1993 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament

The 1993 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 12–14 at the Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, California.

1993 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1992–93
Teams	8
Site	Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA
Champions	Long Beach State (2nd title)
Winning coach	Seth Greenberg (1st title)
MVP	Lucious Harris (Long Beach State)
Big West Conference men's basketball tournaments

1992–93 Big West men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 24 New Mexico State	15	–	3		.833			26	–	8		.765
No. 25 UNLV	13	–	5		.722			21	–	8		.724
Pacific	12	–	6		.667			16	–	11		.593
Long Beach State †	11	–	7		.611			22	–	10		.688
UC Santa Barbara	10	–	8		.556			18	–	11		.621
Cal State Fullerton	10	–	8		.556			15	–	12		.556
Utah State	7	–	11		.389			10	–	17		.370
Nevada	4	–	14		.222			9	–	17		.346
San Jose State	4	–	14		.222			7	–	19		.269
UC Irvine	4	–	14		.222			6	–	21		.222
† 1993 Big West tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Long Beach State upset top-seeded New Mexico State in the final, 70–62, to capture their second PCAA/Big West title (and first since 1977).

The 49ers subsequently received an automatic bid to the 1993 NCAA tournament. Regular-season champions, and tournament runners-up, New Mexico State received an at-large bid.

Format

One minor change was made to the tournament format this season despite the Big West maintaining its eight-team tournament.

All eight participating teams (the two teams with the worst conference regular season records were not included) were placed into the first round, with teams seeded and paired based on regular-season records. After the first round, however, teams were now re-seeded so the highest-remaining team was paired with the lowest-remaining time in one semifinal with the other two teams slotted into the other semifinal.

Nevada, in their first year as Big West members (moving from the Big Sky), failed to qualify for the tournament. The Wolf Pack replaced outgoing Fresno State, who left to join the WAC.

Bracket

	First round Friday, March 12					Semifinals Saturday, March 13					Championship Sunday, March 14
	1	#24 New Mexico State	87
	8	UC Irvine	76
						1	#24 New Mexico State	82
						6	UC Santa Barbara	77
	5	Cal State Fullerton	68
	4	Long Beach State	80
											1	#24 New Mexico State	62
	(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
											4	Long Beach State	70
	3	Pacific	54
	6	UC Santa Barbara	57
						4	Long Beach State	79
						2	#19 UNLV	77
	7	Utah State	86
	2	#19 UNLV	104