2020–21 Big West Conference men's basketball season

The 2020–21 Big West Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2020, followed by the start of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play begins in January 2021 and will conclude in March 2021. As of January, 2021 games against UC San Diego are counted as non-conference games as their results will not be counted in the league standings during their transition period. [1]

2020–21 Big West Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams11
Regular season
Tournament
2020–21 Big West men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
UC Santa Barbara8–2 .800  12–3  .800
UC Irvine6–2 .750  10–6  .625
Cal State Bakersfield8–4 .667  12–7  .632
UC Riverside4–2 .667  8–4  .667
Hawaiʻi5–5 .500  7–5  .583
Long Beach State2–2 .500  3–5  .375
Cal State Fullerton4–6 .400  5–6  .455
Cal State Northridge3–5 .375  7–8  .467
UC Davis2–4 .333  4–6  .400
UC San Diego*1–3 .250  3–4  .429
Cal Poly1–9 .100  3–13  .188
* ineligible for the 2021 NCAA Tournament due to transition period
† 2021 Big West Tournament winner
As of February 6, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

Preseason Awards

Preseason awards were announced by the league office on November 11, 2020.[2]

Preseason men's basketball media poll

(First place votes in parenthesis)

  1. UC Irvine (28) 270
  2. UC Santa Barbara (9) 254
  3. UC Davis (1) 182
  4. Hawaii 165
  5. UC Riverside 160
  6. Long Beach State 141
  7. CSU Bakersfield 117
  8. CSU Northridge 102
  9. Cal State Fullerton 95
  10. Cal Poly 54

Conference matrix
  Cal Poly Cal State Bakersfield CSU Fullerton CSU Northridge Hawaii Long Beach State UC Davis UC Irvine UC Riverside UC San Diego UC Santa Barbara
vs. Cal Poly –2−00−01−12−00−00−02−02−00−00–0
vs. Cal State Bakersfield 0–2–1−10−00−21−10−01−11−10−00–0
vs. CSU Fullerton 0–01−1–1–11−11−10−00−00−00–02–0
vs. CSU Northridge 1–10−01−1–0−00−01−10−00−00−02–0
vs. Hawaii 0–22−01−10−0–0−00−01−11−10–00–0
vs. Long Beach State 0−01−11−10−00−0–0−00−00−00–00–0
vs. UC Davis 0–00−00−01−10−00−0–0−00−01–12–0
vs. UC Irvine 0–21−10−00−01−10−00−0–0−00–00−2
vs. UC Riverside 0–21−10−00−01−10−00−00−0–0–10–0
vs. UC San Diego 0−00−00−00−00−00−01−10−00−0–2–0
vs. UC Santa Barbara 0–00−00−20−20−00−00−22−00−00–2−
Total 1–98–44–63–55–52–22–46–24–21–38–2

All-Big West awards

Big West men's basketball weekly awards
Week Player(s) of the Week School
Nov 30 Erza Manjon UC Davis
Dec 7 Zyon Pullin UC Riverside
Dec 14 TJ Starks CSUN
Dec 21 JaQuori McLaughlin UC Santa Barbara
Dec 28 Collin Welp UC Irvine
Jan 4 JaQuori McLaughlin UC Santa Barbara
Jan 11 DJ Davis UC Irvine
Jan 18 Taze Moore Cal State Bakersfield
Jan 25 JaQuori McLaughlin UC Santa Barbara
Feb 1
Feb 8
Feb 15
Feb 22
Mar 1

References
  1. "Big West Men's Basketball Weekly Release – Jan. 26" bigwest.org. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  2. "Media Tab UC Irvine as Favorite in 2020-21 Men's Basketball Race" bigwest.org. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
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