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1996 WAC men's basketball tournament





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The 1996 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 6–9 at The Pit at the University of New MexicoinAlbuquerque, New Mexico.[2]

1996 WAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1995–96
Teams10
SiteThe Pit
Albuquerque, NM
ChampionsNew Mexico (2nd title)
Winning coachDave Bliss (2nd title)
MVPKenny Thomas (New Mexico)
WAC men's basketball tournaments
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1995–96 WAC men's basketball standings
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  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
    No.12Utah 15 3   .833 27 7   .794
    No.23New Mexico 14 4   .778 28 5   .848
    Fresno State 13 5   .722 22 11   .667
    Colorado State 11 7   .611 18 12   .600
    BYU 9 9   .500 15 13   .536
    Wyoming 8 10   .444 14 15   .483
    San Diego State 8 10   .444 15 14   .517
    Hawaii 7 11   .389 10 18   .357
    UTEP 4 14   .222 13 15   .464
    Air Force 1 17   .056 5 23   .179
    1996 WAC tournament winner
    Rankings from AP Poll[1]

    Hosts New Mexico upset top-seeded, defending champions Utah in the championship game, 64–60, to clinch their second WAC men's tournament championship.

    The Lobos, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by WAC regular season champions Utah, who received an at-large bid.

    Format

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    No changes were made to the tournament format from the previous year. The top six teams received byes into the quarterfinal round, leaving the lowest four-seeded teams to play in the first round. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference records.

    Bracket

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    First round
    Wednesday, March 6
    Quarterfinals
    Thursday, March 7
    Semifinals
    Friday, March 8
    Championship
    Saturday, March 9
                
    1#10 Utah 76
    8Hawaii 63
    9UTEP 77
    8Hawaii 69
    1#10 Utah 71
    4Colorado State 69
    5BYU 84
    4Colorado State 100
    1#10 Utah 60
    2New Mexico 64
    3Fresno State 91
    6Wyoming 82
    3Fresno State 99
    2New Mexico 104
    7San Diego State 80
    10Air Force 69
    7San Diego State 75
    2New Mexico 94

    References

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  • ^ "1995-96 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2016.

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