Question: The 2011–12 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball team represented Louisiana Tech University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, and were members of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), an American collegiate athletic conference formed on which date, and affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I?
Sentence (from "Western Athletic Conference"): The WAC covers a broad expanse of the western United States, with member institutions located in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Utah, and Washington, along with the "non-western" states of Missouri and Illinois (traditionally associated with the Midwest), as well as Texas (traditionally associated with the Southwest).
Relevant evidence: No