wyoming 64
          2 UTEP 65
        3 Utah 71  
        6 San Diego State 73  
          6 San Diego State 76  
          2 UTEP 78  
        7 Colorado State 50      
        2 UTEP 58      
     

References

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