2015 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament

2015 Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2014–15
Teams	7
Site	Orleans Arena Paradise, Nevada
Champions	New Mexico State (6th title)
Winning coach	Marvin Menzies (5th title)
Attendance	4,546
Television	ESPNU
Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments «2014 2016»

2014–15 WAC men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
New Mexico State †	13	–	1		.929			23	–	11		.676
Grand Canyon*	8	–	6		.571			17	–	15		.531
UMKC	8	–	6		.571			14	–	19		.424
Seattle	7	–	7		.500			18	–	16		.529
Cal State Bakersfield	7	–	7		.500			14	–	19		.424
Utah Valley	5	–	9		.357			11	–	19		.367
Texas–Pan American	4	–	10		.286			10	–	21		.323
Chicago State	4	–	10		.286			8	–	24		.250
* Ineligible in transition from Division II.
† 2015 WAC Tournament winner

The 2015 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Western Athletic Conference, held from March 12–14, 2015 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada.

Format

Grand Canyon did not compete in the 2015 men's basketball tournament for the second time. As a D2 to D1 transitioning school, they are ineligible to compete in the NCAA tournament or the NIT (which is also operated by the NCAA) until the 2018 season, so they could not win the conference tournament as the winner received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. However Grand Canyon was eligible to win the regular season title and was eligible to compete in the CIT or the CBI. (The Antelopes did in fact receive a bid to, and participated in, the 2015 CIT.)

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker
1	New Mexico State	13–1	21–10
2	UMKC	8–6	13–18
3	Seattle	7–7	14–14	1–1 vs. NMSU
4	CSU–Bakersfield	7–7	13–18	0–2 vs. NMSU
5	Utah Valley	5–9	11–18
6	Chicago State	4–10	8–23	2–0 vs. Grand Canyon
7	Texas–Pan American	4–10	10–20	1–1 vs. Grand Canyon

Overall record at the end of regular season

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12
1	1	2:30 pm	#4 CSU-Bakersfield vs. #5 Utah Valley
2	2	6:00 pm	#2 UMKC vs. #7 Texas-Pan American
	3	8:30 pm	#3 Seattle vs. #6 Chicago State
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
3	4	6:00 pm	#1 New Mexico State vs. #4 CSU-Bakersfield
	5	8:30 pm	#2 UMKC vs. #3 Seattle
Championship – Saturday, March 14
4	6	7:00 pm	#1 New Mexico State vs. #3 Seattle
*Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Thursday, March 12					Semifinals Friday, March 13					Championship Saturday, March 14 ESPNU
						1	New Mexico State	57
						4	Cal State Bakersfield	52
	4	Cal State Bakersfield	55
	5	Utah Valley	40
											1	New Mexico State	80
											3	Seattle	61
	2	UMKC	70
	7	Texas-Pan American	61
						2	UMKC	63
						3	Seattle	69
	3	Seattle	49
	6	Chicago State	45

See also

• 2014-15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
• WAC Men's Basketball Tournament