2010 Great West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2010 Great West Men's
Basketball Tournament

Tournament logo
Classification Division I
Season 2009–10
Teams 7
Site McKay Events Center
Orem, UT
Champions South Dakota (1st title)
Winning coach Dave Boots (1st title)
Post-Great West
tournament(s)
2010 NIT, 2010 NCAA,
2010 CBI, 2010 CIT
Great West Men's
Basketball Tournament
«2009  2011»
2009–10 Great West men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
South Dakota 11   1   .917     22   10   .688
Houston Baptist 9   3   .750     12   21   .364
Utah Valley 5   7   .417     12   18   .400
North Dakota 5   7   .417     8   23   .258
NJIT 4   8   .333     10   21   .323
Chicago State 4   8   .333     9   23   .281
Texas-Pan American 4   8   .333     6   27   .182
† 2010 Great West Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010 Great West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place on March 10–13, 2010 in Orem, UT.[1] This will be the inaugural tournament for the league. Per NCAA regulations as a new Division I conference, the Great West champion will not receive an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament until 2020. However, the 2010 champion will receive an automatic bid to the 2010 CollegeInsider.com Tournament.[2]

Format

All seven conference members will qualify for the tournament with seeding based on standings from the regular season. The number 1 team will receive a first round bye.

Bracket[3]

  Quarterfinals,
Wednesday, March 10
Semifinals,
Friday, March 12
Championship,
Saturday, March 13
                           
        
  1  South Dakota 76  
    5  UTPA 71  
4  Utah Valley 53
  5  UTPA 56  
    1  South Dakota 91
  2  Houston Baptist 86
  3  North Dakota 57  
6  NJIT 70  
6  NJIT 64
    2  Houston Baptist 74  
2  Houston Baptist 80
  7  Chicago St. 77  

Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime.

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