2016 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2016 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 201516
Teams 8
Site Honda Center
Anaheim, California
Champions Hawaii (1st title)
Winning coach Eran Ganot (1st title)
MVP Aaron Valdes (Hawaii)
Television Prime Ticket
ESPN3
ESPNU
ESPN2
Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2015  2017»
2015–16 Big West men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Hawaii 13 3   .813     28 5   .848
UC Irvine 13 3   .813     28 10   .737
Long Beach State 12 4   .750     20 15   .571
UC Santa Barbara 11 5   .688     19 14   .576
UC Davis 6 10   .375     11 19   .367
UC Riverside 5 11   .313     14 19   .424
Cal State Northridge* 5 11   .313     10 20   .333
Cal Poly 4 12   .250     10 20   .333
Cal State Fullerton 3 13   .188     10 20   .333
*ineligible for postseason due to self-imposed ban due to academic fraud violations
2016 Big West Tournament winner

The 2016 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament will take place March 10–12, 2016 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.[1] The champion will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Tournament. Cal State Northridge did not participate in the tournament due to a self-imposed postseason ban for academic fraud violations.[2]

Seeds

The top 8 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 will reseed after the Quarterfinals.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 Hawaii 13–3 2–0 vs. UC Irvine
2 UC Irvine 13–3 0–2 vs. Hawaii
3 Long Beach State 12–4
4 UC Santa Barbara 11–5
5 UC Davis 6–10
6 UC Riverside 5–11
7 Cal Poly 4–12
8 Cal State Fullerton 3–13

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup# Final score Television
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10
1 12:00 pm #4 UC Santa Barbara vs. #5 UC Davis 87–61 Prime Ticket
2 2:30 pm #1 Hawaii vs. #8 CS Fullerton 75–44
3 6:00 pm #2 UC Irvine vs. #7 Cal Poly 84–64
4 8:30 pm #3 Long Beach State v. #6 UC Riverside 82–74
Semifinals – Friday, March 11
5 6:30 pm #1 Hawaii vs. #4 UC Santa Barbara 88–76 ESPN3
6 9:00 pm #2 UC Irvine vs. #3 Long Beach State 72–77 ESPNU
Championship – Saturday, March 12
7 8:30 pm #1 Hawaii vs. #3 Long Beach State 64–60 ESPN2
*Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games held at Honda Center, Anaheim, CA

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 10
FS PRIME
Semifinals
Friday, March 11
ESPNU and ESPN3
(re-seeded)
Championship
Saturday, March 12
ESPN2
                           
  1  Hawaii 75
8  Cal State Fullerton 44
1  Hawaii 88  
4  UC Santa Barbara 76  
4  UC Santa Barbara 87
  5  UC Davis 61
    1  Hawaii 64
  3  Long Beach State 60
  2  UC Irvine 84
7  Cal Poly 64
2  UC Irvine 72
3  Long Beach State 77  
3  Long Beach State 82
  6  UC Riverside 74

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