2011 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2011 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 9–12 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada to crown a champion of the Western Athletic Conference. The tournament was won by Utah State for their 2nd WAC tournament title to earn an automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

2011 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
2011 WAC Tournament logo
ClassificationDivision I
Season2010–11
Teams8
SiteOrleans Arena
Paradise, NV
ChampionsUtah State (2nd title)
Winning coachStew Morrill (2nd title)
TelevisionESPNU/ESPN2
2010–11 WAC men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 19 Utah State †15–1 .938  30–4  .882
Boise State10–6 .625  22–13  .629
New Mexico State9–7 .563  16–17  .485
Idaho9–7 .563  18–14  .563
Hawaii8–8 .500  19–13  .594
Nevada8–8 .500  13–19  .406
Fresno State6–10 .375  14–17  .452
San Jose State5–11 .313  17–16  .515
Louisiana Tech2–14 .125  12–20  .375
† 2011 WAC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Format

The top eight teams in the conference qualified for the tournament. The top two seeds received byes into the semi-finals while the 3 and 4 seeds received byes into the quarter-finals. The two quarter-finals games were broadcast on ESPNU. The semi-final involving the 2 seed and the championship game was broadcast by ESPN2.[1]

Bracket

All Times Pacific. Rankings from the AP Poll.

First Round
Wednesday, March 9
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 10
Semifinals
Friday, March 11
Championship
Saturday, March 12
5 Hawaii 74
8 San Jose State 75 8 San Jose State 74
4 Idaho 68
8 San Jose State 54
1 #23 Utah State 58
1 Utah State 77
6 Nevada 90 2 Boise State 69
7 Fresno State 80 6 Nevada 60
3 New Mexico State 66
3 New Mexico State 63
2 Boise State 81

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-03-04. Retrieved 2011-02-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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