2018 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament explained

Year:2018
Conference:Big West Conference
Division:I
Gender:Men's
Teams:8
Arena:Honda Center
City:Anaheim, California
Champions:Cal State Fullerton
Titlecount:3rd
Coach:Dedrique Taylor
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Kyle Allman
Mvpteam:Cal State Fullerton
Television:Prime Ticket
ESPNU
ESPN2

The 2018 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big West Conference of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held from March 8–10, 2018 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. No. 4 seed Cal State Fullerton defeated No. 3 seed UC Irvine in the championship game to win the tournament and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

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 were re-seeded after the quarterfinals.

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1 12–4
2 11–5 1–1 vs UC Davis
3 11–5 0–2 vs UC Davis
4 10–6
5 9–7
6 8–8
7 4–12 1–1 vs UC Santa Barbara
8 4–12 0–2 vs UC Santa Barbara

Schedule and results

GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevision
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 8
112:00 pmNo. 1 UC Davis vs No. 8 UC Riverside70–66Fox Sports West/Prime Ticket
22:30 pmNo. 4 Cal State Fullerton vs No. 5 Long Beach State76–74
36:00 pmNo. 3 UC Irvine vs No. 6 Hawaii68–67
48:30 pmNo. 2 UC Santa Barbara vs No. 7 Cal Poly75–53
Semifinals – Friday, March 9
56:30 pmNo. 1 UC Davis vs No. 4 Cal State Fullerton52–55ESPNU
69:00 pmNo. 3 UC Irvine vs No. 2 UC Santa Barbara61–58ESPNU
Championship – Saturday, March 10
79:00 pmNo. 3 UC Irvine vs No. 4 Cal State Fullerton55–71ESPN2
Game times in PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games held at Honda Center, Anaheim, California

Bracket

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: #BWT Returns to Honda Center for 2018 . Big West Conference . 2018-02-19 . 2014-12-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141202041925/http://www.bigwest.org/sports/mbball/info/champs/ . dead .