1990 WAC men's basketball tournament

August 2023 1990 WAC I Men's 9 Special Events Center El Paso, TX UTEP 4th Don Haskins 4th Greg Foster UTEP The 1990 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 7–10 at the Special Events Center at the University of Texas at El Paso in El Paso, Texas.1989-90 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary sports-reference.com Sports Reference LLC 2016 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/wac/1990.html April 11, 2016 UTEP defeated 1989 men Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Hawaii in the championship game, 75–58, to clinch their fourth overall, and second consecutive, WAC men's tournament championship The Miners, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA tournament. They were joined in the tournament by the WAC regular season co-champions Colorado State and BYU, who both earned at-large bids (both teams lost their WAC quarterfinal games to lower seeds). Format The tournament field remained fixed at nine teams, and teams were again seeded based on regular season conference records. All teams were entered into the quarterfinal round with the exception of the two lowest-seeded teams, who played in the preliminary first round to determine who would then play against the tournament's top seed. Bracket First round Wednesday, March 7 Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 7Thursday, March 8 Semifinals Friday, March 9 Championship Saturday, March 10 30px 9 1989 men Air Force Falcons Air Force 70 8 1989 men San Diego State Aztecs San Diego State 64 1 Colorado State 51 9 Air Force 58 5 1989 men New Mexico Lobos New Mexico 61 4 UTEP 78 3 1989 men Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Hawaii 66 6 1989 men Wyoming Cowboys Wyoming 63 7 1989 men Utah Utes Utah 62 2 BYU 61 9 Air Force 54 4 UTEP 57 3 Hawaii 66 7 Utah 60 4 UTEP 75 3 Hawaii 58 References Category:United Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament Tournament WAC men's basketball tournament WAC men's basketball tournament Category:Basketball competitions in El Paso, Texas Category:College basketball tournaments in Texas