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Big West Conference men's basketball tournament
American college basketball conference championship
American college basketball conference championship
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Big West men's basketball tournament |
| optional_subheader | Conference basketball championship |
| image | 200px |
| sport | College basketball |
| conference | Big West Conference (1989–present) |
| Pacific Coast Athletic Association (1976–1988) | |
| number_of_teams | 8 |
| format | Single-elimination tournament |
| current_stadium | Dollar Loan Center |
| current_location | Henderson, NV |
| years | 1976–present |
| most_recent | 2024 |
| current_champion | UC San Diego |
| most_championships | UNLV (7) |
| all_stadiums | |
| all_locations |
Pacific Coast Athletic Association (1976–1988)
The Big West men's basketball tournament (formerly the Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball tournament) is the conference championship tournament in basketball for the Big West Conference.
It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. Only the top eight teams in the conference qualify for the tournament. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. Prior to 1985, it was known as the PCAA (Pacific Coast Athletic Association) Tournament for the conference's former name.
Results
Pacific Coast Athletic Association
| Big West Conference | border=1 | color=#ffffff}}" | Year | Big West Conference | border=1 | color=#ffffff}}" | Champion | Big West Conference | border=1 | color=#ffffff}}" | Score | Big West Conference | border=1 | color=#ffffff}}" | Runner-up | Big West Conference | border=1 | color=#ffffff}}" | Tournament MVP | Big West Conference | border=1 | color=#ffffff}}" | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | San Diego State | 76–64 | Pacific | None Selected | Stockton Civic Auditorium (Stockton, California) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1977 | Long Beach State | 76–63 | San Jose State | None Selected | Anaheim Convention Center (Anaheim, California) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1978 | Cal State Fullerton | 64–53 | Long Beach State | Greg Bunch, Cal State Fullerton | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1979 | Pacific | 82–73 | Utah State | Ron Cornelius, Pacific | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1980 | San Jose State | 57–55 | Long Beach State | Wally Rank, San Jose State | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1981 | Fresno State | 52–48 | San Jose State | Sid Williams, San Jose State | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1982 | Fresno State | 69–57 | Cal State Fullerton | Donald Mason, Fresno State | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1983 | UNLV | 66–63 (OT) | Fresno State | Sidney Green, UNLV | Inglewood Forum (Inglewood, California) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1984 | Fresno State | 51–49 | UNLV | Richie Adams, UNLV | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1985 | UNLV | 79–61 | Cal State Fullerton | Richie Adams, UNLV | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1986 | UNLV | 75–55 | New Mexico State | Anthony Jones, UNLV | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1987 | UNLV | 94–69 | San Jose State | Freddie Banks, UNLV | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1988 | Utah State | 86–79 | UC Irvine | Wayne Engelstad, UC Irvine |
Big West Conference
| Big West Conference | border=1 | color=#ffffff}}" | Year | Big West Conference | border=1 | color=#ffffff}}" | Champion | Big West Conference | border=1 | color=#ffffff}}" | Score | Big West Conference | border=1 | color=#ffffff}}" | Runner-up | Big West Conference | border=1 | color=#ffffff}}" | Tournament MVP | Big West Conference | border=1 | color=#ffffff}}" | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | UNLV | 68–62 | New Mexico State | Stacey Augmon, UNLV | Long Beach Arena (Long Beach, California) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | UNLV | 92–74 | Long Beach State | Larry Johnson, UNLV | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1991 | UNLV | 98–74 | Fresno State | Larry Johnson, UNLV | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | New Mexico State | 74–73 | Pacific | Sam Crawford, New Mexico State | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1993 | Long Beach State | 70–62 | New Mexico State | Lucious Harris, Long Beach State | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1994 | New Mexico State | 70–64 | UC Irvine | Chris Brown, UC Irvine & James Dockery, New Mexico State | Thomas & Mack Center (Paradise, Nevada) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | Long Beach State | 76–69 (OT) | Nevada | Brian Green, Nevada | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | San Jose State | 76–75 (OT) | Utah State | Olivier Saint-Jean, San Jose State | Lawlor Events Center (Reno, Nevada) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Pacific | 63–55 | Nevada | Corey Anders, Pacific & Faron Hand, Nevada | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Utah State | 78–63 | Pacific | Marcus Saxon, Utah State | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1999 | New Mexico State | 79–69 | Boise State | Billy Keys, New Mexico State | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Utah State | 71–66 | New Mexico State | Shawn Daniels & Troy Rolle, Utah State | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Utah State | 50–38 | Pacific | Bernard Rock, Utah State | Anaheim Convention Center (Anaheim, California) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | UC Santa Barbara | 60–56 | Utah State | Nick Jones, UC Santa Barbara | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Utah State | 57–54 | Cal Poly | Desmond Penigar, Utah State | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Pacific | 75–73 | Cal State Northridge | Ian Boylan, Cal State Northridge | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Utah State | 65–52 | Pacific | Jaycee Carroll, Utah State | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Pacific | 78–70 | Long Beach State | Johnny Gray, Pacific | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Long Beach State | 94–83 | Cal Poly | Aaron Nixon, Long Beach State | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Cal State Fullerton | 81–66 | UC Irvine | Josh Akognon, Cal State Fullerton | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Cal State Northridge | 71–66 (OT) | Pacific | Rodrigue Mels, Cal State Northridge | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | UC Santa Barbara | 69–64 | Long Beach State | Orlando Johnson, UC Santa Barbara | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | UC Santa Barbara | 64–56 | Long Beach State | Orlando Johnson, UC Santa Barbara | Honda Center (Anaheim, California) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Long Beach State | 77–64 | UC Santa Barbara | Casper Ware, Long Beach State | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Pacific | 64–55 | UC Irvine | Tony Gill, Pacific | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Cal Poly | 61–59 | Cal State Northridge | Chris Eversley, Cal Poly | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | UC Irvine | 67–58 | Hawaii | Will Davis II, UC Irvine | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Hawaii | 64–60 | Long Beach State | Aaron Valdes, Hawaii | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | UC Davis | 50–47 | UC Irvine | Chima Moneke, UC Davis | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Cal State Fullerton | 71–55 | UC Irvine | Kyle Allman, Cal State Fullerton | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | UC Irvine | 92–64 | Cal State Fullerton | Max Hazzard, UC Irvine | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | UC Santa Barbara | 79–63 | UC Irvine | JaQuori McLaughlin, UC Santa Barbara | Michelob Ultra Arena (Las Vegas, Nevada) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Cal State Fullerton | 72–71 | Long Beach State | E. J. Anosike, Cal State Fullerton | Dollar Loan Center (Henderson, Nevada) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | UC Santa Barbara | 72–62 | Cal State Fullerton | Ajay Mitchell, UC Santa Barbara | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Long Beach State | 74–70 | UC Davis | Aboubacar Traore, Long Beach State | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | UC San Diego | 75–61 | UC Irvine | Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones, UC San Diego | Lee's Family Forum (Henderson, Nevada) |
Performance by school
| Big West Conference | border=1 | color=#ffffff}}" | School | Big West Conference | border=1 | color=#ffffff}}" | Championships | Big West Conference | border=1 | color=#ffffff}}" | Championship Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNLV | 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991 | ||||||||||
| Long Beach State | 1977, 1993, 1995, 2007, 2012, 2024 | ||||||||||
| Utah State | 1988, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005 | ||||||||||
| Pacific | 1979, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2013 | ||||||||||
| UC Santa Barbara | 2002, 2010, 2011, 2021, 2023 | ||||||||||
| Cal State Fullerton | 1978, 2008, 2018, 2022 | ||||||||||
| Fresno State | 1981, 1982, 1984 | ||||||||||
| New Mexico State | 1992, 1994, 1999 | ||||||||||
| San Jose State | 1980, 1996 | ||||||||||
| UC Irvine | 2015, 2019 | ||||||||||
| Cal Poly | 2014 | ||||||||||
| Cal State Northridge | 2009 | ||||||||||
| Hawai'i | 2016 | ||||||||||
| San Diego State | 1976 | ||||||||||
| UC Davis | 2017 | ||||||||||
| UC San Diego | 2025 | ||||||||||
| UC Riverside | |||||||||||
| Cal State Bakersfield |
- Italics: No longer a conference member
Broadcasters
Television
| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Analyst |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ESPN2 | Mike Monaco | Chris Spatola |
| 2024 | Roxy Bernstein | Corey Williams | |
| 2023 | |||
| 2022 | |||
| 2021 | Dave Feldman | ||
| 2020 | Roxy Bernstein | Adrian Branch | |
| 2019 | Corey Williams | ||
| 2018 | Dave Pasch | Caron Butler | |
| 2017 | Sam Farber | Mark Plansky | |
| 2016 | Dave Pasch | Paul Biancardi | |
| 2015 | Mark Jones | Jon Crispin | |
| 2014 | Miles Simon | ||
| 2013 | |||
| 2012 | |||
| 2011 | Todd Harris | ||
| 2010 | Dave Flemming | Bob Valvano | |
| 2009 | Eric Collins | Miles Simon | |
| 2008 | Dave Kaplan | ||
| 2007 | Dave Pasch | Bob Valvano | |
| 1989 | ESPN | Jim Kelly | Mike Rice |
| 1983 | CBS | Frank Herzog | James Brown |
Radio
References
References
- (2011). "2011-12 Big West men's basketball media guide". Big West Conference.
- "Championship Week: Coverage of a Record 137 Men's Games Begins March 1 | ESPN MediaZone".
- "Championship Week Presented by DIck's Sporting Goods Schedule". ESPN MediaZone.
- "Championship Week Begins Thursday, March 4 | ESPN MediaZone".
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- "ESPN Press Room".
- "What to Watch: College basketball lovers rejoice".
- "Big West Championship Highlights: Long Beach St. 77 – UCSB 64 | Westwood One SportsWestwood One Sports".
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