2010 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament

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.

2010 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Tournament Logo
ClassificationDivision I
Season2009–10
Teams8
SiteLawlor Events Center
Reno, Nevada
ChampionsNew Mexico State (2nd title)
Winning coachMarvin Menzies (1st title)
TelevisionESPNU/ESPN2
2009–10 WAC men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Utah State14–2 .875  27–7  .794
Nevada11–5 .688  21–13  .618
New Mexico State†11–5 .688  22–11  .667
Louisiana Tech9–7 .563  24–11  .686
Fresno State7–9 .438  15–18  .455
San Jose State6–10 .375  14–17  .452
Idaho6–10 .375  15–16  .484
Boise State5–11 .313  15–17  .469
Hawaii3–13 .188  10–20  .333
† 2010 WAC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2010-01-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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