2005 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

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2005 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2004–05
Teams8
SiteAnaheim Convention Center
Anaheim, CA
ChampionsUtah State (6th title)
Winning coachStew Morrill (4th title)
MVPJaycee Carroll (Utah State)
← 2004
2006 →
2004–05 Big West men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 22 Pacific 18 – 0   1.000 27 – 4   .871
Utah State† 13 – 5   .722 24 – 8   .750
Cal State Fullerton 12 – 6   .667 21 – 11   .656
Cal State Northridge 12 – 6   .667 18 – 13   .581
UC Irvine 8 – 10   .444 16 – 13   .552
Long Beach State 7 – 11   .389 10 – 20   .333
UC Santa Barbara 7 – 11   .389 11 – 18   .379
Idaho 6 – 12   .333 8 – 22   .267
UC Riverside 4 – 14   .222 9 – 19   .321
Cal Poly 3 – 15   .167 5 – 22   .185
† 2005 Big West Tournament winner
As of April 10, 2005[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2005 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 9–12 at Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.[2]

Utah State defeated Pacific in the championship game, 65–52, to obtain the sixth Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament championship in school history.

The Aggies earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament as the #14 seed in the Chicago regional. Pacific received an at-large bid as the #8 seed in the Albuquerque regional.

Format[]

Eight of the ten teams in the conference participated, with UC Riverside and Cal Poly not qualifying. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference records. The top four seeds received byes, with the top two seeds receiving a second bye into the semifinal round.

Bracket[]

First round
Thursday, March 9 		Quarterfinals
Friday, March 10 		Semifinals
Saturday, March 11 		Championship
Sunday, March 12
1 #18 Pacific 63
5 UC Irvine 80 4 Cal State Northridge 61
8 Idaho 67 4 Cal State Northridge 72
5 UC Irvine 56
1 #18 Pacific 52
2 Utah State 65
6 UC Santa Barbara 55
6 UC Santa Barbara 55 3 Cal State Fullerton 66
7 Long Beach State 49 3 Cal State Fullerton 77
2 Utah State 84

References[]

  1. ^ Big West MBB Record Book
  2. ^ "2004-05 Big West Conference Season Summary". College Basketball Reference. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
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