1993 WAC men's basketball tournament

August 2023 1993 WAC I Men's 10 Delta Center Salt Lake City, UT New Mexico 1st Dave Bliss 1st Ike Williams New Mexico The 1993 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 10–13 at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.1992-93 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary sports-reference.com Sports Reference LLC 2016 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/wac/1993.html April 14, 2016 This was the first WAC tournament not held on a campus arena. New Mexico defeated 1992 men UTEP Miners UTEP in the championship game, 76–65, to clinch their first WAC men's tournament championship. The Lobos, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1993 NCAA tournament. They were joined in the tournament by the conference's regular season co-champions, Utah and BYU, who received at-large bids to the tournament. Format With the addition of Fresno State to the WAC in 1993, the conference's total membership expanded to ten teams. In turn, the tournament field expanded to once again feature all WAC members. The top six teams received byes into the quarterfinal round, leaving the lowest four-seeded teams to play in the first round. Like before, teams were seeded based on regular season conference records. Bracket First round Wednesday, March 10 Quarterfinals Thursday, March 11 Semifinals Friday, March 12 Championship Saturday, March 13 30px 9 1992 men San Diego State Aztecs San Diego State 59 8 1992 men Wyoming Cowboys Wyoming 57 7 1992 men Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Hawaii 62 10 1992 men Air Force Falcons Air Force 54 1 #15 Utah 85 9 San Diego State 64 5 1992 men Colorado State Rams Colorado State 65 4 1992 men UTEP Miners UTEP 70 3 New Mexico 72 6 1992 men Fresno State Bulldogs Fresno State 48 7 Hawaii 71 2 #25 BYU 85 1 #15 Utah 85 4 UTEP 90 3 New Mexico 69 2 #25 BYU 59 4 UTEP 65 3 New Mexico 76 References Category:United Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament Tournament WAC men's basketball tournament WAC men's basketball tournament