The 2025 WAC men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) for the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament was played from March 11–15, 2025 with the opening round at Burns Arena in St. George, Utah and the remaining rounds at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada near Las Vegas. 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. SeedSchoolConference recordTiebreak 1Tiebreak 2 / WAC Seeding points1Utah Valley15–12Grand Canyon13–33California Baptist9–74Abilene Christian8–81–1 vs. SeattleWACpts -2.8395Seattle8–81–1 vs. Abilene ChristianWACpts -4.0576Tarleton7–97UT Arlington6–108Southern Utah4–129Utah Tech2–14
Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendanceFirst round – Tuesday, March 11, 2025 – Burns Arena, St. George, Utah†112:30 p.m.No. 8 Southern Utah at No. 9 Utah Tech65–72ESPN+1,022Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 12, 2025 – Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada226:00 p.m.No. 1 Utah Valley vs. No. 9 Utah Tech74–57ESPN+1,64538:30 p.m.No. 2 Grand Canyon vs. No. 7 UT Arlington98–75Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 13, 2025 – Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada346:00 p.m.No. 4 Abilene Christian vs. No. 5 Seattle63–69ESPN+92758:30 p.m.No. 3 California Baptist vs. No. 6 Tarleton55–51Semifinals – Friday, March 14, 2025 – Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada466:00 p.m.No. 1 Utah Valley vs. No. 5 Seattle68–55ESPN+3,86778:30 p.m.No. 2 Grand Canyon vs. No. 3 California Baptist75–66Championship – Saturday, March 15, 2025 – Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada588:40 p.m.No. 1 Utah Valley vs. No. 2 Grand Canyon82–89ESPN23,780* Game times in MDT for the first round and PDT from the quarterfinals onward.Rankings denote tournament seeding.† St. George, Utah is located in the Mountain Time Zone.Utah Tech's home court was selected as the predetermined site for the first-round game, which resulted in the Trailblazers playing a tournament game at home.
Bracket
Awards +AwardPlayerTeamMost Outstanding PlayerJaKobe ColesGrand CanyonAll-Tournament TeamTanner ToolsonUtah ValleyCarter WellingUtah ValleyTyon Grant-FosterGrand CanyonRay HarrisonGrand Canyon
See also
2025 WAC women's basketball tournament
References