2021 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2020–21
Teams10
SiteMichelob Ultra Arena
Paradise, Nevada
ChampionsUC Santa Barbara (4th title)
Winning coachJoe Pasternack (1st title)
MVPJaQuori McLaughlin (UC Santa Barbara)
TelevisionESPN3
ESPNU
ESPN2
2020–21 Big West men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
UC Santa Barbara †13–3 .81322–5  .815
UC Irvine10–4 .71418–9  .667
UC Riverside8–4 .66714–8  .636
UC Davis6–4 .60010–8  .556
Cal State Bakersfield9–7 .56315–11  .577
Hawai'i9–9 .50011–10  .524
Cal State Fullerton5–7 .4176–10  .375
Cal State Northridge5–9 .3579–13  .409
Long Beach State4–8 .3336–12  .333
Cal Poly1–15 .0634–20  .167
UC San Diego*0–0 –7–10  .412
* ineligible for the 2021 NCAA tournament and 2021 Big West tournament due to transition period; Big West games not counted in standings
† 2021 Big West tournament winner

The 2021 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big West Conference of the 2020-21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held from March 9–13, 2021 at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA tournament.[1]

Seeds

Of the 11 conference teams, 10 were eligible for the tournament. UC San Diego was ineligible for this year's tournament, as they were in the first 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 this year's tournament.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1UC Santa Barbara13–3
2UC Irvine10–4
3UC Riverside8–4
4UC Davis6–4
5Cal State Bakersfield9–7
6Hawaii9–9
7Cal State Fullerton5–7
8Cal State Northridge5–9
9Long Beach State4–8
10Cal Poly1–15

Schedule and results

Game Time [2] Matchup Score Television
First round – Tuesday, March 9
1 2:30 pm No. 8 CSUN vs. No. 9 Long Beach State 63–85 ESPN3
2 5:00 pm No. 7 CSU Fullerton vs. No. 10 Cal Poly 82–87
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 11
3 11:00 am No. 1 UC Santa Barbara vs. No. 9 Long Beach State 95–87 ESPN3
4 2:00 pm No. 4 UC Davis vs. No. 5 CSU Bakersfield 58–56
5 5:00 pm No. 2 UC Irvine vs. No. 10 Cal Poly 58–51
6 8:00 pm No. 3 UC Riverside vs. No. 6 Hawaii 62–52
Semifinals – Friday, March 12
7 6:00 pm No. 1 UC Santa Barbara vs. No. 4 UC Davis 71–55 ESPN3
8 9:00 pm No. 2 UC Irvine vs. No. 3 UC Riverside 78–61 ESPNU
Final – Saturday, March 13
9 8:30 pm No. 1 UC Santa Barbara vs. No. 2 UC Irvine 79–63 ESPN2
*Game times in PST. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

First round
March 9
ESPN3 		Quarterfinals
March 11
ESPN3 		Semifinals
March 12
ESPN3/ESPNU 		Championship
March 13
ESPN2
            
1 UC Santa Barbara 95
9 Long Beach State 87
8 Cal State Northridge 63
9 Long Beach State 85
1 UC Santa Barbara 71
4 UC Davis 55
4 UC Davis 58
5 Cal State Bakersfield 56
1 UC Santa Barbara 79
2 UC Irvine 63
2 UC Irvine 58
10 Cal Poly 51
7 Cal State Fullerton 82
10 Cal Poly 87
2 UC Irvine 78
3 UC Riverside 61
3 UC Riverside 62
6 Hawaii 52

References

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