2015 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2015 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Western Athletic Conference, held from March 12–14, 2015 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada.

2015 Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201415
Teams7
SiteOrleans Arena
Paradise, Nevada
ChampionsNew Mexico State (6th title)
Winning coachMarvin Menzies (5th title)
Attendance4,546
TelevisionESPNU
2014–15 WAC men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
New Mexico State131 .929  2311  .676
Grand Canyon*86 .571  1715  .531
UMKC86 .571  1419  .424
Seattle77 .500  1816  .529
Cal State Bakersfield77 .500  1419  .424
Utah Valley59 .357  1119  .367
Texas–Pan American410 .286  1021  .323
Chicago State410 .286  824  .250
* Ineligible in transition from Division II.
2015 WAC Tournament winner

Format

Grand Canyon did not compete in the 2015 men's basketball tournament for the second time. As a D2 to D1 transitioning school, they are ineligible to compete in the NCAA tournament or the NIT (which is also operated by the NCAA) until the 2018 season, so they could not win the conference tournament as the winner received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. However Grand Canyon was eligible to win the regular season title and was eligible to compete in the CIT or the CBI. (The Antelopes did in fact receive a bid to, and participated in, the 2015 CIT.)

Seeds

Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker
1 New Mexico State 13–1 21–10
2 UMKC 8–6 13–18
3 Seattle 7–7 14–14 1–1 vs. NMSU
4 CSU–Bakersfield 7–7 13–18 0–2 vs. NMSU
5 Utah Valley 5–9 11–18
6 Chicago State 4–10 8–23 2–0 vs. Grand Canyon
7 Texas–Pan American 4–10 10–20 1–1 vs. Grand Canyon

Overall record at the end of regular season

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup#
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12
1 1 2:30 pm #4 CSU-Bakersfield vs. #5 Utah Valley
2 2 6:00 pm #2 UMKC vs. #7 Texas-Pan American
3 8:30 pm #3 Seattle vs. #6 Chicago State
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
3 4 6:00 pm #1 New Mexico State vs. #4 CSU-Bakersfield
5 8:30 pm #2 UMKC vs. #3 Seattle
Championship – Saturday, March 14
4 6 7:00 pm #1 New Mexico State vs. #3 Seattle
*Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 12
Semifinals
Friday, March 13
Championship
Saturday, March 14
ESPNU
                           
       
  1 New Mexico State 57  
    4 Cal State Bakersfield 52  
4 Cal State Bakersfield 55
  5 Utah Valley 40  
    1 New Mexico State 80
  3 Seattle 61
  2 UMKC 70  
7 Texas-Pan American 61  
2 UMKC 63
    3 Seattle 69  
3 Seattle 49
  6 Chicago State 45  

See also

References

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