# 2024 WAC men's basketball tournament

The 2024 WAC men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) for the 2023–24 season. The tournament was played from March 13–16, 2024 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada near Las Vegas. The winner, Grand Canyon, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

## Seeds

Eight of the eleven members were invited to the tournament. The field for the WAC tournament has varied from six to 2023's twelve qualifiers. While Tarleton and Utah Tech were ineligible for the NCAA tournament, they were eligible for the WAC tournament. If a team that was not eligible for the NCAA tournament had won the WAC tournament, the conference's automatic bid would have gone to the highest seeded tournament-eligible team. As was the case for the 2023 tournament, teams were seeded based on the WAC Résumé Seeding System. While seeding was determined by the WAC Résumé Seeding System, the eight teams qualifying for the tournament were determined by composite WAC standings.
| Seed | School | Conference record | WAC Resume seeding points (final) |
| 1 | Grand Canyon | 17–3 | 8.420 |
| 2 | Tarleton | 16–4 | 4.262 |
| 3 | UT Arlington | 13–7 | 0.709 |
| 4 | Seattle | 11–9 | –0.314 |
| 5 | Utah Valley | 11–9 | –1.044 |
| 6 | Stephen F. Austin | 10–10 | –1.543 |
| 7 | Abilene Christian | 10–10 | –2.692 |
| 8 | California Baptist | 8–12 | –4.440 |
| DNQ | Utah Tech | 7–13 | –6.386 |
| DNQ | Southern Utah | 5–15 | –7.801 |
| DNQ | UT Rio Grande Valley | 2–18 | –11.762 |

### WAC Resume seedings throughout season

| Seed | Dec. 4 | Dec. 12 | Dec. 19 | Dec. 27 | Jan. 3 | Jan. 9 | Jan. 16 | Jan. 23 | Jan. 31 | Feb. 6 | Feb. 14 | Feb. 20 | Feb. 26 | Mar. 5 | Mar. 10 (final) |
| 1 | GCU | GCU | GCU | GCU | GCU | GCU | GCU | GCU | GCU | GCU | GCU | GCU | GCU | GCU | GCU |
| 2 | TAR | TAR | TAR | TAR | TAR | TAR | TAR | TAR | TAR | TAR | TAR | TAR | TAR | TAR | TAR |
| 3 | CBU | UVU | UTA | SU | SU | SU | SFA | SFA | SU | SU | SU | SU | SU | SU | UTA |
| 4 | SFA | CBU | CBU | UTA | SFA | UVU | SU | SU | SFA | SFA | SFA | UTA | UTA | UTA | SU |
| 5 | UT | SU | UVU | UVU | UTA | SFA | UTA | UTA | CBU | UTA | UTA | SFA | UVU | SFA | UVU |
| 6 | UVU | UTA | SFA | CBU | UVU | UTA | UVU | UVU | UTA | CBU | CBU | UVU | SFA | UVU | SFA |
| 7 | SU | SFA | SU | SFA | CBU | UT | UT | CBU | UVU | UVU | UVU | CBU | CBU | ACU | ACU |
| 8 | UTA | UT | UT | UT | UT | CBU | CBU | UT | SUU | SUU | UT | ACU | ACU | CBU | CBU |
| 9 | ACU | ACU | ACU | ACU | ACU | ACU | ACU | ACU | ACU | (T) ACU | SUU | UT | UT | UT | UT |
| 10 | SUU | SUU | SUU | SUU | SUU | SUU | SUU | SUU | UT | (T) UT | ACU | SUU | SUU | SUU | SUU |
| 11 | UTRGV | UTRGV | UTRGV | UTRGV | UTRGV | UTRGV | UTRGV | UTRGV | UTRGV | UTRGV | UTRGV | UTRGV | UTRGV | UTRGV | UTRGV |

## Schedule

| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup$^#$ | Score | Television | Attendance |
| First round – Wednesday, March 13, 2024 – Orleans Arena |||||||
| 1 | 1 | 6:00pm | No. 5 Utah Valley vs. No. 8 California Baptist | 63–74$^{OT}$ | ESPN+ | 1,064 |
| 1 | 2 | 8:30pm | No. 6 Stephen F. Austin vs. No. 7 Abilene Christian | 60–57 | ESPN+ | 1,064 |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14, 2024 – Orleans Arena |||||||
| 2 | 3 | 6:00pm | No. 8 California Baptist vs. No. 4 Seattle | 57–81 | ESPN+ | 1,021 |
| 2 | 4 | 8:30pm | No. 6 Stephen F. Austin vs. No. 3 UT Arlington | 78–109 | ESPN+ | 1,021 |
| Semifinals – Friday, March 15, 2024 – Orleans Arena |||||||
| 3 | 5 | 6:00pm | No. 4 Seattle vs. No. 1 Grand Canyon | 72–80 | ESPN+ | 4,057 |
| 3 | 6 | 8:30pm | No. 3 UT Arlington vs. No. 2 Tarleton | 87–84 | ESPNU | 4,057 |
| Championship – Saturday, March 16, 2024 – Orleans Arena |||||||
| 4 | 7 | 8:30pm | No. 1 Grand Canyon vs. No. 3 UT Arlington | 89–74 | ESPN2 | 4,019 |
| *Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. |||||||

## Bracket

| First round Wednesday, March 13 | First round Wednesday, March 13 | First round Wednesday, March 13 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 14 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 14 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 14 | Semifinals Friday, March 15 | Semifinals Friday, March 15 | Semifinals Friday, March 15 | Championship Saturday, March 16 | Championship Saturday, March 16 | Championship Saturday, March 16 |
| | | | | | | 1 | Grand Canyon | 80 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Seattle | 81 | 4 | Seattle | 72 | | | |
| 5 | Utah Valley | 63 | 8 | California Baptist | 57 | | | | 1 | Grand Canyon | 89 |
| 8 | California Baptist | 74* | | | | | | | 3 | UT Arlington | 74 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Tarleton | 84 | | | |
| | | | 3 | UT Arlington | 109 | 3 | UT Arlington | 87 | | | |
| 6 | Stephen F. Austin | 60 | 6 | Stephen F. Austin | 78 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Abilene Christian | 57 | | | | | | | | | |
* denotes overtime period

## Awards

| Award | Player | Team |
| Most Outstanding Player | Tyon Grant-Foster | Grand Canyon |
| All-Tournament Team | Tyon Grant-Foster | Grand Canyon |
| | Ray Harrison | Grand Canyon |
| | Lök Wur | Grand Canyon |
| | Phillip Russell | UT Arlington |
| | Shemar Wilson | UT Arlington |