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 |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah Valley | 3 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 11 | – | 6 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah Tech | 2 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | – | 11 | .353 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tarleton | 2 | – | 1 | .667 | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Canyon | 1 | – | 1 | .500 | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California Baptist | 1 | – | 1 | .500 | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seattle | 1 | – | 1 | .500 | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Utah | 1 | – | 2 | .333 | 9 | – | 8 | .529 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abilene Christian | 0 | – | 2 | .000 | 8 | – | 9 | .471 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UT Arlington | 0 | – | 3 | .000 | 7 | – | 10 | .412 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2025 WAC tournament winner As of January 11, 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 the 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 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | TBA | |||
| 2 | TBA | ||||
| Quarterfinals – Wednesday and Thursday, March 12–13, 2025 – Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada | |||||
| 2 | 3 | TBA | |||
| 4 | TBA | ||||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 14, 2025 – Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada | |||||
| 3 | 5 | TBA | |||
| 6 | TBA | ||||
| Championship – Saturday, March 15, 2025 – Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada | |||||
| 4 | 7 | TBA | |||
| *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 | Semifinals Friday, March 14 Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada | Championship Saturday, March 15 Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada | ||||||||||||||||
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| 8 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
* denotes overtime period
Awards
[edit]| Award | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 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.