WAC Men's Basketball Tournament

WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Conference Basketball Championship
Sport	College basketball
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Number of teams	8
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium	Orleans Arena
Current location	Paradise, Nevada
Played	1984–present
Last contest	2016
Current champion	Cal State Bakersfield
Most championships	New Mexico State Aggies (6)
Official website	WACSports.com Men's Basketball

The Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament is the conference championship tournament in men's basketball for the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). Even though the WAC was founded in 1964, the annual tournament has only been held since 1984.

The winner of the tournament is guaranteed a spot in the NCAA Basketball Tournament every year.

The event has alternated between being hosted at campus sites and neutral sites throughout its history. From the inaugural event in 1984 until 1992 the regular season champion hosted the tournament, but in 1993 and 1994 the event was held at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City which, although located less than five miles from then-conference member Utah's campus, was considered a neutral site. From 1995 through 2009 the event returned to on-campus sites, although the location was awarded through a predetermined bidding process rather than being given to the regular-season champion. Since 2010 the tournament has again been held at a neutral site, the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada.

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