2010 WAC men's basketball tournament

2010 WAC men's basketball tournament
Tournament Logo
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
WAC men's basketball tournaments

2009–10 WAC men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
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.^[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

1. "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.

External links

• Official Western Athletic Conference Website