2015 WAC men's basketball tournament
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{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference tournament
| Year=2015
| Conference=Western Athletic Conference
| Division=I
| Gender=Men's
| Image= 2015 WAC BBall Logo.png
| ImageSize=200px
| Caption=
| Teams=7
| Arena=Orleans Arena
| City=Paradise, Nevada
| FinalArena=
| FinalCity=
| Champions=New Mexico State
| TitleCount=6th
| Coach=Marvin Menzies
| CoachCount=5th
| MVP=
| MVPTeam=
| Attendance=4,546
| OneTopScorer=
| TwoTopScorers=
| TopScorer=
| TopScorerTeam=
| TopScorer2=
| TopScorer2Team=
| Points=
| Television = ESPNU
| Different Previous= 2014
| Different Next= 2016
}}
{{2014–15 WAC men's basketball standings}}
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. The tournament was won by New Mexico State, who defeated Seattle in the final.{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap/_/gameId/400785254|title=Remi Barry scores 21 to lead New Mexico State to WAC title over Seattle|first=Percy|last=Allen|work=ESPN|date=March 14, 2015|access-date=February 7, 2024}}
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
| class="wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;text-align:center"
!Seed !School !Conference !Overall !Tiebreaker |
| 1
| align=left|New Mexico State | 13–1 | 21–10 | |
| 2
| align=left|UMKC | 8–6 | 13–18 | |
| 3
| align=left|Seattle | 7–7 | 14–14 | align=left|1–1 vs. NMSU |
| 4
| align=left|CSU–Bakersfield | 7–7 | 13–18 | align=left|0–2 vs. NMSU |
| 5
| align=left|Utah Valley | 5–9 | 11–18 | |
| 6
| align=left|Chicago State | 4–10 | 8–23 | align=left|2–0 vs. Grand Canyon |
| 7
| align=left|Texas–Pan American | 4–10 | 10–20 | align=left|1–1 vs. Grand Canyon |
Overall record at the end of regular season
Schedule
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!Session !Game !Time* !Matchup# |
| colspan=4| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12 |
|---|
| rowspan=1|1
|1 |2:30 pm |#4 Cal State Bakersfield vs. #5 Utah Valley |
| rowspan=2|2
|2 |6:00 pm |#2 UMKC vs. #7 Texas–Pan American |
| 3
|8:30 pm |#3 Seattle vs. #6 Chicago State |
| colspan=4| Semifinals – Friday, March 13 |
| rowspan=2|3
|4 |6:00 pm |#1 New Mexico State vs. #4 Cal State Bakersfield |
| 5
|8:30 pm |
| colspan=4| Championship – Saturday, March 14 |
| 4
|6 |7:00 pm |#1 New Mexico State vs. #3 Seattle |
| colspan=4| *Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. |
Bracket
{{3RoundBracket-Byes
| RD1=Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 12
| RD2=Semifinals
Friday, March 13
| RD3=Championship
Saturday, March 14
ESPNU
| RD1-seed3=4
| RD1-team3=Cal State Bakersfield
| RD1-score3=55
| RD1-seed4=5
| RD1-team4=Utah Valley
| RD1-score4=40
| RD1-seed5=2
| RD1-team5=UMKC
| RD1-score5=70
| RD1-seed6=7
| RD1-team6=Texas–Pan American
| RD1-score6=61
| RD1-seed7=3
| RD1-team7=Seattle
| RD1-score7=49
| RD1-seed8=6
| RD1-team8=Chicago State
| RD1-score8=45
| RD2-seed1=1
| RD2-team1=New Mexico State
| RD2-score1=57
| RD2-seed2=4
| RD2-team2=Cal State Bakersfield
| RD2-score2=52
| RD2-seed3=2
| RD2-team3=UMKC
| RD2-score3=63
| RD2-seed4=3
| RD2-team4=Seattle
| RD2-score4=69
| RD3-seed1=1
| RD3-team1=New Mexico State
| RD3-score1=80
| RD3-seed2=3
| RD3-team2=Seattle
| RD3-score2=61
}}
See also
References
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{{2015 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament navbox}}
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