2016 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
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]
2016 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2015–16 |
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 |
2015–16 Big West men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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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 | |||||||||||
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | 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 |
References
- "2015 Men's College Basketball Conference Tournament Information". Archived from the original on December 2, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
- "CSUN admits violations in men's basketball program, self-imposes postseason ban". latimes.com. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
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