The 2025 WAC men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament of the

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(WAC) for the

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. The tournament was played from March 11–15, 2025 with the opening round at

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and the remaining rounds at the

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near

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. Burns Arena was the home court for WAC member Utah Tech. The last time that a WAC tournament game was held at a conference member's campus site was in 2010. This was the 15th year that the tournament was held at the Orleans Arena. Grand Canyon, who won the conference tournament, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament for a third straight season.

Seeds

All nine members were invited to the tournament. The field for the WAC tournament has varied from six to twelve qualifiers. All teams were eligible for the NCAA tournament including Tarleton and Utah Tech which completed their transition to Division I in 2024. For the prior two seasons, the WAC tournament was seeded using the WAC Résumé Seeding System. For the 2025 WAC tournament, seeding was determined by conference record with ties broken first by head-to-head competition, then by the WAC Résumé Seeding System points.

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Bracket

Awards

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Seeds

Schedule

Bracket

Awards

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