1989 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament

1989 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	9
Site	Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT
Champions	UTEP (3rd title)
Winning coach	Don Haskins (3rd title)
MVP	Tim Hardaway (UTEP)
WAC Men's Basketball Tournaments «1988  1990»

Template:1988–89 WAC men's basketball standings

The 1989 Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 8–11 at the Jon M. Huntsman Center at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah.^[1]

UTEP defeated top-seeded Colorado State in the championship game, 73–60, to clinch their third WAC men's tournament championship

The Miners, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by regular season champions Colorado State, who earned an at-large bid.

Format

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

	First round Wednesday, March 8					Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 8 Thursday, March 9					Semifinals Thursday, March 9 Friday, March 10					Championship Saturday, March 11
						1	Colorado State	52
						8	Utah	50
	9	San Diego State	57
	8	Utah	70
											1	Colorado State	50
										4	Hawaii	46
						5	BYU	69
						4	Hawaii	72
																1	Colorado State	60
																2	UTEP	73
						3	New Mexico	74
						6	Air Force	60
											3	New Mexico	57
										2	UTEP	89
						7	Wyoming	81
						2	UTEP	88

References

1. "1988-89 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2016.