2016 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2016 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament will take place March 10–12, 2016 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.[1] The champion will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Tournament. Cal State Northridge did not participate in the tournament due to a self-imposed postseason ban for academic fraud violations.[2]

2016 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201516
Teams8
SiteHonda Center
Anaheim, California
ChampionsHawaii (1st title)
Winning coachEran Ganot (1st title)
MVPAaron Valdes (Hawaii)
TelevisionPrime Ticket
ESPN3
ESPNU
ESPN2
2015–16 Big West men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Hawaii133 .813  285  .848
UC Irvine133 .813  2810  .737
Long Beach State124 .750  2015  .571
UC Santa Barbara115 .688  1914  .576
UC Davis610 .375  1119  .367
UC Riverside511 .313  1419  .424
Cal State Northridge*511 .313  1020  .333
Cal Poly412 .250  1020  .333
Cal State Fullerton313 .188  1020  .333
*ineligible for postseason due to self-imposed ban due to academic fraud violations
2016 Big West Tournament winner

Seeds

The top 8 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 will reseed after the Quarterfinals.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1Hawaii13–32–0 vs. UC Irvine
2UC Irvine13–30–2 vs. Hawaii
3Long Beach State12–4
4UC Santa Barbara11–5
5UC Davis6–10
6UC Riverside5–11
7Cal Poly4–12
8Cal State Fullerton3–13

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup# Final score Television
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10
1 12:00 pm #4 UC Santa Barbara vs. #5 UC Davis 87–61 Prime Ticket
2 2:30 pm #1 Hawaii vs. #8 CS Fullerton 75–44
3 6:00 pm #2 UC Irvine vs. #7 Cal Poly 84–64
4 8:30 pm #3 Long Beach State v. #6 UC Riverside 82–74
Semifinals – Friday, March 11
5 6:30 pm #1 Hawaii vs. #4 UC Santa Barbara 88–76 ESPN3
6 9:00 pm #2 UC Irvine vs. #3 Long Beach State 72–77 ESPNU
Championship – Saturday, March 12
7 8:30 pm #1 Hawaii vs. #3 Long Beach State 64–60 ESPN2
*Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games held at Honda Center, Anaheim, CA

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 10
FS PRIME
Semifinals
Friday, March 11
ESPNU and ESPN3
(re-seeded)
Championship
Saturday, March 12
ESPN2
                           
  1 Hawaii 75
8 Cal State Fullerton 44
1 Hawaii 88  
4 UC Santa Barbara 76  
4 UC Santa Barbara 87
  5 UC Davis 61
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)   1 Hawaii 64
  3 Long Beach State 60
  2 UC Irvine 84
7 Cal Poly 64
2 UC Irvine 72
3 Long Beach State 77  
3 Long Beach State 82
  6 UC Riverside 74

References

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