College basketball tournament
2010 WAC men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2009–10 |
Teams | 8 |
Site | Lawlor Events Center Reno, Nevada |
Champions | New Mexico State (2nd title) |
Winning coach | Marvin Menzies (1st title) |
Television | ESPNU/ESPN2 |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah State | 14 | – | 2 | .875 | 27 | – | 7 | .794 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nevada | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 21 | – | 13 | .618 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico State† | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 22 | – | 11 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana Tech | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 24 | – | 11 | .686 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fresno State | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 15 | – | 18 | .455 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Jose State | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 14 | – | 17 | .452 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Idaho | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boise State | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hawai'i | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 10 | – | 20 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2010 WAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2010 WAC men's basketball tournament was held at the Lawlor Events Center in Reno, Nevada from March 11 through March 13, 2010. The winner of the tournament was New Mexico State, who received an automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament and was crowned the Western Athletic Conference champion.
Format
Seeding for the tournament was based on the standings from the regular season. The top eight teams qualified. In past years all nine teams qualified and the # 8 and # 9 teams would play an opening round game where the winner would play the # 1 seed. However, for 2010 the opening round game was eliminated.
Two quarterfinal games were broadcast on ESPNU. One semifinal and the championship game were broadcast on ESPN2.
Bracket
Quarterfinals, Thursday, March 11 | Semifinals, Friday, March 12 | Championship, Saturday, March 13 | ||||||||||||
1 | Utah State | 84 | ||||||||||||
8 | Boise State | 60 | ||||||||||||
1 | Utah State | 85 | ||||||||||||
4 | Louisiana Tech | 55 | ||||||||||||
4 | Louisiana Tech | 74 | ||||||||||||
5 | Fresno State | 66 | ||||||||||||
1 | Utah State | 63 | ||||||||||||
3 | New Mexico State | 69 | ||||||||||||
3 | New Mexico State | 90 | ||||||||||||
6 | San Jose State | 69 | ||||||||||||
3 | New Mexico State | 80 | ||||||||||||
2 | Nevada | 79 | ||||||||||||
2 | Nevada | 87 | ||||||||||||
7 | Idaho | 71 |
Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime.
References
- "WAC Announces 2009-10 Men s Basketball ESPN Schedule - WACSports.com Official Web Site of the Western Athletic Conference". Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2010.
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