2005 WAC men's basketball tournament

The 2005 WAC men's basketball tournament was held in the Lawlor Events Center in Reno, Nevada between Tuesday, March 8, and Saturday, March 12. The winners of the tournament were the #2 seeded UTEP. This was the final season before the conference was restructured before the 2005–06 season.

2005 WAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2004–05
Teams	8
Site	Lawlor Events Center Reno, Nevada
Champions	UTEP (5th title)
Winning coach	Doc Sadler (1st title)
MVP	Filiberto Rivera (UTEP)
WAC men's basketball tournaments

2004–05 WAC men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Nevada	16	–	2		.889			25	–	7		.781
UTEP †	14	–	4		.778			27	–	8		.771
Rice	12	–	6		.667			19	–	12		.613
Fresno State	9	–	9		.500			16	–	14		.533
Louisiana Tech	9	–	9		.500			14	–	15		.483
SMU	9	–	9		.500			14	–	14		.500
Hawaii	7	–	11		.389			16	–	13		.552
Boise State	6	–	12		.333			16	–	18		.471
Tulsa	5	–	13		.278			9	–	20		.310
San Jose State	3	–	15		.167			6	–	23		.207
† 2005 WAC tournament winner

Bracket

	Play-In Round – March 8					Quarterfinals – March 10–11					Semifinals – March 12					Finals – March 13
						7	Hawaii	62
	10	San Jose State	48			2	UTEP	80
	7	Hawaii	72								2	UTEP	85
											3	Rice	77
						6	SMU	47
						3	Rice	63
																2	UTEP	91
																8	Boise State	78
						5	Louisiana Tech	81
	9	Tulsa	73			4	Fresno State	84
	8	Boise State	83								4	Fresno State	85
											8	Boise State	86
						8	Boise State	73
						1	Nevada	72