2011 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2011 Mountain West Conference Men's
Basketball Tournament

MWC Tournament logo
Classification Division I
Season 2010–11
Teams 9
Site Thomas & Mack Center
Las Vegas, NV
Champions San Diego State (4th title)
Winning coach Steve Fisher (4th title)
MVP Jimmer Fredette
Television The Mtn.,
CBSCS, Versus
Post-Mountain West Conference
tournament(s)
2011 NIT, 2011 NCAA,
2011 CBI, 2011 CIT
Mountain West Conference Men's
Basketball Tournaments
«2010  2012»
2010–11 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#5 San Diego State 14   2   .875     34   3   .919
#12 Brigham Young 14   2   .875     32   5   .865
UNLV 11   5   .688     24   9   .727
Colorado State 9   7   .563     19   13   .594
New Mexico 8   8   .500     22   13   .629
Air Force 6   10   .375     16   16   .500
Utah 6   10   .375     13   18   .419
Wyoming 3   13   .188     10   21   .323
TCU 1   15   .063     11   22   .333
† 2011 MWC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP/Coaches Poll

The 2011 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was played at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada from March 8–12, 2011. The tournament is sponsored by Conoco. The first round game and all four quarterfinals were televised live on the MountainWest Sports Network. The semifinals were televised on CBS College Sports Network, with the championship game on Versus. San Diego State, the winner of the tournament, received the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. BYU's Jimmer Fredette was selected as the tournament MVP.

Bracket

  First Round
Wednesday, March 9
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 10
Semifinals
Friday, March 11
Championship Game
Saturday, March 12
                                     
        
  1  BYU 64  
    9  Texas Christian 58  
8  Wyoming 61
9  Texas Christian 70  
  1  BYU 87  
  5  New Mexico 76  
        
        
  4  Colorado State 61
    5  New Mexico 67  
      
        
  1  BYU 54
  2  San Diego State 72
        
        
  3  UNLV 69
    6  Air Force 53  
      
        
  3  UNLV 72
  2  San Diego State 74  
        
        
  2  San Diego State 64
    7  Utah 50  
      

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