The 2016 WAC men's basketball tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the

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, held from March 10–12, 2016 at

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. The winner of the tournament received the conference's automatic bid into the 2016 NCAA tournament.

Seeds

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was ineligible to participate in the conference tournament during its transition to Division I. The remaining seven teams participated in the tournament. The top seed received a bye to the semifinals. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Schedule

Bracket

References

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