2020–21 Big West Conference men's basketball season explained

2020–21 Big West Conference men's basketball season
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League:NCAA Division I
Sport:Basketball
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No Of Teams:11
Season:Regular season
Season Champ Name:Champions
Mvp Link:Big West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Finals:Tournament
Finals Link:2021 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Finals Mvp Link:2021 Big West Men's Basketball Tournament
Seasonslist:List of Big West men's basketball seasons
Seasonslistnames:Big West men's basketball
Prevseason Year:2019–20
Nextseason Year:2021–22

The 2020–21 Big West Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2020, followed by the start of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began in January 2021 and concluded in March 2021. Games against UC San Diego were counted as non-conference games as their results were not counted in the league standings during their transition period.[1]

Preseason Awards

Preseason awards were announced by the league office on November 11, 2020.[2]

Preseason men's basketball media poll

(First place votes in parentheses)

  1. UC Irvine (28) 270
  2. UC Santa Barbara (9) 254
  3. UC Davis (1) 182
  4. Hawaii 165
  5. UC Riverside 160
  6. Long Beach State 141
  7. CSU Bakersfield 117
  8. CSU Northridge 102
  9. Cal State Fullerton 95
  10. Cal Poly 54

Conference matrix

 style= width="75" Cal Polystyle= width="75" Cal State Bakersfieldstyle= width="75" CSU Fullertonstyle= width="75" CSU Northridgestyle= width="75" Hawaiistyle= width="75" Long Beach Statestyle= width="75" UC Davisstyle= width="75" UC Irvinestyle= width="75" UC Riversidestyle= width="75" UC San Diegostyle= width="75" UC Santa Barbara
vs. Cal Poly2−00−01−12−02−02−02−02−00−01–0
vs. Cal State Bakersfield0–21−11−10−21−10−01−11−10−02–0
vs. CSU Fullerton0–01−11–11−11−10−01−10−00–02–0
vs. CSU Northridge1–11−11−11−10−01−10−01−00−02–0
vs. Hawaii0–22−01−11−10−20−11−11−10–02–0
vs. Long Beach State0−21−11−10−02−02−00−00−00–00–0
vs. UC Davis0–20−00−01−11−00−20−00−00–02–0
vs. UC Irvine0–21−11−10−01−10−00−01−10–00−2
vs. UC Riverside0–21−10−00−11−10−00−01−10–01–1
vs. UC San Diego0−00−00−00−00−00−00−00−01−00–0
vs. UC Santa Barbara0–10−20−20−20−20−00−22−01−10–0
Total1–149–75–75–79–84–65–48–47–40–012–3

All-Big West awards

Big West men's basketball weekly awards

WeekPlayer(s) of the WeekSchool
Nov 30Erza ManjonUC Davis
Dec 7Zyon PullinUC Riverside
Dec 14TJ StarksCSUN
Dec 21JaQuori McLaughlinUC Santa Barbara
Dec 28Collin WelpUC Irvine
Jan 4JaQuori McLaughlinUC Santa Barbara
Jan 11DJ DavisUC Irvine
Jan 18Taze MooreCal State Bakersfield
Jan 25JaQuori McLaughlinUC Santa Barbara
Feb 1
Feb 8
Feb 15
Feb 22
Mar 1

Notes and References

  1. https://bigwest.org/news/2021/1/27/big-west-mens-basketball-weekly-release-jan-26.aspx "Big West Men's Basketball Weekly Release – Jan. 26"
  2. https://bigwest.org/news/2020/11/12/media-tab-uc-irvine-as-favorite-in-2020-21-mens-basketball-race.aspx "Media Tab UC Irvine as Favorite in 2020-21 Men's Basketball Race"