1991 WAC men's basketball tournament
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{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference tournament |
| Year=1991
| Conference = WAC
| Division = I
| Gender = Men's
| Image =
| ImageSize =
| Caption =
| Teams = 9
| Arena = Arena-Auditorium
| City = Laramie, WY
| Champions = BYU
| TitleCount = 1st
| Coach = Roger Reid
| CoachCount = 1st
| MVP = Shawn Bradley
| MVPTeam = BYU
}}
{{1990–91 WAC men's basketball standings}}
The 1991 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 6–9 at the Arena-Auditorium at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming.{{cite web| title=1990-91 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary| work =sports-reference.com| publisher =Sports Reference LLC| year=2016| url =https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/wac/1991.html | accessdate =April 14, 2016}}
BYU defeated rival Utah in the championship game, 51–49, to clinch their first WAC men's tournament championship.
The Cougars, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA tournament. They were joined in the tournament by Utah, the WAC regular season champion, and New Mexico.
Format
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
{{4RoundBracket-Byes
| RD1=First round
Wednesday, March 6
| RD2=Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 7
| RD3=Semifinals
Friday, March 8
| RD4=Championship
Saturday, March 9
| score-width=30px
| RD1-seed03 = 9
| RD1-team03 = {{cbb link|1989|sex=men|team=Air Force Falcons|title=Air Force}}
| RD1-score03 = 51
| RD1-seed04 = 8
| RD1-team04 = {{cbb link|1989|sex=men|team=San Diego State Aztecs|title=San Diego State}}
| RD1-score04 = 58
| RD2-seed01=1
| RD2-team01=#8 Utah
| RD2-score01=67
| RD2-seed02=8
| RD2-team02=San Diego State
| RD2-score02=56
| RD2-seed03=5
| RD2-team03={{cbb link|1990|sex=men|team=UTEP Miners|title=UTEP}}
| RD2-score03=67
| RD2-seed04=4
| RD2-team04={{cbb link|1990|sex=men|team=Wyoming Cowboys|title=Wyoming}}
| RD2-score04=71
| RD2-seed05=3
| RD2-team05=New Mexico
| RD2-score05=67
| RD2-seed06=6
| RD2-team06={{cbb link|1990|sex=men|team=Hawaii Rainbow Warriors|title=Hawaii}}
| RD2-score06=68
| RD2-seed07=7
| RD2-team07={{cbb link|1990|sex=men|team=Colorado State Rams|title=Colorado State}}
| RD2-score07=56
| RD2-seed08=2
| RD2-team08=BYU
| RD2-score08=69
| RD3-seed01=1
| RD3-team01=#8 Utah
| RD3-score01=69
| RD3-seed02=4
| RD3-team02=Wyoming
| RD3-score02=63
| RD3-seed03=6
| RD3-team03=Hawaii
| RD3-score03=71
| RD3-seed04=2
| RD3-team04=BYU
| RD3-score04=73
| RD4-seed01=1
| RD4-team01=#8 Utah
| RD4-score01=49
| RD4-seed02=2
| RD4-team02=BYU
| RD4-score02=51
}}
References
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{{WAC men's basketball tournament navbox}}
{{1991 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament navbox}}
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