WAC Men's Basketball Tournament

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college basketball conference tournament postseason basketball tournament

The WAC Men's Basketball Tournament is the postseason conference championship event that determines the Western Athletic Conference's automatic qualifier for the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
WAC Men's Basketball Tournament canonical	2
2004–05 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball season	1
2006–07 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball season	1
Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	1
Western Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament	1
Western Athletic Conference men's basketball tournaments	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1281222 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Context triple: [Western Athletic Conference, hasChampionshipEvent, WAC Men's Basketball Tournament]

A. Pac-12 women’s basketball tournament
The Pac-12 women’s basketball tournament is the annual postseason championship event for women’s basketball teams in the Pac-12 Conference, determining the league’s automatic qualifier for the NCAA Tournament.
B. Southland Conference women’s basketball tournament
The Southland Conference women’s basketball tournament is the annual postseason championship event that determines the conference’s automatic qualifier for the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament.
C. Mountain West Conference men's basketball
Mountain West Conference men's basketball is an NCAA Division I collegiate basketball league featuring teams from universities primarily located in the western United States.
D. NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Championship
The NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Championship is an annual national tournament that determines the collegiate basketball champion among NCAA Division II schools in the United States.
E. AIAW women’s basketball championship
The AIAW women’s basketball championship was the premier national collegiate tournament for women’s basketball in the United States before the NCAA began sponsoring women’s championships in the early 1980s.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Target entity description: The WAC Men's Basketball Tournament is the postseason conference championship event that determines the Western Athletic Conference's automatic qualifier for the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

A. Pac-12 women’s basketball tournament
The Pac-12 women’s basketball tournament is the annual postseason championship event for women’s basketball teams in the Pac-12 Conference, determining the league’s automatic qualifier for the NCAA Tournament.
B. Southland Conference women’s basketball tournament
The Southland Conference women’s basketball tournament is the annual postseason championship event that determines the conference’s automatic qualifier for the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament.
C. Mountain West Conference men's basketball
Mountain West Conference men's basketball is an NCAA Division I collegiate basketball league featuring teams from universities primarily located in the western United States.
D. NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Championship
The NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Championship is an annual national tournament that determines the collegiate basketball champion among NCAA Division II schools in the United States.
E. AIAW women’s basketball championship
The AIAW women’s basketball championship was the premier national collegiate tournament for women’s basketball in the United States before the NCAA began sponsoring women’s championships in the early 1980s.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (25)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	college basketball conference tournament ⓘ postseason basketball tournament ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament ⓘ linked to: WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
competitionLevel	NCAA Division I ⓘ
conference	Western Athletic Conference ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
determines	Western Athletic Conference tournament champion ⓘ
eligibility	member schools of the Western Athletic Conference ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
gender	men's ⓘ
governingBody	NCAA ⓘ linked to: National Collegiate Athletic Association
hasParticipantType	Western Athletic Conference men's basketball teams ⓘ linked to: Western Athletic Conference
organizer	Western Athletic Conference ⓘ
partOf	NCAA Division I men's basketball postseason ⓘ linked to: NCAA tournament
purpose	determine Western Athletic Conference automatic qualifier for NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament ⓘ determine Western Athletic Conference champion ⓘ
region	Western United States ⓘ linked to: western United States
relatedCompetition	NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament ⓘ linked to: NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament
season	postseason ⓘ
sport	basketball ⓘ
sportCategory	college men's basketball ⓘ
sportGoverningOrganization	Western Athletic Conference ⓘ
tournamentFormat	single-elimination ⓘ
typeOfQualification	automatic qualifier ⓘ
winnerReceives	automatic bid to NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Western Athletic Conference → hasChampionshipEvent → WAC Men's Basketball Tournament ⓘ

WAC Men's Basketball Tournament → alsoKnownAs → Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament ⓘ