2019 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2019 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big West Conference of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held from March 14 through March 16, 2019 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. UC Irvine defeated Cal State Fullerton 92–64 in the championship game to win the tournament, and received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.^[1] The championship was the second for UC Irvine in the Big West, last winning it in 2015.

2019 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2018–19
Teams	8
Site	Honda Center Anaheim, California
Champions	UC Irvine (2nd title)
Winning coach	Russell Turner (2nd title)
MVP	Max Hazzard (UC Irvine)
Television	ESPN3 ESPNU ESPN2
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2018–19 Big West men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
UC Irvine †	15	–	1		.938			31	–	6		.838
UC Santa Barbara	10	–	6		.625			22	–	10		.688
Cal State Fullerton	10	–	6		.625			16	–	18		.471
Hawai'i	9	–	7		.563			18	–	13		.581
Long Beach State	8	–	8		.500			15	–	19		.441
UC Davis	7	–	9		.438			11	–	20		.355
Cal State Northridge	7	–	9		.438			13	–	21		.382
UC Riverside	4	–	12		.250			10	–	23		.303
Cal Poly	2	–	14		.125			6	–	23		.207
† 2019 Big West tournament winner

Seeds

The top eight 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 were reseeded after the quarterfinals.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	UC Irvine	15–1
2	UC Santa Barbara	10–6	2–0 vs Hawaii
3	Cal State Fullerton	10–6	0–2 vs Hawaii
4	Hawaii	9–7
5	Long Beach State	8–8
6	UC Davis	7–9	1–1 vs UCSB
7	Cal State Northridge	7–9	0–2 vs. UCSB
8	UC Riverside	4–12
DNQ	Cal Poly	2–14

Schedule and results

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14
1	12:00 pm	No. 2 UC Santa Barbara vs. No. 7 Cal State Northridge	71–68	ESPN3
2	2:30 pm	No. 3 Cal State Fullerton vs. No. 6 UC Davis	75–71
3	6:00 pm	No. 1 UC Irvine vs. No. 8 UC Riverside	63–44
4	8:30 pm	No. 4 Hawaii vs. No. 5 Long Beach State	66–68
Semifinals – Friday, March 15
5	6:30 pm	No. 1 UC Irvine vs. No. 5 Long Beach State	75–67	ESPN3/ESPNU
6	9:00 pm	No. 2 UC Santa Barbara vs. No. 3 Cal State Fullerton	58–64	ESPNU
Championship – Saturday, March 16
7	8:30 pm	No. 1 UC Irvine vs. No. 3 Cal State Fullerton	92–64	ESPN2
Game times in PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games held at Honda Center, Anaheim, California[2]

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Thursday, March 14 ESPN3					Semifinals Friday, March 15 ESPNU (re-seeded)					Championship Saturday, March 16 ESPN2
	1	UC Irvine	63
	8	UC Riverside	44
						1	UC Irvine	75
						5	Long Beach State	67
	4	Hawaii	66
	5	Long Beach State	68
											1	UC Irvine	92
	(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
											3	Cal State Fullerton	64
	2	UC Santa Barbara	71
	7	Cal State Northridge	68
						2	UC Santa Barbara	58
						3	Cal State Fullerton	64
	3	Cal State Fullerton	75
	6	UC Davis	71

References

1. "UC Irvine routs Cal State Fullerton to win Big West title". USA Today.com. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 2, 2014. Retrieved March 2, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)