1990 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament

1990 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	9
Site	Special Events Center El Paso, TX
Champions	UTEP (4th title)
Winning coach	Don Haskins (4th title)
MVP	Greg Foster (UTEP)
WAC Men's Basketball Tournaments «1989  1991»

Template:1989–90 WAC men's basketball standings

The 1990 Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 7–10 at the Special Events Center at the University of Texas at El Paso in El Paso, Texas.^[1]

UTEP defeated Hawaii in the championship game, 75–58, to clinch their fourth overall, and second consecutive, WAC men's tournament championship

The Miners, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by the WAC regular season co-champions Colorado State and BYU, who both earned at-large bids (both teams lost their WAC quarterfinal games to lower seeds).

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 7					Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 7 Thursday, March 8					Semifinals Friday, March 9					Championship Saturday, March 10
						1	Colorado State	51
						9	Air Force	58
	9	Air Force	70
	8	San Diego State	64
											9	Air Force	54
										4	UTEP	57
						5	New Mexico	61
						4	UTEP	78
																4	UTEP	75
																3	Hawaii	58
						3	Hawaii	66
						6	Wyoming	63
											3	Hawaii	66
										7	Utah	60
						7	Utah	62
						2	BYU	61

References

1. "1989-90 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2016.