2000 WAC men's basketball tournament

2000 WAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1999–00
Teams8
SiteSelland Arena
Fresno, CA
ChampionsFresno State (vacated) (1st title)
Winning coachJerry Tarkanian (vacated) (1st title)
MVPCourtney Alexander (Fresno State)
← 1999
2001 →
1999–2000 WAC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 18 Tulsa 12 2   .857 32 5   .865
Fresno State 11 3   .786 24 10   .706
SMU 9 5   .643 21 9   .700
TCU 8 6   .571 18 14   .563
San Jose State 6 8   .429 15 15   .500
Hawaii 5 9   .357 17 12   .586
UTEP 4 10   .286 13 15   .464
Rice 1 13   .071 5 22   .185
2000 WAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 2000 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 9–11 at the Selland Arena at Fresno State University in Fresno, California.[2]

Hosts Fresno State upset top-seeded Tulsa in the championship game, 75–72, to clinch their first WAC men's tournament championship. However, most of the Bulldogs' season was later vacated by the NCAA for using an ineligible player.

Fresno State received the WAC's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA tournament. They were joined in the tournament by WAC regular season champion Tulsa, who earned an at-large bid.

  1. ^ sports-reference.com 1999-00 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary
  2. ^ "1999-00 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2016.