2018 Big West Conference men's volleyball tournament explained

Year:2018
Conference:Big West Conference
Division:1–2
Gender:Men's
Teams:6
Arena:Walter Pyramid
City:Long Beach, California
Champions:Long Beach State
Titlecount:1st
Coach:Alan Knipe
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Josh Tuaniga
Mvpteam:Long Beach State
Attendance:2,325
Television:ESPN3
Firsttournamentever:yes

The 2018 Big West Conference men's volleyball tournament was a postseason men's volleyball tournament for the Big West Conference during the 2018 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. It was held from April 19 through April 21, 2018 at Long Beach State University's Walter Pyramid. The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Volleyball Tournament.

Seeds

All six teams were eligible for the postseason, with the top two seeds receiving byes to the semifinals. The top seed has home court hosting rights for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1 Long Beach State 9–1
2 Hawai'i 6–4 1–1 vs. UC Irvine, 1–1 vs. Long Beach State
3 UC Irvine 6–4 1–1 vs. Hawai'i, 0–2 vs. Long Beach State
4 CSUN 5–5
5 UCSB 4–6
6 UC San Diego 0–10

Schedule and results

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Time
Network
MatchupScoreAttendanceBroadcasters
Quarterfinals – Thursday, April 19
5:00 pm
ESPN3
No. 3 UC Irvine vs. No. 6 UC San Diego3–0
(25–18, 25–18, 25–16)
708Sam Farber, Dain Blanton, & Matt Brown
7:30 pm
ESPN3
No. 4 CSUN vs. No. 5 UCSB3-1
(25-18, 30-28, 12-25, 28-26)
Rahshaun Haylock, Dain Blanton, & Matt Brown
Semifinals – Friday, April 20
5:00 pm
ESPN3
No. 2 Hawai'i vs. No. 3 UC Irvine3–1
(25–16, 25–23, 20–25, 25–18)
1,795Sam Farber, Dain Blanton, & Matt Brown
7:30 pm
ESPN3
No. 1 Long Beach State vs. No. 4 CSUN3–0
(25–23, 25–13, 25–17)
Rahshaun Haylock, Dain Blanton, & Matt Brown
Championship – Saturday, April 21
7:00 pm
ESPN3
No. 1 Long Beach State vs. No. 2 Hawai'i3–0
(25–23, 25–14, 25–19)
2,325Rahshaun Haylock, Dain Blanton, & Matt Brown
Game times are PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.