The 2024 WAC men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) for the 2023–24 season. The tournament was played from March 13–16, 2024 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada near Las Vegas. The winner, Grand Canyon, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Seeds Eight of the eleven members were invited to the tournament. The field for the WAC tournament has varied from six to 2023's twelve qualifiers. While Tarleton and Utah Tech were ineligible for the NCAA tournament, they were eligible for the WAC tournament. If a team that was not eligible for the NCAA tournament had won the WAC tournament, the conference's automatic bid would have gone to the highest seeded tournament-eligible team. As was the case for the 2023 tournament, teams were seeded based on the WAC Résumé Seeding System. While seeding was determined by the WAC Résumé Seeding System, the eight teams qualifying for the tournament were determined by composite WAC standings. SeedSchoolConference recordWAC Resume seeding points (final)1 Grand Canyon 17–3 8.4202 Tarleton 16–4 4.2623 UT Arlington 13–7 0.7094 Seattle 11–9 –0.3145 Utah Valley 11–9 –1.0446 Stephen F. Austin 10–10 –1.5437 Abilene Christian 10–10 –2.6928 California Baptist 8–12 –4.440DNQ Utah Tech 7–13 –6.386DNQ Southern Utah 5–15 –7.801DNQ UT Rio Grande Valley 2–18 –11.762
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Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendanceFirst round – Wednesday, March 13, 2024 – Orleans Arena116:00pm No. 5 Utah Valley vs. No. 8 California Baptist63–74ESPN+1,06428:30pm No. 6 Stephen F. Austin vs. No. 7 Abilene Christian60–57Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14, 2024 – Orleans Arena236:00pmNo. 8 California Baptist vs. No. 4 Seattle57–81ESPN+1,02148:30pmNo. 6 Stephen F. Austin vs. No. 3 UT Arlington78–109Semifinals – Friday, March 15, 2024 – Orleans Arena356:00pmNo. 4 Seattle vs. No. 1 Grand Canyon72–80ESPN+4,05768:30pmNo. 3 UT Arlington vs. No. 2 Tarleton87–84ESPNUChampionship – Saturday, March 16, 2024 – Orleans Arena478:30pmNo. 1 Grand Canyon vs. No. 3 UT Arlington89–74ESPN24,019*Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
* denotes overtime period
Awards +AwardPlayerTeamMost Outstanding PlayerTyon Grant-FosterGrand CanyonAll-Tournament TeamTyon Grant-FosterGrand CanyonRay HarrisonGrand CanyonLök WurGrand CanyonPhillip RussellUT ArlingtonShemar WilsonUT Arlington
See also
2024 WAC women's basketball tournament
References