# 2025 WAC men's basketball tournament

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. Burns Arena was the home court for WAC member Utah Tech. The last time that a WAC tournament game was held at a conference member's campus site was in 2010. This was the 15th year that the tournament was held at the Orleans Arena. Grand Canyon, who won the conference tournament, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament for a third straight season.

## Seeds

All nine members were invited to the tournament. The field for the WAC tournament has varied from six to twelve qualifiers. All teams were eligible for the NCAA tournament including Tarleton and Utah Tech which completed their transition to Division I in 2024. For the prior two seasons, the WAC tournament was seeded using the WAC Résumé Seeding System. For the 2025 WAC tournament, seeding was determined by conference record with ties broken first by head-to-head competition, then by the WAC Résumé Seeding System points.
| Seed | School | Conference record | Tiebreak 1 | Tiebreak 2 / WAC Seeding points |
| 1 | Utah Valley | 15–1 | | |
| 2 | Grand Canyon | 13–3 | | |
| 3 | California Baptist | 9–7 | | |
| 4 | Abilene Christian | 8–8 | 1–1 vs. Seattle | WACpts -2.839 |
| 5 | Seattle | 8–8 | 1–1 vs. Abilene Christian | WACpts -4.057 |
| 6 | Tarleton | 7–9 | | |
| 7 | UT Arlington | 6–10 | | |
| 8 | Southern Utah | 4–12 | | |
| 9 | Utah Tech | 2–14 | | |
* 1 2 Estimated based on information in the March 7, 2025 WAC Résumé Seeding System update. The WAC did not release the final regular-season point totals.

## Schedule

| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup$^#$ | Score | Television | Attendance |
| 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+ | N/A |
| 2 | 3 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 2 Grand Canyon vs. No. 7 UT Arlington | 98–75 | ESPN+ | 1,645 |
| 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+ | N/A |
| 3 | 5 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 3 California Baptist vs. No. 6 Tarleton | 55–51 | ESPN+ | 927 |
| 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+ | N/A |
| 4 | 7 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 2 Grand Canyon vs. No. 3 California Baptist | 75–66 | ESPN+ | 3,867 |
| 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+ | First round Tuesday, March 11 Burns Arena, St. George, Utah ESPN+ | First round Tuesday, March 11 Burns Arena, St. George, Utah ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Wednesday and Thursday, March 12–13 Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Wednesday and Thursday, March 12–13 Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Wednesday and Thursday, March 12–13 Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada ESPN+ | Semifinals Friday, March 14 Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada ESPN+ | Semifinals Friday, March 14 Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada ESPN+ | Semifinals Friday, March 14 Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada ESPN+ | Championship Saturday, March 15 Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada ESPN2 | Championship Saturday, March 15 Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada ESPN2 | Championship Saturday, March 15 Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada ESPN2 |
| | | | 1 | Utah Valley | 74 | | | | | | |
| | | | 9 | Utah Tech | 57 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Southern Utah | 65 | 9 | Utah Tech | 57 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Utah Tech | 72 | | | | | | | | | |
| 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 | | | | | | |

## Awards

| Award | Player | Team |
| Most Outstanding Player | JaKobe Coles | Grand Canyon |
| All-Tournament Team | Tanner Toolson | Utah Valley |
| | Carter Welling | Utah Valley |
| | Tyon Grant-Foster | Grand Canyon |
| | Ray Harrison | Grand Canyon |