| Year: | 2022 |
| Conference: | Big West Conference |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 10 |
| Arena: | Dollar Loan Center |
| City: | Henderson, Nevada |
| Champions: | Cal State Fullerton |
| Titlecount: | 4th |
| Coach: | Dedrique Taylor |
| Television: | ESPN+ ESPNU ESPN2 |
The 2022 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big West Conference of the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held March 8–12, 2022, at the Dollar Loan Center in Henderson, Nevada. The winner, the Cal State Fullerton Titans, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA tournament.[1]
Of the 11 conference teams, 10 were eligible for the tournament. UC San Diego was ineligible for the tournament, as it was in the second year of the four-year transition required for teams transferring to Division I from Division II. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Unlike previous years, reseeding teams after the quarterfinals did not take place for the 2022 tournament.
| Seed | School | Record | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Long Beach State | 12–3 | |
| 2 | Cal State Fullerton | 11–4 | |
| 3 | Hawai'i | 10–5 | |
| 4 | UC Irvine | 9–5 | |
| 5 | UC Santa Barbara | 8–5 | |
| 6 | UC Riverside | 9–6 | |
| 7 | UC Davis | 5–6 | |
| 8 | Cal State Northridge | 3–13 | |
| 9 | Cal State Bakersfield | 2–12 | 2–0 vs Cal Poly |
| 10 | Cal Poly | 2–12 | 0–2 vs Cal State Bakersfield |
| Game | Time [2] | Matchup | Score | Television | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Tuesday, March 8 | |||||
| 1 | 6:00 pm | No. 8 CSUN vs. No. 9 CSU Bakersfield | 58–45 | ESPN+ | |
| 2 | 8:30 pm | No. 7 UC Davis vs. No. 10 Cal Poly | 63–53 | ||
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10 | |||||
| 3 | 12:00 pm | No. 1 Long Beach State vs. No. 9 CSU Bakersfield | 72–61 | ESPN+ | |
| 4 | 2:30 pm | No. 4 UC Irvine vs. No. 5 UC Santa Barbara | 69–78 | ||
| 5 | 6:00 pm | No. 2 CSU Fullerton vs. No. 7 UC Davis | 73–55 | ||
| 6 | 8:30 pm | No. 3 Hawaii vs. No. 6 UC Riverside | 68–67 | ||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 11 | |||||
| 7 | 6:00 pm | No. 1 Long Beach State vs. No. 5 UC Santa Barbara | 67–64 | ESPN+ | |
| 8 | 8:30 pm | No. 2 CSU Fullerton vs. No. 3 Hawaii | 58–46 | ESPNU | |
| Final – Saturday, March 12 | |||||
| 9 | 8:30 pm | No. 1 Long Beach State vs. No. 2 CSU Fullerton | 71-72 | ESPN2 | |
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