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2020 WAC men's basketball tournament

2020 WAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2019–20
Teams8
SiteOrleans Arena
Paradise, Nevada
TelevisionESPN+, ESPNU
← 2019
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2019–20 WAC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
New Mexico State 16 – 0   1.000 25 – 6   .806
California Baptist* 10 – 6   .625 21 – 10   .677
Texas–Rio Grande Valley 9 – 7   .563 14 – 16   .467
Kansas City 8 – 7   .533 16 – 14   .533
Seattle 7 – 7   .500 14 – 15   .483
Grand Canyon 8 – 8   .500 13 – 17   .433
Cal State Bakersfield 6 – 10   .375 12 – 19   .387
Utah Valley 5 – 10   .333 11 – 19   .367
Chicago State 0 – 14   .000 4 – 25   .138
* Ineligible for the 2020 NCAA tournament due to transition period
Note: The 2020 WAC tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2020 WAC men's basketball tournament was to be the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Western Athletic Conference during the 2019–20 season. All tournament games were to be played at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada, from March 12–14, 2020. The tournament champion would have received the WAC's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA tournament.

On March 12, both the WAC Tournament and the NCAA Tournaments were cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Seeds

8 of the 9 teams in the WAC were eligible to compete in the conference tournament. California Baptist was ineligible due to their transition from Division II to Division I. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker Tiebreaker 2
1 New Mexico State 16–0
2 UTRGV 9–7
3 Seattle 7–7
4 Grand Canyon 8–8
5 Kansas City 8–7
6 Utah Valley 5–10
7 Cal State Bakersfield 6–10
8 Chicago State 0–14

Schedule and results

Game Time[1] Matchup Score Television
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12
1 cancelled No. 1 New Mexico State vs No. 8 Chicago State N/A ESPN+
2 No. 4 Grand Canyon vs. No. 5 Kansas City
3 No. 2 UTRGV vs. No. 7 Cal State Bakersfield
4 No. 3 Seattle vs. No. 6 Utah Valley
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
5 cancelled Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner N/A ESPN+
6 Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner
Final – Saturday, March 14
7 cancelled Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner N/A ESPNU
Game times in PDT. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
March 11/12
ESPN+ 		Semifinals
March 13
ESPN+ 		Championship
March 14
ESPNU
         
1 New Mexico State 78
8 Chicago State 99
8 Chicago State
Cancelled Due To COVID-19
4 Grand Canyon N/A
5 Kansas City N/A
N/A
N/A
2 UTRGV 78
7 Cal State Bakersfield 87
7 Cal State Bakersfield
Cancelled Due To COVID-19
3 Seattle N/A
6 Utah Valley N/A

References

  1. ^ "2018 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament" (PDF). wacsports.com. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
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