2017 WAC men's basketball tournament

2017 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2016–17
Teams	7
Site	Orleans Arena Paradise, Nevada
Champions	New Mexico State Aggies (7th title)
Winning coach	Paul Weir (1st title)
MVP	Ian Baker (New Mexico State)
Television	ESPNU
Western Athletic Conference men's basketball tournaments

2016–17 WAC men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Cal State Bakersfield	12	–	2		.857			25	–	10		.714
New Mexico State †	11	–	3		.786			28	–	6		.824
Grand Canyon*	11	–	3		.786			22	–	9		.710
UMKC	8	–	6		.571			18	–	17		.514
Utah Valley	6	–	8		.429			17	–	17		.500
Seattle	5	–	9		.357			13	–	17		.433
Texas–Rio Grande Valley	2	–	12		.143			10	–	22		.313
Chicago State	1	–	13		.071			6	–	26		.188
* Ineligible for postseason during transition to Division I.
† 2017 WAC tournament winner

The 2017 WAC men's basketball tournament is a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Western Athletic Conference. It will be held from March 9–11, 2017 at Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The winner of the tournament, New Mexico State, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament with a 70-60 win over California State-Bakersfield.

Seeds

Grand Canyon was ineligible to participate in the conference tournament during its transition to Division I. The remaining seven teams will participate in the tournament. The top seed will receive a bye to the semifinals. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conference
1	Cal State Bakersfield	12–2
2	New Mexico State	11–3
3	UMKC	8–6
4	Utah Valley	6–8
5	Seattle	5–9
6	UT Rio Grande Valley	2–12
7	Chicago State	1–13

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup	Score	Television
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9
1	2:00 pm	No. 5 Seattle vs. No. 4 Utah Valley	53–65	WAC Digital Network
2	4:30 pm	No. 7 Chicago State vs. No. 2 New Mexico State	53–67
3	7:00 pm	No. 6 UT Rio Grande Valley vs. No. 3 UMKC	78–82OT
Semifinals – Friday, March 10
4	6:00 pm	No. 4 Utah Valley vs. No. 1 Cal State Bakersfield	80–814OT	ESPN3
5	8:30 pm	No. 3 UMKC vs. No. 2 New Mexico State	60–78
Championship – Saturday, March 11
6	8:00 pm	No.1 Cal State Bakersfield vs. No. 2 New Mexico State	60–70	ESPNU
*Game times in PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Thursday, March 9 WAC Digital Network					Semifinals Friday, March 10 ESPN3					Championship Saturday, March 11 ESPNU
						1	Cal State Bakersfield	81****
						4	Utah Valley	80
	4	Utah Valley	65
	5	Seattle	53
											1	Cal State Bakersfield	60
											2	New Mexico State	70
	2	New Mexico State	67
	7	Chicago State	53
						2	New Mexico State	78
						3	UMKC	60
	3	UMKC	82*
	6	UT Rio Grande Valley	78

* denotes overtime period