![]() ![]() ![]() The biggest overachiever in the WAC this year was 2-seed Utah Valley, who was picked to finish seventh. There was a whole lot of shuffling that took place between the WAC basketball preseason poll and the final season standings. The Antelopes rode a conference-best scoring defense (61.9 points allowed per game) to the 1-seed in the WAC Tournament. This mark was over four points better than the second-place offense of Grand Canyon (75.5). In terms of scoring offense, California Baptist led the WAC this season with an average of 79.7 points per game. ![]() Utah Valley sits just outside the top 200 in the Net at 206. The Antelopes enter Champ Week at 137 while the Aggies are 181. Grand Canyon and New Mexico State are the only two WAC basketball teams that rank in the top 200 of the College Basketball Net Rankings. Top seed Grand Canyon has lost to New Mexico State in each of the last two WAC Tournament finals. Aside from NMSU, no other current WAC schools have ever been to the NCAA Tournament. Since the conference became a basketball-only league, the only other team to win a WAC Tournament title was CSU Bakersfield in 2016. The Aggies have won each of the last three WAC basketball championships and seven of the last eight overall. The Western Athletic Conference has more or less been a pipeline to the NCAA Tournament for New Mexico State in recent years. Grand Canyon advances to NCAA Tournament WAC Conference Breakdown (1) Grand Canyon 74, (3) New Mexico State 56.(3) New Mexico State 78, (2) Utah Valley 62.(5) Seattle 83, (4) California Baptist 66.(3) New Mexico State 77, (6) UT Rio Grande Valley 61.Can regular-season champ Grand Canyon break through and clinch their first NCAA Tournament appearance? Read on for the WAC Tournament bracket and schedule, as well as a preview of what we can expect to see.Ĭheck out our College Basketball Conference Tournaments Hub for more Champ Week coverage!Ĭredit: Grand Canyon University Athletics WAC Tournament Bracket First Round Add it all up and only six teams will compete in this year’s WAC Tournament. Two more are in their first transition year to Division I and are ineligible for postseason play. One team up and quit their season over virus issues (or was it horrendous play? We may never know). It’s been an interesting WAC basketball season, to say the least. ![]()
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