2011 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament

2011 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament

2011 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
2011 WAC Tournament logo
Classification	Division I
Season	2010–11
Teams	8
Site	Orleans Arena Las Vegas, NV
Champions	Utah State (2nd title)
Winning coach	Stew Morrill (2nd title)
Television	ESPNU/ESPN2
Post-WAC tournament(s)	2011 NIT, 2011 NCAA, 2011 CBI, 2011 CIT
WAC Men's Basketball Tournaments «2010

2010–11 WAC men's basketball standings
	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	PCT	W	L	PCT
#19 Utah State †	15	1	.938	30	4	.882
Boise State	10	6	.625	22	13	.629
New Mexico State	9	7	.563	16	17	.485
Idaho	9	7	.563	18	14	.563
Hawaiʻi	8	8	.500	19	13	.594
Nevada	8	8	.500	13	19	.406
Fresno State	6	10	.375	14	17	.452
San Jose State	5	11	.313	17	16	.515
Louisiana Tech	2	14	.125	12	20	.375
† 2011 WAC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament was b held March 9–12 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, 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.

Format

The top eight teams in the conference qualify for the tournament. The top two seeds receive byes into the semi-finals while the 3 and 4 seeds receive byes into the quarter-finals. The two quarter-finals games will be broadcasted on ESPNU. The semi-final involving the 2 seed and the championship game will be broadcast by ESPN2.

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
																2	Boise State	69
	6	Nevada	90
	7	Fresno State	80
						6	Nevada	60
						3	New Mexico State	66
											3	New Mexico State	63
											2	Boise State	81

References

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