Not to be confused with 2025 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament.
2024–25 WAC men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Utah Valley 15 – 1   .938 23 – 7   .767
Grand Canyon 13 – 3   .813 23 – 7   .767
California Baptist 9 – 7   .563 16 – 14   .533
Abilene Christian 8 – 8   .500 16 – 15   .516
Seattle 8 – 8   .500 13 – 17   .433
Tarleton 7 – 9   .438 12 – 19   .387
UT Arlington 6 – 10   .375 13 – 17   .433
Southern Utah 4 – 12   .250 12 – 18   .400
Utah Tech 2 – 14   .125 6 – 25   .194
† 2025 WAC tournament winner
As of March 8, 2025

The 2025 WAC men's basketball tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) for the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament will be played from March 11–15, 2024 with the opening round at Burns Arena in St. George, Utah and the remaining rounds at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada near Las Vegas.[1] Burns Arena is the home court for WAC member Utah Tech.[2] The last time that a WAC tournament game was held at a conference member's campus site was in 2010.[3] This will be the 15th year that the tournament will be held at the Orleans Arena.[4] The winner will receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.[5] Grand Canyon has won the WAC tournament for the last two years.[6]

Seeds

All nine members are invited to the tournament.[7] The field for the WAC tournament has varied from six to twelve qualifiers.[8] All teams are eligible for the NCAA tournament including Tarleton and Utah Tech which completed their transition to Division I in 2024.[9] For the prior two seasons, the WAC tournament was seeded using the WAC Résumé Seeding System.[10] For the 2025 WAC tournament, seeding was determined by conference record with ties broken first by head-to-head competition, then by the WAC Résumé Seeding System points.[11]

Seed School Conference record Tiebreaker
1 Utah Valley 15–1
2 Grand Canyon 13–3
3 California Baptist 9–7
4 Abilene Christian 8–8 WACpts -2.839[a]
5 Seattle 8–8 WACpts -4.057[a]
6 Tarleton 7–9
7 UT Arlington 6–10
8 Southern Utah 4–12
9 Utah Tech 2–14
  1. ^ a b Estimated based on information in the March 7, 2025 WAC Résumé Seeding System update. The WAC has not yet released the final regular-season point totals.

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup# Score Television
First round – Tuesday, March 11, 2025 – Burns Arena, St. George, Utah†
1 1 2:30 p.m. No. 8 Southern Utah at No. 9 Utah Tech 65–72 ESPN+
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 12, 2025 – Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada
2 2 6:00 p.m. No. 1 Utah Valley vs. No. 9 Utah Tech ESPN+
3 8:30 p.m. No. 2 Grand Canyon vs. No. 7 UT Arlington
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 13, 2025 – Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada
3 4 6:00 p.m. No. 4 Abilene Christian vs. No. 5 Seattle ESPN+
5 8:30 p.m. No. 3 California Baptist vs. No. 6 Tarleton
Semifinals – Friday, March 14, 2025 – Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada
4 6 6:00 p.m. winner game 2 vs. winner game 4 ESPN+
7 8:30 p.m. winner game 3 vs. winner game 5
Championship – Saturday, March 15, 2025 – Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada
5 8 8:40 p.m. winner game 6 vs. winner game 7 ESPN2
* Game times in MDT for the first round and PDT from the quarterfinals onward.
Rankings denote tournament seeding.
† St. George, Utah is located in the Mountain Time Zone. Utah Tech's home court was selected as the predetermined site for the first-round game, which resulted in the Trailblazers playing a tournament game at home.

Bracket

First round
Tuesday, March 11
Burns Arena, St. George, Utah
ESPN+ 		Quarterfinals
Wednesday and Thursday,
March 12–13
Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada
ESPN+ 		Semifinals
Friday, March 14
Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada
ESPN+ 		Championship
Saturday, March 15
Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada
ESPN2
            
1 Utah Valley
9 Utah Tech
8 Southern Utah 65
9 Utah Tech 72
 
 
4 Abilene Christian
5 Seattle
 
 
2 Grand Canyon
7 UT Arlington
 
 
3 California Baptist
6 Tarleton

* denotes overtime period

Awards

Award Player Team
Most Outstanding Player
All-Tournament Team

See also

References

  1. ^ "Hercules Tires WAC Basketball Tournament". orleans.boydgaming.com. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
  2. ^ "Burns Arena". Greater Zion. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
  3. ^ "WAC Tournament Dates, Format and Bracket Revealed". University of Texas Arlington Athletics. August 15, 2024. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
  4. ^ "WAC Hercules Tire Basketball Tournament details finalized". Tarleton State University Athletics. August 15, 2024. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
  5. ^ "What is an at-large bid in March Madness? | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
  6. ^ "WAC Tournament bracket, dates revealed". Grand Canyon University Athletics. January 15, 2025. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
  7. ^ "Championship Format And Dates For 2025 Hercules Tires WAC Basketball Tournament Set". wacsports.com. January 15, 2025. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
  8. ^ "WAC Tournament format, dates set". Grand Canyon University Athletics. November 9, 2023. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
  9. ^ "IT'S OFFICIAL! Utah Tech University Completes NCAA Division I Transition". Utah Tech University Athletics. January 7, 2025. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
  10. ^ "First WAC Résumé Seeding System Rankings Of 2023-24 Posted". wacsports.com. January 15, 2025. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
  11. ^ "2024 25 WAC MBB Resume Seeding As of March 7 (PDF) - Western Athletic Conference" (PDF). wacsports.com. Retrieved March 9, 2025.
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