1987 WAC men's basketball tournament


The 1987 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 5–8 at the Pit at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[1]

1987 WAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1986–87
Teams9
SiteThe Pit
Albuquerque, NM
ChampionsWyoming (1st title)
Winning coachJim Brandenburg (1st title)
MVPEric Leckner (Wyoming)
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1988 →
1986–87 WAC men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
UTEP133 .813257 .781
Brigham Young124 .7502111 .656
New Mexico115 .6882510 .714
Wyoming115 .6882410 .706
Utah97 .5631713 .567
Colorado State79 .4381316 .448
Air Force511 .3131215 .444
Hawaii214 .125721 .250
San Diego State214 .125525 .167
1987 WAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Wyoming defeated tournament hosts New Mexico in the championship game, 64–62, to clinch their first WAC men's tournament championship.

The Cowboys, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA tournament. The tournament's top two seeds, UTEP and BYU, also earned at-large bids to the tournament.

Format edit

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 edit

First round
Thursday, March 5
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 6
Semifinals
Saturday, March 7
Championship
Sunday, March 8
1UTEP85
9San Diego State939San Diego State65
8Hawaii901UTEP74
4Wyoming77
5Utah54
4Wyoming56
4Wyoming64
3New Mexico62
3New Mexico92
6Colorado State77
3New Mexico93
2BYU86
7Air Force79
2BYU92

References edit

  1. ^ "1986-87 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2016.