1991 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament

1991 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 9
Site Arena-Auditorium
Laramie, WY
Champions BYU (1st title)
Winning coach Roger Reid (1st title)
MVP Shawn Bradley (BYU)
WAC Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1990  1992»

Template:1990–91 WAC men's basketball standings

The 1991 Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 6–9 at the Arena-Auditorium at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming.[1]

BYU defeated rival Utah in the championship game, 51–49, to clinch their first WAC men's tournament championship.

The Cougars, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by Utah, the WAC regular season champion, and New Mexico.

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 6
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 7
Semifinals
Friday, March 8
Championship
Saturday, March 9
                                     
        
  1  Utah 67  
    8  San Diego State 56  
9  Air Force 51
8  San Diego State 58  
  1  Utah 69  
  4  Wyoming 63  
        
        
  5  UTEP 67
    4  Wyoming 71  
      
        
  1  Utah 49
  2  BYU 51
        
        
  3  New Mexico 67
    6  Hawaii 68  
      
        
  6  Hawaii 71
  2  BYU 73  
        
        
  7  Colorado State 56
    2  BYU 69  
      

References

  1. "1990-91 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
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