1989 WAC men's basketball tournament

August 2023 1989 WAC I Men's 9 Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT UTEP 3rd Don Haskins 3rd Tim Hardaway UTEP The 1989 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 8–11 at the Jon M. Huntsman Center at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah.1988-89 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary sports-reference.com Sports Reference LLC 2016 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/wac/1989.html April 11, 2016 UTEP defeated top-seeded Colorado State in the championship game, 73–60, to clinch their third WAC men's tournament championship The Miners, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA tournament. They were joined in the tournament by regular season champions Colorado State, who earned an at-large bid. 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 8 Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 8Thursday, March 9 Semifinals Thursday, March 9Friday, March 10 Championship Saturday, March 11 30px 9 1988 men San Diego State Aztecs San Diego State 57 8 1988 men Utah Utes Utah 70 1 Colorado State 52 8 Utah 50 5 1988 men BYU Cougars BYU 69 4 1988 men Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Hawaii 72 3 1988 men New Mexico Lobos New Mexico 74 6 1988 men Air Force Falcons Air Force 60 7 1988 men Wyoming Cowboys Wyoming 81 2 UTEP 88** 1 Colorado State 50 4 Hawaii 46 3 New Mexico 57 2 UTEP 89 1 Colorado State 60 2 UTEP 73 References Category:United Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament Tournament WAC men's basketball tournament WAC men's basketball tournament