1991 WAC women's basketball tournament

1991 WAC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams4
SiteArena-Auditorium
Laramie, WY
ChampionsUtah (1st title)
MVPMikki Kane (Utah)
1992 →

The 1991 Western Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 8–9 at the Arena-Auditorium at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming. It was the first ever WAC women's basketball tournament.[1] Utah beat Creighton 86–69 to win the automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

Format

The tournament field comprised four teams. The most attended of the four games was the Creighton semi-final game, with 662, while the final had 278 attend and the Utah semi-final have 621. Kieishsha Garnes scored 44 points (on 17-of-28 shooting) for San Diego State against Creighton, a tournament record that still stands as of 2020.

Bracket

Semifinals
Friday, March 8 		Championship
Saturday, March 9
      
1 Creighton 78
4 San Diego State 75
1ME Creighton 69
1MW Utah 86
2 Utah 74
3 Wyoming 62

All-Tournament Team

  • Melanee Brooks-McQueen, Utah
  • Kieishsha Garnes, San Diego State
  • Kathy Halligan, Creighton
  • Mikki Kane, Utah (MVP)
  • Shannon Struby, Creighton

References

  1. ^ "WAC Tournament Records" (PDF). Western Athletic Conference. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 3, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2022.