The 2011 WAC men's basketball tournament was held March 9–12 at the

Orleans Arena Orleans Arena is a 9,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Paradise, Nevada, in the Las Vegas Valley. It is located at the The Orleans, Orleans Hotel and Casino and is operated by Coast Casinos, a subsidiary of Boyd Gaming, Boyd Gaming Corporation. ...

Paradise In religion and folklore, paradise is a place of everlasting happiness, delight, and bliss. Paradisiacal notions are often laden with pastoral imagery, and may be cosmogonical, eschatological, or both, often contrasted with the miseries of human ...

Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, th ...

to crown a champion of the

Western Athletic Conference The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) is an NCAA Division I conference. The WAC covers a broad expanse of the Western United States with member institutions located in Arizona, California, Texas, Utah and Washington (state), Washington. Due to ...

. 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 The 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 68 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament that determined the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's basketball national champion for the 2010-11 ...

Format

The 2011 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament followed a single-elimination format with the following structure: 1. Teams: A total of 8 teams participated in the tournament, with the top eight teams in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) qualifying. 2. Seeding: * The tournament was seeded based on regular-season performance. The top two seeds (Utah State and Nevada) received byes into the semifinals. *The third and fourth seeds received byes into the quarterfinals. *The remaining four teams played in the first round (the 5th through 8th seeds). 3. First Round: *The 5th seed played the 8th seed, and the 6th seed played the 7th seed. 4. Quarterfinals: *The winners from the first round faced the third and fourth seeds. 5. Semifinals: *The top two seeds (Utah State and Nevada) advanced directly to the semifinals and played against the winners of the quarterfinals. 6. Championship Game: *The winners of the semifinals met in the final game to compete for the tournament title. Results: *Final Score: Utah State won 77–69 against Boise State in the championship game, claiming the 2011 WAC Tournament title. 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 ESPNU is an American multinational digital cable and satellite sports television channel owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between the Walt Disney Company (which owns a controlling 80% stake) and Hearst Communications (which owns the remain ...

. The semi-final involving the 2 seed and the championship game was broadcast by

ESPN2 ESPN2 is an American multinational pay television network owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between the Walt Disney Company (which owns a controlling 80% stake) and Hearst Communications (which owns the remaining 20%). ESPN2 was initially ...

Bracket

All Times Pacific. Rankings from the AP Poll.

References

{{2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament navbox

Tournament A tournament is a competition involving at least three competitors, all participating in a sport or game. More specifically, the term may be used in either of two overlapping senses: # One or more competitions held at a single venue and concen ...

WAC men's basketball tournament WAC men's basketball tournament WAC men's basketball tournament College basketball tournaments in the Las Vegas Valley Sports competitions in Paradise, Nevada