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MBB: WAC Men’s Basketball Tournament Bracket Released

ARLINGTON, Texas—The Utah Valley men’s basketball team has earned the No. 2 seed at next week’s 2023 Hercules Tires Western Athletic Conference Basketball Tournament that will take place March 7-11 in Las Vegas. 
 
Despite winning the 2022-23 WAC regular season title outright and beating Sam Houston in its head-to-head meeting, Utah Valley (24-7, 15-3 WAC, 6.964 points) will be the No. 2 seed due to the WAC’s Resume Seeding System. Sam Houston (24-6, 14-4 WAC, 6.977 points) will be the No. 1 seed.
 
Utah Valley will play on Thursday, March 9 at Orleans Arena against the winner of Tuesday’s first-round game between No. 7 Tarleton and No. 10 UTRGV. Tip-off for Thursday’s quarterfinal game is set to tip-off at 6 p.m. (PT)
 
The winner of Thursday’s quarterfinal will advance to Friday’s semifinal match set for 8 p.m. PT. The championship game of the WAC Tournament will take place on Saturday, March 11 at 8:30 p.m. PT. 
 
All preliminary round games of the 2023 Hercules Tires Basketball Tournament will air live on ESPN+, with the men’s championship game on March 11 airing live at 8:30 p.m. PT on ESPN2.
 
2023 Hercules Tires WAC Basketball Tournament – Men’s Seeds and Schedule
 
TUESDAY, MARCH 7, MICHELOB ULTRA ARENA, LAS VEGAS – MEN’S FIRST ROUND
No. 8 California Baptist vs. No. 9 Abilene Christian – noon PT (ESPN+)
No. 5 Grand Canyon vs. No. 12 UT Arlington – 2 p.m. PT (ESPN+)
No. 7 Tarleton vs. No. 10 UTRGV – 6 p.m. PT (ESPN+)
No. 6 Stephen F. Austin vs. No. 11 Utah Tech – 8 p.m. PT (ESPN+)
 
THURSDAY, MARCH 9, ORLEANS ARENA, LAS VEGAS – MEN’S QUARTERFINALS
No. 1 Sam Houston vs. Game 1 Winner – noon PT (ESPN+)
No. 4 Seattle U vs. Game 2 Winner – 2 p.m. PT (ESPN+)
No. 2 Utah Valley vs. Game 3 Winner – 6 p.m. PT (ESPN+)
No. 3 Southern Utah vs. Game 4 Winner – 8 p.m. PT (ESPN+)
 
FRIDAY, MARCH 10, ORLEANS ARENA, LAS VEGAS – MEN’S SEMIFINALS
Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner – 6 p.m. PT (ESPN+)
Game 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner – 8 p.m. PT (ESPN+)
 
SATURDAY, MARCH 11, ORLEANS ARENA, LAS VEGAS – MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP
Game 9 Winner vs. Game 10 Winner – 8:30 p.m. PT (ESPN2)

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