1984 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
| 1984 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Teams | 8 | ||||
| Site |
Special Events Center El Paso, TX | ||||
| Champions | UTEP (1st title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Don Haskins (1st title) | ||||
| MVP | Juden Smith (UTEP) | ||||
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Template:1983–84 WAC men's basketball standings
The 1984 Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 7–10 at the Special Events Center in El Paso, Texas.[1] This was the first edition of the tournament.
Top-seeded UTEP defeated New Mexico in the inaugural championship game, 44–38, to clinch their first WAC men's tournament championship.
The Miners, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1984 NCAA Tournament while second-seeded BYU, who fell in the semifinal round, received an at-large bid.
Bracket
| First round Wednesday, March 7 |
Quarterfinals Thursday, March 8 |
Semifinals Friday, March 9 |
Championship Saturday, March 10 | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | UTEP | 62 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Wyoming | 55 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Wyoming | 40 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Colorado State | 61 | 5 | Colorado State | 36 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Air Force | 56 | 1 | UTEP | 44 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | New Mexico | 38 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | BYU | 55 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | New Mexico | 64 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | New Mexico | 56 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Hawaii | 65 | 7 | Utah | 45 | |||||||||||||
| 7 | Utah | 69 | ||||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "1983-84 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
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