1995 WAC men's basketball tournament

1995 WAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1994–95
Teams	10
Site	The Pit Albuquerque, NM
Champions	Utah (1st title)
Winning coach	Rick Majerus (1st title)
MVP	Keith Van Horn (Utah)
WAC men's basketball tournaments

1994–95 WAC men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 19 Utah †	15	–	3		.833			28	–	6		.824
BYU	13	–	5		.722			22	–	10		.688
UTEP	13	–	5		.722			20	–	10		.667
Wyoming	9	–	9		.500			13	–	15		.464
New Mexico	9	–	9		.500			15	–	15		.500
Hawaii	8	–	10		.444			16	–	13		.552
Colorado State	7	–	11		.389			17	–	14		.548
Fresno State	7	–	11		.389			13	–	15		.464
San Diego State	5	–	13		.278			11	–	17		.393
Air Force	4	–	14		.222			8	–	20		.286
† 1995 WAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1995 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 8–11 at The Pit at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico.^[2]

Top-seeded Utah defeated defending champions Hawaii in the championship game, 67–54, to clinch their first WAC men's tournament championship.

The Utes, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA tournament. They were joined in the tournament by BYU, who received an at-large bid to the tournament.

Format

No changes were made to the tournament format from the previous year. The top six teams received byes into the quarterfinal round, leaving the lowest four-seeded teams to play in the first round. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference records.

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 8					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 9					Semifinals Friday, March 10					Championship Saturday, March 11
						1	#22 Utah	72
						9	San Diego State	63
	9	San Diego State	71
	8	Fresno State	57
											1	#22 Utah	86
											5	New Mexico	50
						5	New Mexico	63
						4	Wyoming	56
																1	#22 Utah	67
																6	Hawaii	54
						3	UTEP	65
						6	Hawaii	66
											6	Hawaii	66
											7	Colorado State	64
	7	Colorado State	84
	10	Air Force	75
						7	Colorado State	75
						2	BYU	73

References

1. sports-reference.com 1994-95 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary
2. "1994-95 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2016.