2020 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2020 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament was to be the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Western Athletic Conference during the 2019–20 season. All tournament games were to be played at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada, from March 12–14, 2020. The tournament champion would have received the WAC's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Tournament.

2020 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201920
Teams8
SiteOrleans Arena
Paradise, Nevada
TelevisionESPN+, ESPNU
2019–20 WAC men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
New Mexico State160 1.000  256  .806
California Baptist*106 .625  2110  .677
UTRGV97 .563  1416  .467
Kansas City87 .533  1614  .533
Seattle77 .500  1415  .483
Grand Canyon88 .500  1317  .433
Cal State Bakersfield610 .375  1219  .387
Utah Valley510 .333  1119  .367
Chicago State014 .000  425  .138
* ineligible for the 2020 NCAA Tournament due to transition period
As of January 19, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll
NOTE: The 2020 WAC Tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On March 12, both the WAC Tournament and the NCAA Tournaments were cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Seeds

8 of the 9 teams in the WAC are eligible to compete in the conference tournament. California Baptist is ineligible due to their transition from Division II to Division I. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker Tiebreaker 2
1 New Mexico State 16–0
2 UTRGV 9–7
3 Seattle 7–7
4 Grand Canyon 8–8
5 Kansas City 8–7
6 Utah Valley 5–10
7 Cal State Bakersfield 6–10
8 Chicago State 0–14

Schedule and results

Game Time[1] Matchup Score Television
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12
1 cancelled No. 1 New Mexico State vs No. 8 Chicago State N/A ESPN+
2 No. 4 Grand Canyon vs. No. 5 Kansas City
3 No. 2 UTRGV vs. No. 7 Cal State Bakersfield
4 No. 3 Seattle vs. No. 6 Utah Valley
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
5 cancelled Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner N/A ESPN+
6 Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner
Final – Saturday, March 14
7 cancelled Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner N/A ESPNU
Game times in PDT. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
March 12
ESPN+
Semifinals
March 13
ESPN+
Championship
March 14
ESPNU
         
1 New Mexico State  
8 Chicago State  
 
 
4 Grand Canyon  
5 Kansas City  
 
 
2 UTRGV  
7 Cal State Bakersfield  
 
 
3 Seattle  
6 Utah Valley  

References

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