2020 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament explained

Year:2020
Conference:Big West Conference
Division:I
Gender:Men's
Teams:8
Arena:Honda Center
City:Anaheim, California
Champions:Not awarded
Television:ESPN3
ESPNU
ESPN2

The 2020 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament was to be the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big West Conference of the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was scheduled be held from March 12 through March 14, 2020 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. It was cancelled on March 12 in the effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus.[1]

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 to be reseeded after the quarterfinals.

SeedSchoolConference
record
Tiebreaker
1UC Irvine13–3
2Cal State Northridge10–62–0 vs. UC Santa Barbara
3UC Santa Barbara10–60–2 vs. Cal State Northridge
4Hawaii8–82–0 vs. UC Davis
5UC Davis8–80–2 vs. Hawaii
6UC Riverside7–9
7Cal State Fullerton6–10
8Long Beach State6–10

Schedule and results

GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevision
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12
112:00 pmNo. 2 Cal State Northridge vs. No. 7 Cal State FullertoncancelledESPN3
22:30 pmNo. 3 UC Santa Barbara vs. No. 6 UC Riverside
36:00 pmNo. 1 UC Irvine vs. No. 8 Long Beach State
48:30 pmNo. 4 Hawaii vs. No. 5 UC Davis
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
56:30 pmGame 1 Winner vs. Game 2 WinnercancelledESPN3
69:00 pmGame 3 Winner vs. Game 4 WinnerESPNU
Championship – Saturday, March 14
78:30 pmGame 5 Winner vs. Game 6 WinnercancelledESPN2
Game times PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games held at Honda Center, Anaheim, California[2]

Attendance

On March 10, due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, the Big West Conference announced that both the Men's and Women's Tournaments would be played without paid spectators.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Carlson. Kaiona. Big West tournament cancelled amid Coronavirus concerns. March 12, 2020. Hawaii News Now. March 14, 2020.
  2. Web site: 2019–20 Championship Schedule. January 2, 2020. Big West Conference. December 2, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141202041925/http://www.bigwest.org/sports/mbball/info/champs/. dead.
  3. Web site: Big West Basketball Tournament To Be Played Without Spectators. March 10, 2020. Big West Conference.