2025 WAC men's basketball tournament
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| 2025 WAC men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2024–25 |
| Teams | 9 |
| Site | Orleans Arena Paradise, Nevada |
| Champions | Grand Canyon |
| Winning coach | Bryce Drew (4th title) |
| MVP | JaKobe Coles (Grand Canyon) |
| Attendance | 3,780 (Championship game) |
| Television | ESPN+, ESPN2 |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah Valley | 15 | – | 1 | .938 | 25 | – | 9 | .735 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Canyon † | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 26 | – | 8 | .765 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California Baptist | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 17 | – | 15 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abilene Christian | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seattle | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 14 | – | 18 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tarleton State | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 12 | – | 20 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UT Arlington | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 13 | – | 18 | .419 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Utah | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 12 | – | 19 | .387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah Tech | 2 | – | 14 | .125 | 7 | – | 26 | .212 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2025 WAC tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 WAC men's basketball tournament was 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 was played from March 11–15, 2025 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 was 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 was the 15th year that the tournament was held at the Orleans Arena.[4] Grand Canyon, who won the conference tournament, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament for a third straight season.[5]
Schedule
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television | Attendance |
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| 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+ | 1,022 |
| Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 12, 2025 – Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 1 Utah Valley vs. No. 9 Utah Tech | 74–57 | ESPN+ | 1,645 |
| 3 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 2 Grand Canyon vs. No. 7 UT Arlington | 98–75 | |||
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 13, 2025 – Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada | ||||||
| 3 | 4 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 4 Abilene Christian vs. No. 5 Seattle | 63–69 | ESPN+ | 927 |
| 5 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 3 California Baptist vs. No. 6 Tarleton | 55–51 | |||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 14, 2025 – Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada | ||||||
| 4 | 6 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 1 Utah Valley vs. No. 5 Seattle | 68–55 | ESPN+ | 3,867 |
| 7 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 2 Grand Canyon vs. No. 3 California Baptist | 75–66 | |||
| Championship – Saturday, March 15, 2025 – Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada | ||||||
| 5 | 8 | 8:40 p.m. | No. 1 Utah Valley vs. No. 2 Grand Canyon | 82–89 | ESPN2 | 3,780 |
| * 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 | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Utah Tech | 57 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Southern Utah | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Utah Tech | 72 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Utah Valley | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Seattle | 55 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Abilene Christian | 63 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Seattle | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Utah Valley | 82 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Grand Canyon | 89 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Grand Canyon | 98 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | UT Arlington | 75 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Grand Canyon | 75 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | California Baptist | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | California Baptist | 55 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Tarleton | 51 | |||||||||||||||||