2008 WAC Men 's Basketball Tournament , a part of the 2007-08 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season , was held at the Pan American Center in Las Cruces , New Mexico . Four teams finished the season at 12 – 4 in the conference standings , and all advanced to the semifinals . In the championship game , Boise State defeated host New Mexico State in triple overtime and received the Western Athletic Conference 's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament . It was the Broncos ' first NCAA appearance in fourteen years , when they won the Big Sky tournament ( as a fifth-seed ) . Boise State was seeded fourteenth in the East region and lost to Louisville in the first round
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1994 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2008 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament