2011 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2011 Big South Conference Men's
Basketball Tournament

2011 Big South Championship logo
Classification Division I
Season 2010–11
Teams 8
Site campus sites
Champions UNC Asheville Bulldogs (3rd title)
Winning coach Ed Biedenbach (2nd title)
Post-Big South Conference
tournament(s)
2011 NIT, 2011 NCAA,
2011 CBI, 2011 CIT
Big South Conference Men's
Basketball Tournaments
«2010  2012»
2010–11 Big South men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Coastal Carolina 16   2   .889     28   6   .824
Liberty 13   5   .722     19   13   .594
UNC Asheville 11   7   .611     20   14   .588
VMI 10   8   .556     18   13   .581
Charleston Southern 9   9   .500     16   16   .500
Winthrop 9   9   .500     13   17   .433
High Point 7   11   .389     12   19   .387
Presbyterian 7   11   .389     13   18   .419
Gardner-Webb 6   12   .333     11   21   .344
Radford 2   16   .111     5   24   .172
† 2011 Big South Tournament winner
As of March 16, 2011 • Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011 Big South Men's Basketball Tournament took place on March 1, 3, 5, 2011 at campus sites. The semifinal round was televised on ESPNU, and the finals were televised on ESPN2. The UNC Asheville Bulldogs won the tournament, defeating Charleston Southern 72–63 in the quarterfinal round, High Point 62–45 in the semifinal round, and #1 Coastal Carolina 60–47 in the championship game.

Format

The top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Big South Conference received a berth in the conference tournament. After the 18 game conference season, teams were seeded by conference record. The winner received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, and UNC Asheville received that bid in 2011 as they won the tournament. Presbyterian was not eligible to compete in the 2011 tournament due to reclassification.

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
March 1
Semifinals
March 3
Finals
March 5
                           
  1  Coastal Carolina 83  
8  Gardner–Webb 72  
  1  Coastal Carolina 89  
  4  VMI 81  
4  VMI 78
  5  Winthrop 73  
    1  Coastal Carolina 47
  3  UNC Asheville 60
  3  UNC Asheville 72  
6  Charleston Southern 63  
  3  UNC Asheville 62
  7  High Point 45  
2  Liberty 60
  7  High Point 66  

References

Tournament Grids Announced Big South Conference official release Feb 27, 2011