2011 Great West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2011 Great West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place on March 10–12, 2011 in Orem, Utah.[1] According to National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) regulations, as a new Division I conference the Great West champion does not receive an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament until 2020. However, 2011 champion North Dakota received an automatic bid to the 2011 CollegeInsider.com Tournament.[2] In the 2010 tournament the South Dakota Coyotes defeated the Houston Baptist Huskies to claim their first basketball tournament championship.
| 2011 Great West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2010–11 |
| Teams | 7 |
| Site | UCCU Center Orem, UT |
| Champions | North Dakota (1 title) |
| Winning coach | Brian Jones (1 title) |
| MVP | Patrick Mitchell (North Dakota) |
| 2010–11 Great West Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah Valley | 11 | – | 1 | .917 | 19 | – | 11 | .633 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NJIT | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota † | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 19 | – | 15 | .559 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 18 | – | 15 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago State | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 6 | – | 26 | .188 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas–Pan American | 2 | – | 10 | .167 | 6 | – | 25 | .194 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston Baptist | 2 | – | 10 | .167 | 5 | – | 26 | .161 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2011 Great West Tournament winner As of March 16, 2011; Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The third seeded Fighting Sioux of North Dakota defeated 2010 Great West Tournament champion South Dakota 77–76 in a double-overtime thriller. The Coyotes had upset number 1 seed Utah Valley in the semi-finals. The game was won on a three-pointer from Sioux guard Josh Schuler with four seconds remaining. The championship result was a fitting end to a tournament that saw all six games decided by a total of eleven points. North Dakota's Patrick Mitchell was named tournament MVP.[3]
Format
All seven conference members qualify for the tournament with seeding based on standings from the regular season. The number 1 team receives a first round bye.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals, Thursday, March 10 |
Semifinals, Friday, March 11 |
Championship, Saturday, March 12 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Utah Valley | 70 | |||||||||||
| 4 | South Dakota | 72 | |||||||||||
| 4 | South Dakota | 73 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Chicago State | 70 | |||||||||||
| 4 | South Dakota | 76 | |||||||||||
| 3 | North Dakota | 77** | |||||||||||
| 3 | North Dakota | 71 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Texas-Pan American | 70 | |||||||||||
| 3 | North Dakota | 65 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Houston Baptist | 63 | |||||||||||
| 2 | N.J.I.T. | 70 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Houston Baptist | 72 | |||||||||||
Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime.
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-01-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- North Dakota Outlasts South Dakota in Double-Overtime in Great West Tournament Finals, accessed March 13, 2011