2010 WAC men's basketball tournament explained

Year:2010
Conference:WAC
Division:I
Gender:Men's
Teams:8
Arena:Lawlor Events Center
City:Reno, Nevada
Champions:New Mexico State
Titlecount:2nd
Coach:Marvin Menzies
Coachcount:1st
Television:ESPNU/ESPN2

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

Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: WAC Announces 2009-10 Men s Basketball ESPN Schedule - WACSports.com Official Web Site of the Western Athletic Conference . 2010-01-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120225131007/http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=204800443&SPID=4126&SPSID=45988 . 2012-02-25 . dead .