Quote:Story LinksARLINGTON, Texas – The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) will return to an eight-team single-elimination format for the 2024 Hercules Tires Basketball Tournament, to be held exclusively at the Orleans Arena from March 13-16 in Las Vegas. The WAC Basketball Tournament previously featured eight teams in 1984, 1992, 2000, 2006, 2010-12, 2014 and 2018-19 on the men’s side and 1996, 2000, 2010-12, 2014 and 2018-19 on the women’s side.

The WAC Basketball Tournament has taken place in Las Vegas each year dating back to 2011 and has been played at various locations in the city a total of 15 times since 1997. The 2024 edition of the event will be the first WAC Basketball Tournament held exclusively at the Orleans Arena since 2021.

Each tournament bracket will feature seven total games per gender, with the top two seeds earning double-byes directly to the semifinal round. Four first-round games featuring the No. 5 vs. No. 8 and No. 6 vs. No. 7 seeds in both the men’s and women’s draws will be played on March 13, four quarterfinal games for each gender with the day one winners feeding into games with the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds will follow on March 14, the quarterfinal winners squaring off with the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds in each gender on March 15, and the championship game of each bracket will be held on March 16.

Tournament tip times and broadcast information will be made available at a later date.

2024 Hercules Tires WAC Basketball Tournament Schedule

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, ORLEANS ARENA, LAS VEGAS – MEN’S AND WOMEN’S FIRST ROUND (Four Games)
No. 5 seed vs. No. 8 seed – Times TBA (PT)
No. 6 seed vs. No. 7 seed – Times TBA (PT)

THURSDAY, MARCH 14, ORLEANS ARENA, LAS VEGAS – MEN’S AND WOMEN’S QUARTERFINALS (Four Games)
Game 1 Winner vs. No. 4 seed – Times TBA (PT)
Game 2 Winner vs. No. 3 seed – Times TBA (PT)

FRIDAY, MARCH 15, ORLEANS ARENA, LAS VEGAS – MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SEMIFINALS (Four Games)
Game 3 Winner vs. No. 1 seed – Times TBA (PT)
Game 4 Winner vs. No. 2 seed – Times TBA (PT)

SATURDAY, MARCH 16, ORLEANS ARENA, LAS VEGAS – MEN’S AND WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP (Two Games)
Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner – Times TBA (PT)

https://wacsports.com/news/2023/8/2/mens...t-set.aspx

If you are one of the three not to make it to the tourney, you dont deserved to make it. UTA was 12th last year and I thought the same thing then.

Tarleton women were 13th last year and I have no issues with the bottom feeders not going

(08-02-2023 05:19 PM)FoUTASportscaster Wrote:  If you are one of the three not to make it to the tourney, you dont deserved to make it. UTA was 12th last year and I thought the same thing then.

Yeah we had no business being in the WAC tourney last year. We did not deserve it. It looks like Our new coach recruited a decent group, so hopefully we will move up the standings a little

They're still using the resume system, right?

Tarleton's already ahead just by having Virginia and Tennessee on their schedule. Last year winning a game at that level was worth 0.80 points and losing was only -0.07.

(08-03-2023 02:04 PM)edinburger Wrote:  They're still using the resume system, right?

Tarleton's already ahead just by having Virginia and Tennessee on their schedule. Last year winning a game at that level was worth 0.80 points and losing was only -0.07.

Bingo

It is meant to force us to NOT do like nmsu did and prance your way into the tourney final while leaving your confefence mates hanging to carry the OOC load/NET rankings. Oh, I forgot..."nobobody wanted to play nmsu in OOC" so they HAD to play their powederpuff schedule...decade in, and decade out

(08-03-2023 03:35 PM)Itinerant Texan Wrote:  

(08-03-2023 02:04 PM)edinburger Wrote:  They're still using the resume system, right?

Tarleton's already ahead just by having Virginia and Tennessee on their schedule. Last year winning a game at that level was worth 0.80 points and losing was only -0.07.

Bingo

It is meant to force us to NOT do like nmsu did and prance your way into the tourney final while leaving your confefence mates hanging to carry the OOC load/NET rankings. Oh, I forgot..."nobobody wanted to play nmsu in OOC" so they HAD to play their powederpuff schedule...decade in, and decade out

Having to play UNM/UTEP and every directional NM 4 year school was the best they could do... haha.

(08-03-2023 07:32 PM)Lopes87 Wrote:  

(08-03-2023 03:35 PM)Itinerant Texan Wrote:  

(08-03-2023 02:04 PM)edinburger Wrote:  They're still using the resume system, right?

Tarleton's already ahead just by having Virginia and Tennessee on their schedule. Last year winning a game at that level was worth 0.80 points and losing was only -0.07.

Bingo

It is meant to force us to NOT do like nmsu did and prance your way into the tourney final while leaving your confefence mates hanging to carry the OOC load/NET rankings. Oh, I forgot..."nobobody wanted to play nmsu in OOC" so they HAD to play their powederpuff schedule...decade in, and decade out

Having to play UNM/UTEP and every directional NM 4 year school was the best they could do... haha.

And yet we beat the snot out of the entire WAC including dominating the lopes (16-7). And we had the highest NET ranking most every year. I wonder how Jans got 5-6 P5 wins by only playing NuM/minors and small NM schools?