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WAC announces change to basketball tournament format

By Cache Valley Daily

Story Created: Aug 6, 2010 at 9:35 AM MST

Story Updated: Aug 6, 2010 at 10:32 AM MST

DENVER--Western Athletic Conference Commissioner Karl Benson announced today that the league will change its postseason men's and women's basketball tournament format, effective for the 2011 tournament.

The change was recommended by both the WAC men's and women's basketball coaches and approved by the WAC Board of Directors earlier this summer.

The change will reward teams based on regular season success, giving the top two teams byes into the tournament semifinals.

Under the format, the tournament will begin on Wednesday with two men's and two women's games featuring the No. 5 seed against the No. 8 seed and No. 6 versus No. 7. The winners then advance to Thursday's quarterfinal matchups to play the No. 4 and No. 3 seeds. The winners of those games then advance to Friday's semifinals against the top two seeds.

The change also results in two men's and two women's games being played each day of the tournament except for Saturday, which will feature the men's and women's championship games.

The 2011 WAC Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament will be held March 9-12 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas and will include the top eight teams in the regular-season standings. Ticket information will be available soon at www.wacsports.com.

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