2022 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2022 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big West Conference of the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held March 8–12, 2022, at the Dollar Loan Center in Henderson, Nevada. The winner, the Cal State Fullerton Titans, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA tournament.^[1]

2022 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2021–22
Teams	10
Site	Dollar Loan Center Henderson, Nevada
Champions	Cal State Fullerton (4th title)
Winning coach	Dedrique Taylor
Television	ESPN+ ESPNU ESPN2
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2021–22 Big West men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Long Beach State	12	–	3		.800			20	–	13		.606
Cal State Fullerton †	11	–	4		.733			21	–	11		.656
Hawai'i	10	–	5		.667			17	–	11		.607
UC Irvine	9	–	5		.643			15	–	10		.600
UC Santa Barbara	8	–	5		.615			17	–	11		.607
UC Riverside	9	–	6		.600			16	–	12		.571
UC Davis	5	–	6		.455			13	–	11		.542
UC San Diego*	7	–	11		.389			13	–	16		.448
Cal State Northridge	3	–	13		.188			7	–	23		.233
Cal State Bakersfield	2	–	12		.143			8	–	19		.296
Cal Poly	2	–	12		.143			7	–	21		.250
* ineligible for the 2022 NCAA tournament and 2022 Big West tournament due to transition period; Big West games not counted in standings
† 2022 Big West tournament winner

Seeds

Of the 11 conference teams, 10 were eligible for the tournament. UC San Diego was ineligible for the tournament, as it was in the second 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 the 2022 tournament.

Seed	School	Record	Tiebreaker
1	Long Beach State	12–3
2	Cal State Fullerton	11–4
3	Hawai'i	10–5
4	UC Irvine	9–5
5	UC Santa Barbara	8–5
6	UC Riverside	9–6
7	UC Davis	5–6
8	Cal State Northridge	3–13
9	Cal State Bakersfield	2–12	2–0 vs Cal Poly
10	Cal Poly	2–12	0–2 vs Cal State Bakersfield

Schedule and results

Game	Time [2]	Matchup	Score	Television
First round – Tuesday, March 8
1	6:00 pm	No. 8 CSUN vs. No. 9 CSU Bakersfield	58–45	ESPN+
2	8:30 pm	No. 7 UC Davis vs. No. 10 Cal Poly	63–53
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10
3	12:00 pm	No. 1 Long Beach State vs. No. 9 CSU Bakersfield	72–61	ESPN+
4	2:30 pm	No. 4 UC Irvine vs. No. 5 UC Santa Barbara	69–78
5	6:00 pm	No. 2 CSU Fullerton vs. No. 7 UC Davis	73–55
6	8:30 pm	No. 3 Hawaii vs. No. 6 UC Riverside	68–67
Semifinals – Friday, March 11
7	6:00 pm	No. 1 Long Beach State vs. No. 5 UC Santa Barbara	67–64	ESPN+
8	8:30 pm	No. 2 CSU Fullerton vs. No. 3 Hawaii	58–46	ESPNU
Final – Saturday, March 12
9	8:30 pm	No. 1 Long Beach State vs. No. 2 CSU Fullerton	71-72	ESPN2
*Game times in PST. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	First round March 8 ESPN+					Quarterfinals March 10 ESPN+					Semifinals March 11 ESPN+/ESPNU					Championship March 12 ESPN2
						1	Long Beach State	72
	8	Cal State Northridge	45			9	Cal State Bakersfield	61
	9	Cal State Bakersfield	58								1	Long Beach State	67
											5	UC Santa Barbara	64
						4	UC Irvine	69
						5	UC Santa Barbara	78
																1	Long Beach State	71
																2	Cal State Fullerton	72
						2	Cal State Fullerton	73
	7	UC Davis	63			7	UC Davis	55
	10	Cal Poly	53								2	Cal State Fullerton	58
											3	Hawaii	46
						3	Hawaii	68
						6	UC Riverside	67

References

1. "Big West Conference Championships" bigwest.org. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
2. "Basketball Championships- Big West Conference" bigwest.org. Retrieved 2022-02-18.