1999 WAC men's basketball tournament

1999 WAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1998–99
Teams12
SiteThomas & Mack Center
Paradise, NV
ChampionsUtah (3rd title)
Winning coachRick Majerus (3rd title)
MVPAlex Jensen (Utah)
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1998–99 WAC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Mountain
UNLV 9 5   .643 16 13   .552
Tulsa 9 5   .643 23 10   .697
Rice 8 6   .571 18 10   .643
TCU 7 7   .500 21 11   .656
SMU 7 7   .500 15 15   .500
Colorado State 7 7   .500 19 11   .633
Wyoming 7 7   .500 18 10   .643
Air Force 2 12   .143 10 16   .385
Pacific
No. 6 Utah 14 0   1.000 28 5   .848
No. 25 New Mexico 9 5   .643 25 9   .735
Fresno State 9 5   .643 21 12   .636
UTEP 8 6   .571 16 12   .571
BYU 6 8   .429 12 16   .429
San Jose State 5 9   .357 12 16   .429
Hawaii 3 11   .214 6 20   .231
San Diego State 2 12   .143 4 22   .154
1999 WAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1999 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 2–6 at the Thomas & Mack Center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in Paradise, Nevada.[2] This was the final tournament before the formation of the Mountain West Conference.

Top-seeded Utah defeated New Mexico in the championship game, 60–45, to clinch their third WAC men's tournament championship.

The Utes, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA tournament. They were joined in the tournament by two other WAC members, New Mexico and Tulsa, who all earned at-large bids.

  1. ^ sports-reference.com 1998-99 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary
  2. ^ "1998-99 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2016.