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1992 WAC men's basketball tournament

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1992 WAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1991–92
Teams8
SiteMoby Arena
Fort Collins, CO
ChampionsBYU (2nd title)
Winning coachRoger Reid (2nd title)
MVPEddie Rivera (UTEP)
← 1991
1993 →
1991–92 WAC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
BYU 12 4   .750 25 7   .781
UTEP 12 4   .750 27 7   .794
New Mexico 11 5   .688 20 13   .606
Utah 9 7   .563 24 11   .686
Hawaii 9 7   .563 16 12   .571
Wyoming 8 8   .500 16 13   .552
Colorado State 8 8   .500 14 17   .452
Air Force 3 13   .188 9 20   .310
San Diego State 0 16   .000 2 26   .071
1992 WAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 1992 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 11–13 at Moby Arena at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado.[1]

Top-seeded BYU repeated as tournament champions by defeating UTEP in the championship game, 73–71, to clinch their second overall WAC men's tournament championship. Both teams shared the WAC regular season conference title.

The Cougars, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1992 NCAA tournament. They were joined in the tournament by UTEP, who earned an at-large bid.

Format

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Even though WAC membership remained fixed at nine, the tournament field dropped to eight, forcing the elimination of the play-in round game between the eighth- and ninth-seed teams. As such, only the top eight teams, again seeded based on regular season conference records, participated in the tournament, all entering the tournament into the quarterfinal round.

Bracket

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Quarterfinals
Wednesday, March 11
Semifinals
Thursday, March 12
Championship
Friday, March 13
         
1 BYU 72
8 Air Force 71
1 BYU 75
4 Utah 62
5 Hawaii 69
4 Utah 81
1 BYU 73
2 UTEP 71
3 New Mexico 89
6 Wyoming 83
3 New Mexico 72
2 UTEP 83
7 Colorado State 65
2 UTEP 66

References

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  1. ^ "1991-92 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2016.