The 2015 WAC men's basketball tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Western Athletic Conference, held from March 12–14, 2015 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The tournament was won by New Mexico State, who defeated Seattle in the final.
Format Grand Canyon did not compete in the 2015 men's basketball tournament for the second time. As a D2 to D1 transitioning school, they are ineligible to compete in the NCAA tournament or the NIT (which is also operated by the NCAA) until the 2018 season, so they could not win the conference tournament as the winner received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. However Grand Canyon was eligible to win the regular season title and was eligible to compete in the CIT or the CBI. (The Antelopes did in fact receive a bid to, and participated in, the 2015 CIT.)
Seeds SeedSchoolConference OverallTiebreaker 1New Mexico State 13–1 21–102UMKC 8–6 13–183Seattle 7–7 14–141–1 vs. NMSU4CSU–Bakersfield 7–7 13–180–2 vs. NMSU5Utah Valley 5–9 11–186Chicago State 4–10 8–232–0 vs. Grand Canyon7Texas–Pan American 4–10 10–201–1 vs. Grand Canyon Overall record at the end of regular season
Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup# Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12112:30 pm#4 Cal State Bakersfield vs. #5 Utah Valley226:00 pm#2 UMKC vs. #7 Texas–Pan American 38:30 pm#3 Seattle vs. #6 Chicago State Semifinals – Friday, March 13346:00 pm#1 New Mexico State vs. #4 Cal State Bakersfield58:30 pm#2 UMKC vs. #3 Seattle Championship – Saturday, March 14467:00 pm#1 New Mexico State vs. #3 Seattle *Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
See also 2014-15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season WAC men's basketball tournament
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