2020 WAC men's basketball tournament

2020 WAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2019–20
Teams	8
Site	Orleans Arena Paradise, Nevada
Television	ESPN+, ESPNU
WAC men's basketball tournaments

2019–20 WAC men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
New Mexico State	16	–	0		1.000			25	–	6		.806
California Baptist*	10	–	6		.625			21	–	10		.677
Texas–Rio Grande Valley	9	–	7		.563			14	–	16		.467
Kansas City	8	–	7		.533			16	–	14		.533
Seattle	7	–	7		.500			14	–	15		.483
Grand Canyon	8	–	8		.500			13	–	17		.433
Cal State Bakersfield	6	–	10		.375			12	–	19		.387
Utah Valley	5	–	10		.333			11	–	19		.367
Chicago State	0	–	14		.000			4	–	25		.138
* Ineligible for the 2020 NCAA tournament due to transition period Note: The 2020 WAC tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2020 WAC men's basketball tournament was to be the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Western Athletic Conference during the 2019–20 season. All tournament games were to be played at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada, from March 12–14, 2020. The tournament champion would have received the WAC's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA tournament.

On March 12, both the WAC Tournament and the NCAA Tournaments were cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Seeds

8 of the 9 teams in the WAC were eligible to compete in the conference tournament. California Baptist was ineligible due to their transition from Division II to Division I. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker	Tiebreaker 2
1	New Mexico State	16–0
2	UTRGV	9–7
3	Seattle	7–7
4	Grand Canyon	8–8
5	Kansas City	8–7
6	Utah Valley	5–10
7	Cal State Bakersfield	6–10
8	Chicago State	0–14

Schedule and results

Game	Time[1]	Matchup	Score	Television
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12
1	cancelled	No. 1 New Mexico State vs No. 8 Chicago State	N/A	ESPN+
2		No. 4 Grand Canyon vs. No. 5 Kansas City
3		No. 2 UTRGV vs. No. 7 Cal State Bakersfield
4		No. 3 Seattle vs. No. 6 Utah Valley
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
5	cancelled	Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner	N/A	ESPN+
6		Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner
Final – Saturday, March 14
7	cancelled	Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner	N/A	ESPNU
Game times in PDT. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals March 11/12 ESPN+					Semifinals March 13 ESPN+					Championship March 14 ESPNU
	1	New Mexico State	78
	8	Chicago State	99
						8	Chicago State
							Cancelled Due To COVID-19
	4	Grand Canyon	N/A
	5	Kansas City	N/A
											N/A
											N/A
	2	UTRGV	78
	7	Cal State Bakersfield	87
						7	Cal State Bakersfield
							Cancelled Due To COVID-19
	3	Seattle	N/A
	6	Utah Valley	N/A

References

1. "2018 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament" (PDF). wacsports.com. Retrieved March 21, 2023.

External links

• 2020 Western Athletic Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Championships