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.
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2011 WAC Tournament logo | |
Classification | Division I |
Season | 2010–11 |
Teams | 8 |
Site | Orleans Arena Paradise, NV |
Champions | Utah State (2nd title) |
Winning coach | Stew Morrill (2nd title) |
Television | ESPNU/ESPN2 |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hawaii | 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 |
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 | ||||||||||||||||
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References
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