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DENVER - On Saturday, the final five WAC men's regular season basketball games will be played, but the top three seeds have been determined after Thursday's games. Nevada won the outright regular season championship and will be the top seed. UTEP is number two while Rice is three. The remaining seeds will be determined based on the outcomes of Saturday's contests.

Below are the possible seeds for each of the men's teams after Saturday's games. Ties were broken using the tie-breaking principles further below.

Possible Seeds

Boise State
7-If Boise State beats UTEP
8-If Boise State loses to UTEP and Louisiana Tech beats Tulsa
9-If Boise State loses to UTEP and Tulsa beats Louisiana Tech

Fresno State
4-If Fresno State beats Hawaii OR Fresno State loses to Hawaii and Rice beats SMU
5-If Fresno State loses to Hawaii and SMU beats Rice

Hawaii
7-If Hawaii beats Fresno State and UTEP beats Boise State OR if Hawaii loses to Fresno State, UTEP beats Boise State and Louisiana Tech beats Tulsa
8-If Hawaii beats Fresno State and Boise State beats UTEP OR if Hawaii loses to Fresno State, Boise State beats UTEP and Louisiana Tech beats Tulsa OR if Hawaii loses to Fresno State, Tulsa beats Louisiana Tech and UTEP beats Boise State
9-If Hawaii loses to Fresno State, Boise State beats UTEP and Tulsa beats Louisiana Tech

Louisiana Tech
5-If Louisiana Tech beats Tulsa and Rice beats SMU
6-If Louisiana Tech loses to Tulsa OR Louisiana Tech beats Tulsa and SMU beats Rice

Nevada
1

Rice
3

San Jose State
10

SMU
4-If SMU beats Rice and Hawaii beats Fresno State
5-If SMU beats Rice and Fresno State beats Hawaii OR SMU loses to Rice and Tulsa beats Louisiana Tech
6-If SMU loses to Rice and Louisiana Tech beats Tulsa

UTEP
2

Tulsa
7-If Tulsa beats Louisiana Tech, Fresno State beats Hawaii and UTEP beats Boise State
8-If Tulsa beats Louisiana Tech, Hawaii beats Fresno State and UTEP beats Boise State OR If Tulsa beats Louisiana Tech, Fresno State beats Hawaii and Boise State beats UTEP
9-If Tulsa beats Louisiana Tech, Boise State beats UTEP and Hawaii beats Fresno State OR If Tulsa loses to Louisiana Tech

WAC Tie-breaking Procedures.
a. General Principles.
[1] Ties for all places in the standings (between two teams or three or more teams) which can be broken based upon head-to-head competition are broken before the implementation of further tie-breaking procedures.
[2] If more than two teams are tied, the three or more tie-breaking procedures shall be implemented. If only two teams are tied, the two-team tie-breaking procedures shall be implemented.
[3] In the case of ties for more than one place, the first tie broken is that of the highest place (i.e., first place, second place, etc.) and continue downward through the standings.
[4] If the tie is for first place, compare the tied teams' winning percentage against the next highest finishing team and continue through the standings. The team with the best winning percentage against the next highest-finishing team or group of tied teams advances. If the tie is for any position other than first place, the comparison shall begin at the top of the standings.
[5] Once a team has been placed in a position/seed, that team shall be included in all further comparisons of other tied teams.

b. Tie-breaker for Conference Championship Seeding.
[1] Two-Way Tie:
(a) The winner of the head-to-head competition is the higher seed.
(b) If the tie is for first place, compare the tied teams' records against the next highest finishing team and continue through the standings. The team with the best record/winning percentage against the next highest finishing team or group of tied teams advances. If the tie is for any position other than first place, the comparison shall begin at the top of the standings.
(c) If a tie still remains, the Conference office shall conduct a draw. The drawn team shall receive the higher seed.
[2] Three or More-Way Tie. Once a tie has been reduced to two teams, the two-team tie-breaker is implemented.
(a) Compare the records of the tied teams against each other. The team(s) with the best record(s) versus the other tied teams receives the higher seed or advances to the next tie-breaker; the team with the next best record versus the other tied teams receives the next highest seed or advances to the next tie breaker, etc.
(b) If the tie is for first place, compare the tied teams' records against the next highest finishing team and continue through the standings. The team with the best record against the next highest-finishing team or group of tied teams advances. If the tie is for any position other than first place the comparison shall begin at the top of the standings.
(c) If a tie still remains, the Conference office shall conduct a draw. The first team drawn shall receive the higher seed, the second team drawn shall receive the next highest seed, etc.