2021 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2021 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Western Athletic Conference during the 2020–21 season. All tournament games will be played at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada, from March 10–13, 2021. The tournament champion will receive the WAC's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Tournament.
| 2021 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2020–21 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Site | Orleans Arena Paradise, Nevada |
| Television | ESPN+, ESPNU |
| 2020–21 WAC men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Canyon | 6 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 12 | – | 3 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UTRGV | 2 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 8 | – | 3 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah Valley | 4 | – | 1 | .800 | 6 | – | 7 | .462 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California Baptist* | 3 | – | 3 | .500 | 8 | – | 5 | .615 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dixie State* | 1 | – | 5 | .167 | 5 | – | 8 | .385 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tarleton State* | 1 | – | 5 | .167 | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seattle | 0 | – | 1 | .000 | 7 | – | 6 | .538 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico State | 0 | – | 2 | .000 | 3 | – | 3 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 9 | .000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| * ineligible for the 2021 NCAA Tournament due to transition period Chicago State suspended their season on December 23, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2021 WAC Tournament winner As of January 30, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeds
6 of the 9 teams in the WAC are eligible to compete in the conference tournament. Dixie State and Tarleton State are ineligible due to their transition from Division II to Division I. California Baptist is eligible for the WAC basketball tournament this year after a change in rules from the WAC Board of Directors, which changed the transition period from four years to two years to compete in the conference tournament.[1] CBU will still have to wait two more years to be able to compete in the NCAA Tournament. Chicago State cancelled their season after going 0–9, so they will not compete in the conference tournament.[2] 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 |
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| 1 | ||||
| 2 | ||||
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| 4 | ||||
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Schedule and results
| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television |
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| Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 10 | ||||
| 1 | #4 seed vs #5 seed | N/A | ESPN+ | |
| 2 | #3 seed vs #6 seed | |||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 12 | ||||
| 3 | #1 seed vs. Game 1 winner | N/A | ESPN+ | |
| 4 | #2 seed vs. Game 2 winner | |||
| Final – Saturday, March 13 | ||||
| 5 | Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner | N/A | ESPNU | |
| Game times in PDT. Rankings denote tournament seed. | ||||
Bracket
| Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 10 ESPN+ |
Semifinals Friday, March 12 ESPN+ |
Championship Saturday, March 13 ESPNU | |||||||||||
| 1 | #1 seed | ||||||||||||
| 4 | #4 seed | ||||||||||||
| 5 | #5 seed | ||||||||||||
| 2 | #2 seed | ||||||||||||
| 3 | #3 seed | ||||||||||||
| 6 | #6 seed | ||||||||||||
References
- "Lancers Eligible For 2021 WAC Basketball Tournament" (Press release). Cal Baptist Lancers. April 27, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
- "Chicago State University Athletics Suspends Men's Basketball Competition-Related Activities" (Press release). Chicago State University. December 23, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.