1999 WAC men's basketball tournament
{{Short description|Men's basketball tournament}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference tournament |
| Year=1999
| Conference =WAC
| Division = I
| Gender = Men's
| Image =
| ImageSize =
| Caption =
| Teams = 12
| Arena = Thomas & Mack Center
| City = Paradise, NV
| Champions = Utah
| TitleCount = 3rd
| Coach = Rick Majerus
| CoachCount = 3rd
| MVP = Alex Jensen
| MVPTeam = Utah
}}
{{1998–99 WAC men's basketball standings}}
The 1999 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 2–6 at the Thomas & Mack Center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in Paradise, Nevada.{{cite web| title=1998-99 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary| work =sports-reference.com| publisher =Sports Reference LLC| year=2016| url =https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/wac/1999.html | accessdate =April 16, 2016}} This was the final tournament before the formation of the Mountain West Conference.
Top-seeded Utah defeated New Mexico in the championship game, 60–45, to clinch their third WAC men's tournament championship.
The Utes, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA tournament. They were joined in the tournament by two other WAC members, New Mexico and Tulsa, who all earned at-large bids.
Format
No changes were made to the tournament format from the 1997 or 1998 tournaments. Teams were again seeded based on their position within either the Mountain or Pacific Division (top six teams only).
Bracket
{{4RoundBracket-Byes
| RD1=First round
Tuesday, March 2
| RD2=Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 4
| RD3=Semifinals
Friday, March 5
| RD4=Championship
Saturday, March 6
| score-width=30px
| RD1-seed03=P4
| RD1-team03={{cbb link|1998|sex=men|team=UTEP Miners|title=UTEP}}
| RD1-score03=64
| RD1-seed04=M5
| RD1-team04={{cbb link|1998|sex=men|team=SMU Mustangs|title=SMU}}
| RD1-score04=65
| RD1-seed05=M3
| RD1-team05={{cbb link|1998|sex=men|team=Rice Owls|title=Rice}}
| RD1-score05=64
| RD1-seed06=P6
| RD1-team06={{cbb link|1998|sex=men|team=San Jose State Spartans|title=San Jose State}}
| RD1-score06=61
| RD1-seed11=P3
| RD1-team11={{cbb link|1998|sex=men|team=Fresno State Bulldogs|title=Fresno State}}
| RD1-score11=80
| RD1-seed12=M6
| RD1-team12={{cbb link|1998|sex=men|team=Colorado State Rams|title=Colorado State}}
| RD1-score12=59
| RD1-seed13=M4
| RD1-team13={{cbb link|1998|sex=men|team=TCU Horned Frogs|title=TCU}}
| RD1-score13=74
| RD1-seed14=P5
| RD1-team14={{cbb link|1998|sex=men|team=BYU Cougars|title=BYU}}
| RD1-score14=90
| RD2-seed01=M1
| RD2-team01={{cbb link|1998|sex=men|team=UNLV Rebels|title=UNLV}}
| RD2-score01=70
| RD2-seed02=M5
| RD2-team02=SMU
| RD2-score02=71
| RD2-seed03=M3
| RD2-team03=Rice
| RD2-score03=49
| RD2-seed04=P2
| RD2-team04=#25 New Mexico
| RD2-score04=51
| RD2-seed05=M2
| RD2-team05=Tulsa
| RD2-score05=85
| RD2-seed06=P3
| RD2-team06=Fresno State
| RD2-score06=56
| RD2-seed07=P5
| RD2-team07=BYU
| RD2-score07=62
| RD2-seed08=P1
| RD2-team08=#8 Utah
| RD2-score08=81
| RD3-seed01=M5
| RD3-team01=SMU
| RD3-score01=56
| RD3-seed02=P2
| RD3-team02=#25 New Mexico
| RD3-score02=57
| RD3-seed03=M2
| RD3-team03=Tulsa
| RD3-score03=61
| RD3-seed04=P1
| RD3-team04=#8 Utah
| RD3-score04=64
| RD4-seed01=P2
| RD4-team01=#25 New Mexico
| RD4-score01=45
| RD4-seed02=P1
| RD4-team02=#8 Utah
| RD4-score02=60
}}
References
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{{WAC men's basketball tournament navbox}}
{{1999 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament navbox}}
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