2011 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament

2011 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2010–11
Teams 12
Site Don Haskins Center
El Paso, Texas
Champions Memphis (5th title)
Winning coach Josh Pastner (1st title)
MVP Joe Jackson (Memphis)
Television CBS College Sports
CBS
Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2010  2012»
2010–11 Conference USA men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
UAB 12 – 4   .750     22 – 9   .710
Tulsa 11 – 5   .688     19 – 13   .594
UTEP 11 – 5   .688     25 – 10   .714
Memphis † 10 – 6   .625     25 – 10   .714
Southern Miss 9 – 7   .563     22 – 10   .688
Marshall 9 – 7   .563     22 – 12   .647
Southern Methodist 8 – 8   .500     20 – 15   .571
East Carolina 8 – 8   .500     18 – 16   .529
UCF 6 – 10   .375     21 – 12   .636
Rice 5 – 11   .313     14 – 18   .438
Houston 4 – 12   .250     12 – 18   .400
Tulane 3 – 13   .188     13 – 17   .433
† 2011 CUSA Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament was held from March 9–12, 2011 at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas.

Seeding for the tournament was determined by the conference standings at the end of the regular season. Memphis defeated UTEP in the conference final by a score of 67–66. Memphis, as tournament champion, received an automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

Bracket

  First round
March 9		 Quarterfinals
March 10		 Semifinals
March 11		 Championship Game
March 12
                                     
        
  1  UAB 70  
    8  East Carolina 75*  
8  East Carolina 75
9  UCF 60  
  8  East Carolina 56  
  4  Memphis 76  
        
        
  4  Memphis 66
    5  Southern Miss 63  
5  Southern Miss 63
12  Tulane 47  
  4  Memphis 67
  3  UTEP 66
        
        
  2  Tulsa 81
    10  Rice 72  
7  SMU 57
10  Rice 58  
  2  Tulsa 54
  3  UTEP 66  
        
        
  3  UTEP 77
    6  Marshall 65  
6  Marshall 97
11  Houston 87  

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