2020 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2020 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament was to be the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big West Conference of the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was scheduled be held from March 12 through March 14, 2020 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. It was cancelled on March 12 in the effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus.^[1]

2020 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2019–20
Teams	8
Site	Honda Center Anaheim, California
Champions	Not awarded
Television	ESPN3 ESPNU ESPN2
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2019–20 Big West men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
UC Irvine	13	–	3		.813			21	–	11		.656
Cal State Northridge	10	–	6		.625			15	–	17		.469
UC Santa Barbara	10	–	6		.625			21	–	10		.677
Hawai'i	8	–	8		.500			17	–	13		.567
UC Davis	8	–	8		.500			14	–	18		.438
UC Riverside	7	–	9		.438			17	–	15		.531
Cal State Fullerton	6	–	10		.375			11	–	20		.355
Long Beach State	6	–	10		.375			11	–	21		.344
Cal Poly	4	–	12		.250			7	–	23		.233
Note: The 2020 Big West tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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 to be reseeded after the quarterfinals.

Seed	School	Conference record	Tiebreaker
1	UC Irvine	13–3
2	Cal State Northridge	10–6	2–0 vs. UC Santa Barbara
3	UC Santa Barbara	10–6	0–2 vs. Cal State Northridge
4	Hawaii	8–8	2–0 vs. UC Davis
5	UC Davis	8–8	0–2 vs. Hawaii
6	UC Riverside	7–9
7	Cal State Fullerton	6–10
8	Long Beach State	6–10

Schedule and results

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12
1	12:00 pm	No. 2 Cal State Northridge vs. No. 7 Cal State Fullerton	cancelled	ESPN3
2	2:30 pm	No. 3 UC Santa Barbara vs. No. 6 UC Riverside
3	6:00 pm	No. 1 UC Irvine vs. No. 8 Long Beach State
4	8:30 pm	No. 4 Hawaii vs. No. 5 UC Davis
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
5	6:30 pm	Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner	cancelled	ESPN3
6	9:00 pm	Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner		ESPNU
Championship – Saturday, March 14
7	8:30 pm	Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner	cancelled	ESPN2
Game times PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games held at Honda Center, Anaheim, California[2]

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Thursday, March 12 ESPN3					Semifinals Friday, March 13 ESPN3/ESPNU (re-seeded)					Championship Saturday, March 14 ESPN2
	1	UC Irvine
	8	Long Beach State
	4	Hawaii
	5	UC Davis
	(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
	2	Cal State Northridge
	7	Cal State Fullerton
	3	UC Santa Barbara
	6	UC Riverside

Attendance

On March 10, due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, the Big West Conference announced that both the Men's and Women's Tournaments would be played without paid spectators.^[3]

References

1. Carlson, Kaiona (March 12, 2020). "Big West tournament cancelled amid Coronavirus concerns". Hawaii News Now. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
2. "2019–20 Championship Schedule". Big West Conference. Archived from the original on December 2, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
3. "Big West Basketball Tournament To Be Played Without Spectators". Big West Conference. Retrieved March 10, 2020.