2025 WAC men's basketball tournament
| 2025 WAC men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2024–25 |
| Teams | 9 |
| Site | Orleans Arena Paradise, Nevada |
| Television | ESPN+, ESPN2 |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah Valley | 10 | – | 1 | .909 | 18 | – | 7 | .720 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Canyon | 9 | – | 2 | .818 | 19 | – | 6 | .760 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California Baptist | 6 | – | 5 | .545 | 13 | – | 12 | .520 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tarleton | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 11 | – | 16 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seattle | 5 | – | 6 | .455 | 10 | – | 15 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UT Arlington | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 12 | – | 14 | .462 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abilene Christian | 4 | – | 6 | .400 | 12 | – | 13 | .480 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Utah | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 11 | – | 15 | .423 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah Tech | 2 | – | 8 | .200 | 6 | – | 19 | .240 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2025 WAC tournament winner As of February 15, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 WAC men's basketball tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) for the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament will be played from March 11–15, 2024 with the opening round at Burns Arena in St. George, Utah and the remaining rounds at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada near Las Vegas.[1] Burns Arena is the home court for WAC member Utah Tech.[2] The last time that a WAC tournament game was held at the location of a WAC member was in 2010.[3] This will be the 15th year that the tournament will be held at the Orleans Arena.[4] The winner will receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.[5] Grand Canyon has won the WAC tournament for the last two years.[6]
Seeds
[edit]All nine members are invited to the tournament.[7] The field for the WAC tournament has varied from six to twelve qualifiers.[8] All teams are eligible for the NCAA tournament including Tarleton and Utah Tech which completed their transition to Division I in 2024.[9] For the prior two years, the WAC Tournament has been seeded using the WAC Resume Seeding System.[10]
| Seed | School | Conference record |
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| 1 | ||
| 2 | ||
| 3 | ||
| 4 | ||
| 5 | ||
| 6 | ||
| 7 | ||
| 8 | ||
| 9 |
Schedule
[edit]| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television |
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| First round – Tuesday, March 11, 2025 – Burns Arena, St. George, Utah† | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 2:30pm MT | No. 8 vs. No. 9 | ESPN+ | |
| Quarterfinals – Wednesday and Thursday, March 12–13, 2025 – Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada | |||||
| 2 | 2 | 6:00pm PT, Wednesday | No. 1 vs. winner game 1 | ESPN+ | |
| 3 | 8:30pm PT, Wednesday | No. 2 vs. No. 7 | |||
| 3 | 4 | 6:00pm PT, Thursday | No. 4 vs. No. 5 | ||
| 5 | 8:30pm PT, Thursday | No. 3 vs. No. 6 | |||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 14, 2025 – Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada | |||||
| 4 | 6 | 6:00pm PT | winner game 2 vs. winner game 4 | ESPN+ | |
| 7 | 8:30pm PT | winner game 3 vs. winner game 5 | |||
| Championship – Saturday, March 15, 2025 – Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada | |||||
| 5 | 8 | 8:40pm PT | winner game 6 vs. winner game 7 | ESPN2 | |
| *Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.†-St. George, Utah is located in the Mountain Time Zone | |||||
Bracket
[edit]| First round Tuesday, March 11 Burns Arena, St. George, Utah | Quarterfinals Wednesday and Thursday, March 12–13 Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada ESPN+ | Semifinals Friday, March 14 Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada ESPN+ | Championship Saturday, March 15 Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada ESPN2 | ||||||||||||||||
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* denotes overtime period
Awards
[edit]| Award | Player | Team |
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| Most Outstanding Player | ||
| All-Tournament Team | ||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Hercules Tires WAC Basketball Tournament". orleans.boydgaming.com. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
- ^ "Burns Arena". Greater Zion. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
- ^ "WAC Tournament Dates, Format and Bracket Revealed". University of Texas Arlington Athletics. August 15, 2024. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
- ^ "WAC Hercules Tire Basketball Tournament details finalized". Tarleton State University Athletics. August 15, 2024. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
- ^ "What is an at-large bid in March Madness? | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
- ^ "WAC Tournament bracket, dates revealed". Grand Canyon University Athletics. January 15, 2025. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
- ^ "Championship Format And Dates For 2025 Hercules Tires WAC Basketball Tournament Set". wacsports.com. January 15, 2025. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
- ^ "WAC Tournament format, dates set". Grand Canyon University Athletics. November 9, 2023. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
- ^ "IT'S OFFICIAL! Utah Tech University Completes NCAA Division I Transition". Utah Tech University Athletics. January 7, 2025. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
- ^ "First WAC Résumé Seeding System Rankings Of 2023-24 Posted". wacsports.com. January 15, 2025. Retrieved January 16, 2025.