After historic regular season, GCU turns attention to WAC Tournament
Jovan Blacksher Jr. (left) is among the players that hope to help GCU earn its first NCAA Tournament bid. (Source: Cronkite News)
By Dylan Wilhelm | March 12, 2021 at 8:58 AM MST - Updated March 12 at 8:58 AM
PHOENIX – Grand Canyon made program history Saturday, March 6, by winning a share of the Western Athletic Conference regular season championship, the school’s first conference hoops crown at the Division I level.
Now, the Antelopes have more history within reach.
With their 74-64 victory over WAC co-champion Utah Valley Saturday night at GCU Arena, the Lopes clinched the top seed in the WAC Tournament that begins today at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. An automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament is on the line there, a prize Grand Canyon has been chasing since joining the WAC and the NCAA’s highest division in 2013.