1991 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1991 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1990–91
Teams 8
Site Long Beach Arena
Long Beach, CA
Champions UNLV (7th title)
Winning coach Jerry Tarkanian (7th title)
MVP Larry Johnson (UNLV)

The 1991 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 8–10 at the Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, California.[1]

Defending national and conference champions UNLV defeated seventh-seeded Fresno State in the final, 98–74, capturing their seventh PCAA/Big West championship. This was the Runnin' Rebels' seventh title in their nine seasons in the Big West.

UNLV subsequently received an automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA Tournament, where they would advance to the Final Four. Fellow Big West member New Mexico State received an at-large bid.

Format

After three seasons as a ten-team tournament, the Big West reverted to the eight-team format that it used prior to the 1988 season. In turn, only the top eight teams, based on regular season conference records, qualified for the tournament field. The two teams with the worst records were excluded.

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

Bracket

  First Round
Friday, March 8		 Semifinals
Saturday, March 9		 Championship
Sunday, March 10
                           
  1 UNLV 49  
8 Long Beach State 29  
  1 UNLV 95  
    5 UC Santa Barbara 66  
5 UC Santa Barbara 80
  4 Utah State 76  
    1 UNLV 98
  7 Fresno State 74
  3 Pacific 74  
6 Cal State Fullerton 67  
3 Pacific 70
    7 Fresno State 87  
7 Fresno State 88
  2 New Mexico State 82  

References

  1. ↑ "1990-91 Big West Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2018. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
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