College basketball tournament
1986 WAC men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 1985–86 |
Teams | 9 |
Site | Arena-Auditorium Laramie, WY |
Champions | UTEP (2nd title) |
Winning coach | Don Haskins (2nd title) |
MVP | Eric Leckner (Wyoming) |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wyoming | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 24 | – | 12 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 20 UTEP † | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 27 | – | 6 | .818 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 20 | – | 10 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brigham Young | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 18 | – | 14 | .563 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 17 | – | 14 | .548 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego State | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 10 | – | 19 | .345 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado State | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 11 | – | 18 | .379 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Air Force | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 10 | – | 19 | .345 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hawaii | 1 | – | 15 | .063 | 4 | – | 24 | .143 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1986 WAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1986 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 4–8 at the Arena-Auditorium at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming.
UTEP defeated top-seeded Wyoming in the championship game, 65–64, to clinch their second WAC men's tournament championship.
The Miners, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA tournament. Third-seeded Utah, who lost in the quarterfinal round, also earned an at-large bid.
Format
Even though the tournament field remained fixed at nine teams, there were some changes to the tournament structure. Teams were again seeded based on regular season conference records, although the previous double-bye structure for the top two seeds was eliminated. Instead, 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 Tuesday, March 4 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 6 | Semifinals Friday, March 7 | Championship Saturday, March 8 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Wyoming | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Hawaii | 58 | 8 | Air Force | 65 | ||||||||||||||
8 | Air Force | 64 | 1 | Wyoming | 56 | ||||||||||||||
5 | New Mexico | 54 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | New Mexico | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | BYU | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Wyoming | 64 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | UTEP | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Utah | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | San Diego State | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | San Diego State | 76 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | UTEP | 78 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Colorado State | 50 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | UTEP | 58 |
References
- sports-reference.com 1984-85 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary
- "1985-86 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
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