Reigning WAC tournament champion GCU men’s basketball will be the No. 2 seed in this iteration, having won it three of the past four seasons.

Entering Saturday and the final regular season game, the ‘Lopes still had a shot at the top seed but needed a win at Abilene Christian and a Utah Valley loss at Tarleton State. GCU (23-7, 13-3) fell 82-81 in overtime, sealing its tournament fate.

By all indications, the WAC will be a one-bid league with neither of GCU nor top-seeded Utah Valley doing enough in the nonconference to set themselves up for an at-large bid.

As the No. 2 seed, the ‘Lopes will match up against No. 7 UT Arlington, which they swept with seven- and 14-point wins in the regular season.

When is the WAC tournament?

The WAC tournament begins on Tuesday with women’s games preceding men’s games on each day. The GCU women are the top seed after an undefeated conference season.

Where is the WAC tournament?

The tournament will be held at Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada, near Las Vegas. The opening round play-in between the Nos. 8 and 9 seeds will be played at Burns Arena in St. George, Utah.

WAC tournament schedule, how to watch

All games in the tournament will be streamed on ESPN+ up until the finals, which will be shown on ESPN2.

Opening round (Tuesday)

Game 1: No. 9 Utah Tech vs. No. 8 Southern Utah at 1:30 p.m. MST

Quarterfinals (Wednesday)

Game 2: Game 1 winner vs. No. 1 Utah Valley at 6 p.m.

Game 3: No. 7 UT Arlington vs. No. 2 GCU at 8:30 p.m.

Quarterfinals (Thursday)

Game 4: No. 5 Seattle U vs. No. 4 Abilene Christian at 6 p.m.

Game 5: No. 6 Tarleton State vs. No. 3 Cal Baptist at 8:30 p.m.

Semifinals (Friday)

Game 6: Game 2 winner vs. Game 4 winner at 6 p.m.

Game 7: Game 3 winner vs. Game 5 winner at 8:30 p.m.

Finals (Saturday)

Game 8: Semifinal winners at 8:40 p.m.

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