Year: | 2008 |
Conference: | WAC |
Division: | I |
Gender: | Men's |
Teams: | 9 |
Arena: | Pan American Center |
City: | Las Cruces, New Mexico |
Champions: | Boise State |
Titlecount: | 1st |
Coach: | Greg Graham |
Coachcount: | 1st |
Mvp: | Reggie Larry |
Mvpteam: | Boise State |
The 2008 WAC men's basketball tournament, a part of the 2007–08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, was held at the Pan American Center in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Four teams finished the season at 12–4 in the conference standings, and all advanced to the semifinals. In the championship game, Boise State defeated host in triple overtime and received the Western Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. It was the Broncos' first NCAA appearance in fourteen years, when they won the Big Sky tournament (as a fifth-seed).
Boise State was seeded fourteenth in the East region and lost to Louisville in the first round.
made the National Invitation Tournament (NIT), but lost a road game in the first round.