1988 WAC men's basketball tournament

August 2023 1988 WAC I Men's 9 Marriott Center Provo, UT Wyoming 2nd Benny Dees 1st Eric Leckner Wyoming The 1988 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 9–12 at the Marriott Center at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.1986-87 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary sports-reference.com Sports Reference LLC 2016 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/wac/1988.html April 9, 2016 Wyoming defeated UTEP in the championship game, 79–75, to clinch their second overall, as well as second consecutive, WAC men's tournament championship The Cowboys, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA tournament. They were joined in the tournament by BYU and UTEP, both of whom received at-large bids. 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. Once again, the whole tournament was hosted by the regular season champion. Bracket First round Wednesday, March 9 Quarterfinals Thursday, March 10 Semifinals Friday, March 11 Championship Saturday, March 12 30px 9 1987 men Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Hawaii 84 8 1987 men Air Force Falcons Air Force 76 1 #17 BYU 76 9 Hawaii 74 5 1987 men New Mexico Lobos New Mexico 61 4 UTEP 74 3 1987 men Utah Utes Utah 68 6 1987 men Colorado State Rams Colorado State 78 7 1987 men San Diego State Aztecs San Diego State 76 2 #14 Wyoming 83 1 #17 BYU 63 4 UTEP 66 6 Colorado State 58 2 #14 Wyoming 60 4 UTEP 75 2 #14 Wyoming 79 References Category:United Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament Tournament WAC men's basketball tournament WAC men's basketball tournament