2011 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament
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The 2011 SWAC Men's Basketball Tournament will take place March 9–12 at the Garland Special Events Center
in Garland, Texas
. The top eight teams in the conference standings qualify for the tournament. The winner of the tournament will receive the Southwestern Athletic Conference
's automatic bid
to the 2011 NCAA Tournament
. The Championship game will be televised on ESPNU
.
Garland Special Events Center
The Garland Special Events Center is an arena and conference center in Garland, Texas, United States. It opened on and was designed by HKS, Inc. and constructed at a cost of $31.5 million by Lee Lewis Construction with engineering by Walter P. Moore, Blum Consulting Engineers, and RLK Engineers Inc....
in Garland, Texas
Garland, Texas
-Climate:* The average warmest month is July.* The highest recorded temperature was in 2000.* On average, the coolest month is January.* The lowest recorded temperature was in 1989.* The maximum average precipitation occurs in May....
. The top eight teams in the conference standings qualify for the tournament. The winner of the tournament will receive the Southwestern Athletic Conference
Southwestern Athletic Conference
The Southwestern Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which is made up of historically black universities in the Southern United States...
's automatic bid
Automatic bid
Automatic bid is a term generally used to describe a bid or berth to a tournament, granted based on performance in prior competition, and not based on subjective picking...
to the 2011 NCAA Tournament
2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
The following sites were selected to host each round of the 2011 tournament:First Four*March 15 and 16**University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, OhioSecond and third rounds*March 17 and 19**Verizon Center, Washington, D.C....
. The Championship game will be televised on ESPNU
ESPNU
ESPNU is a television channel that specializes in college sports, and is produced by, affiliated with and owned by parent network ESPN. ESPNU originates out of ESPN Regional Television's ESPNU (often referred to as The U) is a television channel that specializes in college sports, and is produced...
.