2021 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament

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]

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
2022 →
2020–21 Big West men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
UC Santa Barbara 13 3   .813 22 5   .815
UC Irvine 10 4   .714 18 9   .667
UC Riverside 8 4   .667 14 8   .636
UC Davis 6 4   .600 10 8   .556
Cal State Bakersfield 9 7   .563 15 11   .577
Hawai'i 9 9   .500 11 10   .524
Cal State Fullerton 5 7   .417 6 10   .375
Cal State Northridge 5 9   .357 9 13   .409
Long Beach State 4 8   .333 6 12   .333
Cal Poly 1 15   .063 4 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

Seeds

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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
1 UC Santa Barbara 13–3
2 UC Irvine 10–4
3 UC Riverside 8–4
4 UC Davis 6–4
5 Cal State Bakersfield 9–7
6 Hawaii 9–9
7 Cal State Fullerton 5–7
8 Cal State Northridge 5–9
9 Long Beach State 4–8
10 Cal Poly 1–15

Schedule and results

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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

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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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