2011 WAC men's basketball tournament
2011 WAC Tournament logo
ClassificationDivision I
Season201011
Teams8
SiteOrleans Arena
Paradise, NV
ChampionsUtah State (2nd title)
Winning coachStew Morrill (2nd title)
TelevisionESPNU/ESPN2
2010–11 WAC men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 19 Utah State151 .938304  .882
Boise State106 .6252213  .629
New Mexico State97 .5631617  .485
Idaho97 .5631814  .563
Hawaii88 .5001913  .594
Nevada88 .5001319  .406
Fresno State610 .3751417  .452
San Jose State511 .3131716  .515
Louisiana Tech214 .1251220  .375
2011 WAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

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.

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 #23 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. "WAC Basketball Tournament 2011". Archived from the original on March 4, 2011. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
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