2013 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament

2013 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
2013 WAC Tournament logo
Classification	Division I
Season	2012–13
Teams	10
Site	Orleans Arena Paradise, Nevada, USA
Champions	New Mexico State (4th title)
Winning coach	Marvin Menzies (3rd title)
Television	ESPNU
WAC Men's Basketball Tournaments «2012  2014»

2012–13 WAC men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Louisiana Tech*	16	–	2		.889			27	–	7		.794
Denver	16	–	2		.889			22	–	10		.688
New Mexico State †	14	–	4		.778			24	–	11		.686
Utah State	11	–	7		.611			21	–	10		.677
Texas–Arlington	11	–	7		.611			19	–	14		.576
Idaho	7	–	11		.389			12	–	18		.400
Texas State	5	–	13		.278			12	–	22		.353
UTSA	3	–	14		.176			10	–	22		.313
San Jose State	3	–	14		.176			9	–	20		.310
Seattle	3	–	15		.167			8	–	22		.267
† 2013 WAC Tournament winner As of March 25, 2013 * WAC Tournament #1 seed; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament was the 30th basketball tournament hosted by the WAC and was held March 12–16, 2013^[1] at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The winner, New Mexico State University, received an automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Tournament. The 2013 Championship game was televised on ESPNU. With the departure of Nevada, and Fresno State to the Mountain West, and Hawaiʻi to the Big West, and the additions of Denver, Seattle, Texas–Arlington, UTSA, and Texas State the WAC held a ten-team tournament for 2013.

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Bracket

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	First Round Tuesday March, 12					Quarterfinals Thursday March, 14					Semifinals Friday March, 15					Championship Game Saturday March, 16 ESPNU
						1	Louisiana Tech	67
	8	San Jose State	49			9	UTSA	73
											9	UTSA	53
	9	UTSA	67
											4	Texas–Arlington	69
						4	Texas–Arlington	83
						5	Utah State	78
																4	Texas–Arlington	55
																3	New Mexico State	64
						3	New Mexico State	65
						6	Idaho	49
											3	New Mexico State	74
	7	Texas State	68
											7	Texas State	65
	10	Seattle	56			2	Denver	68
						7	Texas State	72

All times listed are Pacific

References

1. "WAC Men's Basketball Preview 2012-13" (PDF). Retrieved 27 September 2012.
2. "2013 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament Bracket" (PDF). Retrieved 27 September 2012.
3. "2013 WAC Men’s Basketball Tournament Scenarios". wacsports.org. Retrieved 10 March 2013.

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