| 2024 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2023–24 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Site | Dollar Loan Center Henderson, Nevada |
| Television | ESPN+ ESPNU ESPN2 |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Irvine | 5 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 12 | – | 5 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC San Diego* | 5 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 11 | – | 6 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Davis | 5 | – | 1 | .833 | 10 | – | 7 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Northridge | 4 | – | 1 | .800 | 13 | – | 4 | .765 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Santa Barbara | 3 | – | 3 | .500 | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Long Beach State | 3 | – | 3 | .500 | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hawai'i | 2 | – | 3 | .400 | 10 | – | 7 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Riverside | 2 | – | 4 | .333 | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Fullerton | 1 | – | 4 | .200 | 8 | – | 9 | .471 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Bakersfield | 0 | – | 5 | .000 | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly | 0 | – | 6 | .000 | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| * ineligible for the 2024 NCAA tournament due to transition period | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2024 Big West tournament winner As of January 13, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2024 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament will be the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big West Conference of the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It will be held March 13–16, 2024, at the Dollar Loan Center in Henderson, Nevada. The winner will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA tournament.
Seeds
In June 2023, the Big West Conference board of directors voted to reduce the tournament field from 10 teams to 8 teams. In the new format, the top two seeds receive automatic berths in the semifinals, the next two seeds are placed in the quarterfinals, and the remaining four seeds play each other in the first round. Big West commissioner Dan Butterly stated that the decision was made to improve the regular season champion's odds of winning the tournament and thus receiving the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.[1]
Of the 11 conference teams, 10 are eligible for tournament spots. UC San Diego is ineligible for the tournament, as it is in the final year of the four-year transition required for teams transferring to Division I from Division II. Teams are seeded based on their performance within the conference, and teams with identical conference records are seeded using a tiebreaker system. Since 2020, teams are no longer reseeded before the semifinals.
| Seed | School | Record | Tiebreaker |
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| 1 | |||
| 2 | |||
| 3 | |||
| 4 | |||
| 5 | |||
| 6 | |||
| 7 | |||
| 8 | |||
| DNQ | |||
| DNQ | |||
Schedule and results
| Game | Time[2] | Matchup | Score | Television |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Wednesday, March 13 | ||||
| 1 | TBD | No. 5 seed vs. No. 8 seed | ||
| 2 | TBD | No. 6 seed vs. No. 7 seed | ||
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14 | ||||
| 3 | TBD | No. 3 seed vs. Game 2 winner | ||
| 4 | TBD | No. 4 seed vs. Game 1 winner | ||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 15 | ||||
| 5 | TBD | No. 1 seed vs. Game 4 winner | ||
| 6 | TBD | No. 2 seed vs. Game 3 winner | ||
| Final – Saturday, March 16 | ||||
| 7 | TBD | Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner | ||
| *Game times in PST. Rankings denote tournament seed. | ||||
References
- ↑ "Big West Board of Directors Approves New Initiatives at Annual Spring Meeting". Big West Conference. June 9, 2023. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
- ↑ "2024 Hercules Tires Big West Men's Basketball Championship". Big West Conference. September 28, 2023. Retrieved November 9, 2023.