2000 WAC men's basketball tournament

August 2023 2000 WAC I Men's 8 Selland Arena Fresno, CA Fresno State (vacated) 1st Jerry Tarkanian (vacated) 1st Courtney Alexander Fresno State The 2000 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 9–11 at the Selland Arena at Fresno State University in Fresno, California.1999-00 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary sports-reference.com Sports Reference LLC 2016 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/wac/2000.html April 16, 2016 Hosts Fresno State upset top-seeded Tulsa in the championship game, 75–72, to clinch their first WAC men's tournament championship. However, most of the Bulldogs' season was later vacated by the NCAA for using an ineligible player. Fresno State received the WAC's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA tournament. They were joined in the tournament by WAC regular season champion Tulsa, who earned an at-large bid. Format Prior to the 1999–2000 season, eight of the WAC's members announced they were departing to form the new Mountain West Conference: Air Force, BYU, Colorado State, UNLV, New Mexico, San Diego State, Utah, and Wyoming. With this dramatic departure, the league was left with only eight teams. The tournament field was subsequently reduced from twelve to eight, and the division structure was eliminated. All teams now qualified for the tournament and were all placed into the initial quarterfinal round. The teams were seeded based on regular season conference record. Bracket Quarterfinals Thursday, March 9 Semifinals Friday, March 10 Championship Saturday, March 11 high 1 #14 Tulsa 71 8 1999 Rice Owls Rice 51 5 1999 San Jose State Spartans San Jose State 71 4 1999 none TCU Horned Frogs TCU 84 3 1999 SMU Mustangs SMU 82 6 1999 none Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Hawaii 87 7 1999 UTEP Miners UTEP 70 2 Fresno State 79 1 #14 Tulsa 93 4 TCU 77 6 Hawaii 100 2 Fresno State 103 1 #14 Tulsa 72 2 Fresno State 75 See also WAC men's basketball tournament References Category:United Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament Tournament WAC men's basketball tournament WAC men's basketball tournament