2011 Championship
Conferences receiving automatic qualification included the Collegiate Water Polo Association, the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation and the Western Water Polo Association. The remaining team was selected at-large without geographical restrictions.
Semifinals (December 3, 2011, Spieker Aquatics Complex, University of California, Berkeley, California)
- USC (22-3) def. Princeton (21-9) 17–4
- UCLA (23-4) def. UC-San Diego (17-9) 10–1
Championship (December 4, 2010, Spieker Aquatics Complex, University of California, Berkeley, California)
- Third-place game, Princeton def. UC San Diego 9-7
- Championship game, USC def. UCLA 7–4
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
| December 3 | |||||||
| USC | 17 | ||||||
| Princeton | 4 | ||||||
| December 4 | |||||||
| USC | 7 | ||||||
| UCLA | 4 | ||||||
| Third place | |||||||
| December 3 | December 4 | ||||||
| UCLA | 10 | Princeton | 9 | ||||
| UC-San Diego | 1 | UC-San Diego | 7 | ||||
2011 NCAA All-Tournament Teams:
- First-Team – Joel Dennerley (MOP), Peter Kurzeka and Nikola Vavic, USC; Josh Samuels and Cullen Hennessy, UCLA; Thomas Nelson, Princeton and Graham Saber, UC San Diego.
- Second-team – Matt Rapacz, Griffin White and Cristiano Mirarchi, UCLA; Jeremy Davie and Mace Rapsey, USC; Drew Hoffenberg, Princeton, and Brian Donohoe, UC San Diego.
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