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1990 WAC men's basketball tournament

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1990 WAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1989–90
Teams9
SiteSpecial Events Center
El Paso, TX
ChampionsUTEP (4th title)
Winning coachDon Haskins (4th title)
MVPGreg Foster (UTEP)
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1989–90 WAC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Colorado State 11 5   .688 21 9   .700
BYU 11 5   .688 21 9   .700
Hawaii 10 6   .625 25 10   .714
UTEP 10 6   .625 21 11   .656
New Mexico 9 7   .563 20 14   .588
Wyoming 7 9   .438 15 14   .517
Utah 7 9   .438 16 14   .533
San Diego State 4 12   .250 13 18   .419
Air Force 3 13   .188 12 20   .375
1990 WAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1990 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 7–10 at the Special Events Center at the University of Texas at El Paso in El Paso, Texas.[1]

UTEP defeated Hawaii in the championship game, 75–58, to clinch their fourth overall, and second consecutive, WAC men's tournament championship

The Miners, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA tournament. They were joined in the tournament by the WAC regular season co-champions Colorado State and BYU, who both earned at-large bids (both teams lost their WAC quarterfinal games to lower seeds).

Format

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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.

Bracket

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First round
Wednesday, March 7
Quarterfinals
Wednesday, March 7
Thursday, March 8
Semifinals
Friday, March 9
Championship
Saturday, March 10
            
1 Colorado State 51
9 Air Force 58
9 Air Force 70
8 San Diego State 64
9 Air Force 54
4 UTEP 57
5 New Mexico 61
4 UTEP 78
4 UTEP 75
3 Hawaii 58
3 Hawaii 66
6 Wyoming 63
3 Hawaii 66
7 Utah 60
7 Utah 62
2 BYU 61

References

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  1. ^ "1989-90 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2016.