1992 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament

The 1992 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 13–15 at the Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, California.

1992 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1991–92
Teams	8
Site	Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA
Champions	New Mexico State (1st title)
Winning coach	Neil McCarthy (1st title)
MVP	Sam Crawford (New Mexico State)
Big West Conference men's basketball tournaments

1991–92 Big West men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 7 UNLV	18	–	0		1.000			26	–	2		.929
UC Santa Barbara	13	–	5		.722			20	–	9		.690
New Mexico State†	12	–	6		.667			25	–	8		.758
Long Beach State	11	–	7		.611			18	–	12		.600
Utah State	10	–	8		.556			16	–	12		.571
Pacific	8	–	10		.444			14	–	16		.467
Cal State Fullerton	8	–	10		.444			12	–	16		.429
Fresno State	6	–	12		.333			15	–	16		.484
UC Irvine	3	–	15		.167			7	–	22		.241
San Jose State	1	–	17		.056			2	–	24		.077
† 1992 Big West tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

New Mexico State defeated Pacific in the final, 74–73, capturing their first Big West title. Three-time defending champions UNLV did not participate in this year's tournament due to NCAA sanctions.

The Aggies subsequently received an automatic bid to the 1992 NCAA tournament.

Format

There were no changed to the tournament format for this season, with the Big West maintaining an eight-team tournament. In turn, only the top eight teams, based on regular season conference records, qualified for the tournament field.

UNLV, who finished first in the regular season standings, were barred from participating due to NCAA sanctions.

All eight teams were entered in the initial round, paired and seeded based on record.

Bracket

	First round Friday, March 13					Semifinals Saturday, March 14					Championship Sunday, March 15
	1	UC Santa Barbara	67
	8	UC Irvine	88
						8	UC Irvine	69
						5	Pacific	81
	5	Pacific	86
	4	Utah State	69
											5	Pacific	73
											2	New Mexico State	74
	3	Long Beach State	77
	6	Cal State Fullerton	71
						3	Long Beach State	72
						2	New Mexico State	80
	7	Fresno State	85
	2	New Mexico State	86