1991 WAC men's basketball tournament

August 2023 1991 WAC I Men's 9 Arena-Auditorium Laramie, WY BYU 1st Roger Reid 1st Shawn Bradley BYU The 1991 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 6–9 at the Arena-Auditorium at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming.1990-91 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary sports-reference.com Sports Reference LLC 2016 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/wac/1991.html April 14, 2016 BYU defeated rival Utah in the championship game, 51–49, to clinch their first WAC men's tournament championship. The Cougars, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA tournament. They were joined in the tournament by Utah, the WAC regular season champion, and New Mexico. 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 6 Quarterfinals Thursday, March 7 Semifinals Friday, March 8 Championship Saturday, March 9 30px 9 1989 men Air Force Falcons Air Force 51 8 1989 men San Diego State Aztecs San Diego State 58 1 #8 Utah 67 8 San Diego State 56 5 1990 men UTEP Miners UTEP 67 4 1990 men Wyoming Cowboys Wyoming 71 3 New Mexico 67 6 1990 men Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Hawaii 68 7 1990 men Colorado State Rams Colorado State 56 2 BYU 69 1 #8 Utah 69 4 Wyoming 63 6 Hawaii 71 2 BYU 73 1 #8 Utah 49 2 BYU 51 References Category:United Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament Tournament WAC men's basketball tournament WAC men's basketball tournament Category:College sports tournaments in Wyoming Category:Basketball in Wyoming Category:University of Wyoming