The 2010

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men's basketball tournament took place March 10–13, 2010, at the

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. The tournament was won by #7 seed

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who received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. All Quarterfinal and semifinal games were broadcast on

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and the championship game was broadcast on

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. Houston's Kelvin Lewis was declared the tournament's MVP. Houston's

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, Southern Mississippi's Gary Flowers, and UTEP's

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and

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joined Lewis on the all-tournament team.USM player named to All-C-USA tournament team
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'', March 14, 2010.

Bracket

Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime.
Rankings from the AP poll.

References

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