1989 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament

1989 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 9
Site Jon M. Huntsman Center
Salt Lake City, UT
Champions UTEP (3rd title)
Winning coach Don Haskins (3rd title)
MVP Tim Hardaway (UTEP)
WAC Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1988  1990»

Template:1988–89 WAC men's basketball standings

The 1989 Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 8–11 at the Jon M. Huntsman Center at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah.[1]

UTEP defeated top-seeded Colorado State in the championship game, 73–60, to clinch their third WAC men's tournament championship

The Miners, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by regular season champions Colorado State, who earned an at-large bid.

Format

The tournament field remained fixed at nine teams, and teams were again seeded based on regular season conference records. 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
Wednesday, March 8		 Quarterfinals
Wednesday, March 8
Thursday, March 9		 Semifinals
Thursday, March 9
Friday, March 10		 Championship
Saturday, March 11
                                     
        
  1  Colorado State 52  
    8  Utah 50  
9  San Diego State 57
8  Utah 70  
  1  Colorado State 50  
  4  Hawaii 46  
        
        
  5  BYU 69
    4  Hawaii 72  
      
        
  1  Colorado State 60
  2  UTEP 73
        
        
  3  New Mexico 74
    6  Air Force 60  
      
        
  3  New Mexico 57
  2  UTEP 89  
        
        
  7  Wyoming 81
    2  UTEP 88  
      

References

  1. ↑ "1988-89 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
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