College 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]
Seeds
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.
Schedule and results
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
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