2010 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament

2010 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Tournament Logo
Classification Division I
Season 200910
Teams 8
Site Lawlor Events Center
Reno, Nevada
Champions New Mexico State (2nd title)
Winning coach Marvin Menzies (1st title)
Television ESPNU/ESPN2
2009–10 WAC men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Utah State142 .875  277  .794
Nevada115 .688  2113  .618
New Mexico State115 .688  2211  .667
Louisiana Tech97 .563  2411  .686
Fresno State79 .438  1518  .455
San Jose State610 .375  1417  .452
Idaho610 .375  1516  .484
Boise State511 .313  1517  .469
Hawaii313 .188  1020  .333
2010 WAC Tournament winner
As of March 22, 2010; 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.[1]

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

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