The 2000
Western Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
The Western Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament is the conference championship tournament in men's basketball for the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). Even though the WAC was founded in 1962, the annual tournament has only been held ...
was held March 9–11 at the
Selland Arena at
Fresno State University in
Fresno, California.
Hosts
Fresno State upset top-seeded
Tulsa in the championship game, 75–72, to clinch their first WAC men's tournament championship. However, most of the Bulldogs' season was later vacated by the NCAA for using an ineligible player.
Fresno State received the WAC's automatic bid to the
2000 NCAA tournament. They were joined in the tournament by WAC regular season champion Tulsa, who earned an at-large bid.
Format
Prior to the 1999–2000 season, eight of the WAC's members announced they were departing to form the new
Mountain West Conference: Air Force, BYU, Colorado State, UNLV, New Mexico, San Diego State, Utah, and Wyoming. With this dramatic departure, the league was left with only eight teams. The tournament field was subsequently reduced from twelve to eight, and the division structure was eliminated.
All teams now qualified for the tournament and were all placed into the initial quarterfinal round. The teams were seeded based on regular season conference record.
Bracket
See also
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References
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