2018 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2018 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big West Conference of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held from March 8 through March 10, 2018 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. No. 4 seed Cal State Fullerton defeated No. 3 seed UC Irvine in the championship game to win the tournament winner and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

2018 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201718
Teams8
SiteHonda Center
Anaheim, California
ChampionsCal State Fullerton (3rd title)
Winning coachDedrique Taylor (1st title)
MVPKyle Allman (Cal State Fullerton)
TelevisionPrime Ticket
ESPNU
ESPN2
2017–18 Big West men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
UC Davis124 .750  2211  .667
UC Santa Barbara115 .688  239  .719
UC Irvine115 .688  1817  .514
Cal State Fullerton106 .625  2012  .625
Long Beach State97 .563  1518  .455
Hawaii88 .500  1713  .567
Cal Poly412 .250  922  .290
UC Riverside412 .250  922  .290
Cal State Northridge313 .188  624  .200
2018 Big West Tournament winner

Seeds

The top eight conference teams were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Teams were reseed after the quarterfinals.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1UC Davis12–4
2UC Santa Barbara11–51–1 vs UC Davis
3UC Irvine11–50–2 vs UC Davis
4Cal State Fullerton10–6
5Long Beach State9–7
6Hawaii8–8
7Cal Poly4–121–1 vs UC Santa Barbara
8UC Riverside4–120–2 vs UC Santa Barbara

Schedule and results

Game Time Matchup Score Television
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 8
1 12:00 pm No. 1 UC Davis vs No. 8 UC Riverside 70–66 Fox Sports West/Prime Ticket
2 2:30 pm No. 4 Cal State Fullerton vs No. 5 Long Beach State 76–74
3 6:00 pm No. 3 UC Irvine vs No. 6 Hawaii 68–67
4 8:30 pm No. 2 UC Santa Barbara vs No. 7 Cal Poly 75–53
Semifinals – Friday, March 9
5 6:30 pm No. 1 UC Davis vs No. 4 Cal State Fullerton 52–55 ESPNU
6 9:00 pm No. 3 UC Irvine vs No. 2 UC Santa Barbara 61–58 ESPNU
Championship – Saturday, March 10
7 9:00 pm No. 3 UC Irvine vs No. 4 Cal State Fullerton 55–71 ESPN2
Game times in PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games held at Honda Center, Anaheim, California

Bracket

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  Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 8
FS West and FS Prime Ticket
Semifinals
Friday, March 9
ESPNU
(re-seeded)
Championship
Saturday, March 10
ESPN2
                           
  1 UC Davis 70
8 UC Riverside 66
1 UC Davis 52  
4 Cal State Fullerton 55  
4 Cal State Fullerton 76
  5 Long Beach State 74
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)   4 Cal State Fullerton 71
  3 UC Irvine 55
  2 UC Santa Barbara 75
7 Cal Poly 53
2 UC Santa Barbara 58
3 UC Irvine 61  
3 UC Irvine 68
  6 Hawaii 67

References

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