2017 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament explained

Year:2017
Conference:Big West Conference
Division:I
Gender:Men's
Teams:8
Arena:Honda Center
City:Anaheim, California
Champions:UC Davis Aggies
Titlecount:1st
Coach:Jim Les
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Chima Moneke
Mvpteam:UC-Davis
Television:Prime Ticket
ESPN3
ESPNU
ESPN2

The 2017 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big West Conference. The tournament took place March 9–11, 2017 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The tournament winner, UC Davis, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament with a 50–47 win over UC Irvine in the final.

Seeds

The top eight conference teams were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Teams will reseed after the quarterfinals. Hawaii was initially banned from the postseason for infractions from the previous coaching staff but in the final week of the regular season, Hawaii won their appeal and were reinstated.

SeedSchoolConference
1 12–4
2 11–5
3 10–6
4 9–7
5 8–8
6 7–9
7 6–10
8 5–11

Schedule and results

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GameTime*MatchupScoreTelevision
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9
112:00 pmNo. 2 UC Davis vs No. 7 Cal Poly66–55Fox Sports West
&<br>Prime Ticket
22:30 pmNo. 3 Cal State Fullerton vs No. 6 Cal State Northridge81–68
36:00 pmNo. 1 UC Irvine vs No. 8 UC Riverside76–67
48:30 pmNo. 4 Long Beach State vs No. 5 Hawaii73–62
Semifinals – Friday, March 10
56:30 pmNo.1 UC Irvine vs No. 4 Long Beach State62–57ESPN3
69:00 pmNo. 2 UC Davis vs No. 3 Cal State Fullerton66–64OTESPNU
Championship – Saturday, March 11
78:30 pmNo.1 UC Irvine vs No. 2 UC Davis47–50ESPN2
  • Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games held at Honda Center, Anaheim, CA

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2017 Big West Conference tournament Schedule . Big West . Big West . February 12, 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141202041925/http://www.bigwest.org/sports/mbball/info/champs/ . December 2, 2014 .