Sam Houston Secures No. 1 Men’s Seed In 2023 Hercules Tires WAC Basketball Tournament
Sam Houston Secures No. 1 Men’s Seed In 2023 Hercules Tires WAC Basketball Tournament
2023 Hercules Tires WAC Men's Basketball Tournament Bracket
ARLINGTON, Texas – Sam Houston earned the top men’s seed for the 2023 Hercules Tires Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Basketball Tournament that will take place on March 7-11 in Las Vegas.
The Bearkats, who finished with a regular season record of 24-6 (14-4 WAC), registered 6.977 points in the first season of the WAC Resume Seeding System to claim the tournament’s number one seed ahead of No. 2 seed and WAC regular-season champion Utah Valley (24-7, 15-3 WAC, 6.964 points).
Also earning byes to the March 9 quarterfinal round of the 2023 Hercules Tires WAC Basketball Tournament at The Orleans Arena were No. 3 seed Southern Utah (20-11, 12-6 WAC, 3.148 points) and No. 4 seed Seattle U (20-11, 11-7 WAC, 3.102 points).
The men’s tournament will begin with four games in first-round action at the Michelob ULTRA Arena on March 7. No. 8 seed California Baptist (16-15, 8-10 WAC, -1.980 points) faces off with No. 9 seed Abilene Christian (13-16, 7-11 WAC, -2.538 points) at noon PT, followed by No. 5 seed Grand Canyon (20-11, 11-7 WAC, 2.771 points) against No. 12 seed UT Arlington (11-19, 6-12 WAC, -5.067 points) at 2 p.m. PT to end the first session. Session two will see No. 7 seed Tarleton (16-15, 9-9 WAC, -0.069 points) taking on No. 10 seed UTRGV (15-16, 6-12 WAC, -3.163 points) at 6 p.m. PT and No. 6 seed Stephen F. Austin (19-12, 11-7 WAC, 1.131 points) versus No. 11 seed Utah Tech (13-18, 5-13 WAC, -3.519 points) at 8 p.m. PT.
All preliminary round games of the 2023 Hercules Tires Basketball Tournament will air live on ESPN+, with the men’s championship game on March 11 airing live at 8:30 p.m. PT on ESPN2.
2023 Hercules Tires WAC Basketball Tournament – Men’s Seeds And Schedule
TUESDAY, MARCH 7, MICHELOB ULTRA ARENA, LAS VEGAS – MEN’S FIRST ROUND
No. 8 California Baptist vs. No. 9 Abilene Christian – noon PT (ESPN+)
No. 5 Grand Canyon vs. No. 12 UT Arlington – 2 p.m. PT (ESPN+)
No. 7 Tarleton vs. No. 10 UTRGV – 6 p.m. PT (ESPN+)
No. 6 Stephen F. Austin vs. No. 11 Utah Tech – 8 p.m. PT (ESPN+)
THURSDAY, MARCH 9, ORLEANS ARENA, LAS VEGAS – MEN’S QUARTERFINALS
No. 1 Sam Houston vs. Game 1 Winner – noon PT (ESPN+)
No. 4 Seattle U vs. Game 2 Winner – 2 p.m. PT (ESPN+)
No. 2 Utah Valley vs. Game 3 Winner – 6 p.m. PT (ESPN+)
No. 3 Southern Utah vs. Game 4 Winner – 8 p.m. PT (ESPN+)
FRIDAY, MARCH 10, ORLEANS ARENA, LAS VEGAS – MEN’S SEMIFINALS
Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner – 6 p.m. PT (ESPN+)
Game 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner – 8 p.m. PT (ESPN+)
SATURDAY, MARCH 11, ORLEANS ARENA, LAS VEGAS – MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP
Game 9 Winner vs. Game 10 Winner – 8:30 p.m. PT (ESPN2)
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