2011 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2011 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 4–7 at the Orleans Arena in the Las Vegas-area community of Paradise, Nevada to crown a champion of the West Coast Conference. In the third consecutive final that involved Gonzaga and Saint Mary's, Gonzaga won to secure its 13th consecutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament.

2011 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2011 WCC Tournament Logo
ClassificationDivision I
Season2010–11
Teams8
SiteOrleans Arena
Paradise, NV
ChampionsGonzaga (11th title)
Winning coachMark Few (9th title)
MVPMarquise Carter (Gonzaga)
TelevisionESPN/ESPN2
2010–11 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Saint Mary's11–3 .786  25–9  .735
† Gonzaga11–3 .786  25–10  .714
San Francisco10–4 .714  19–15  .559
Santa Clara8–6 .571  24–14  .632
Portland7–7 .500  20–12  .625
Pepperdine5–9 .357  12–21  .364
Loyola Marymount2–12 .143  11–21  .344
San Diego2–12 .143  6–24  .200
† 2011 WCC Tournament winner
As of March 30, 2011; Rankings from AP Poll

Format

All eight teams in the conference qualified for the tournament, with seeds based on regular season records. The top two seeds received byes into the semifinals while the 3 and 4 seeds received byes into the quarterfinals. The first and second round games were broadcast by BYUtv Sports. The two semifinal games were televised on ESPN2, with the championship game broadcast by ESPN.[1]

Bracket

All Times Pacific

First Round
Friday, March 4
BYUtv		 Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 5
BYUtv		 Semifinals
Sunday, March 6
ESPN2		 Championship
Monday, March 7
ESPN
5 Portland 68  
8 Loyola Marymount 72     8 Loyola Marymount 68  
        4 Santa Clara 76  
          4 Santa Clara 64  
          1 Saint Mary's 73  
             
             
          1 Saint Mary's 63
6 Pepperdine 84       2 Gonzaga 75
7 San Diego 81     6 Pepperdine 59  
        3 San Francisco 76  
          3 San Francisco 67  
          2 Gonzaga 71  
                 
                 
     

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2011-03-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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