2017 WAC men's basketball tournament

The 2017 WAC men's basketball tournament is a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Western Athletic Conference. It will be held from March 9–11, 2017 at Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The winner of the tournament, New Mexico State, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament with a 70-60 win over California State-Bakersfield.

2017 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201617
Teams7
SiteOrleans Arena
Paradise, Nevada
ChampionsNew Mexico State Aggies (7th title)
Winning coachPaul Weir (1st title)
MVPIan Baker (New Mexico State)
TelevisionESPNU
Western Athletic Conference men's basketball tournaments
2016–17 WAC men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Cal State Bakersfield122 .8572510  .714
New Mexico State113 .786286  .824
Grand Canyon*113 .786229  .710
UMKC86 .5711817  .514
Utah Valley68 .4291717  .500
Seattle59 .3571317  .433
Texas–Rio Grande Valley212 .1431022  .313
Chicago State113 .071626  .188
* Ineligible for postseason during transition to Division I.
2017 WAC tournament winner
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