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Big West Men's Basketball Tournament Sport College basketball Conference Big West Conference (1989–present) Pacific Coast Athletic Association (1976–1988)Number of teams 8 Format Single-elimination tournament Current stadium Michelob Ultra Arena Current location Paradise, Nevada Played 1976–present Last contest 2021 Current champion UC Santa Barbara Most championships UNLV (7)
The Big West Men's Basketball Tournament (formerly the Pacific Coast Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament ) is the conference championship tournament in basketball for the Big West Conference .
It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. Only the top eight teams in the conference qualify for the tournament. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship . Prior to 1985, it was known as the PCAA (Pacific Coast Athletic Association) Tournament for the conference's former name.[1]
Results [ ]
Pacific Coast Athletic Association [ ]
Year
Winner
Score
Opponent
MVP
Venue
1976
San Diego State
76–64
Pacific
None Selected
(Stockton, California )
1977
Long Beach State
76–63
San Jose State
None Selected
Anaheim Convention Center (Anaheim, California )
1978
Cal State Fullerton
64–53
Long Beach State
Greg Bunch , Cal State Fullerton
1979
Pacific
82–73
Utah State
, Pacific
1980
San Jose State
57–55
Long Beach State
Wally Rank , San Jose State
1981
Fresno State
52–48
San Jose State
, San Jose State
1982
Fresno State
69–57
Cal State Fullerton
, Fresno State
1983
UNLV
66��63 (OT)
Fresno State
Sidney Green , UNLV
Inglewood Forum (Inglewood, California )
1984
Fresno State
51–49
UNLV
Richie Adams , UNLV
1985
UNLV
79–61
Cal State Fullerton
Richie Adams , UNLV
1986
UNLV
75–55
New Mexico State
Anthony Jones , UNLV
1987
UNLV
94–69
San Jose State
Freddie Banks , UNLV
1988
Utah State
86–79
UC Irvine
Wayne Engelstad , UC Irvine
Big West Conference [ ]
Year
Winner
Score
Opponent
MVP
Venue
1989
UNLV
68–62
New Mexico State
Stacey Augmon , UNLV
Long Beach Arena (Long Beach, California )
1990
UNLV
92–74
Long Beach State
Larry Johnson , UNLV
1991
UNLV
98–74
Fresno State
Larry Johnson , UNLV
1992
New Mexico State
74–73
Pacific
Sam Crawford , New Mexico State
1993
Long Beach State
70–62
New Mexico State
Lucious Harris , Long Beach State
1994
New Mexico State
70–64
UC Irvine
, UC Irvine & , New Mexico State
Thomas & Mack Center (Paradise, Nevada )
1995
Long Beach State
76–69 (OT)
Nevada
, Nevada
1996
San Jose State
76–75 (OT)
Utah State
Olivier Saint-Jean , San Jose State
Lawlor Events Center (Reno, Nevada )
1997
Pacific
63–55
Nevada
, Pacific & , Nevada
1998
Utah State
78–63
Pacific
, Utah State
1999
New Mexico State
79–69
Boise State
Billy Keys , New Mexico State
2000
Utah State
71–66
New Mexico State
Shawn Daniels & , Utah State
2001
Utah State
50–38
Pacific
, Utah State
Anaheim Convention Center (Anaheim, California )
2002
UC Santa Barbara
60–56
Utah State
Nick Jones, UC Santa Barbara
2003
Utah State
57–54
Cal Poly
Desmond Penigar , Utah State
2004
Pacific
75–73
Cal State Northridge
Ian Boylan , Cal State Northridge
2005
Utah State
65–52
Pacific
Jaycee Carroll , Utah State
2006
Pacific
78–70
Long Beach State
, Pacific
2007
Long Beach State
94–83
Cal Poly
, Long Beach State
2008
Cal State Fullerton
81–66
UC Irvine
Josh Akognon , Cal State Fullerton
2009
Cal State Northridge
71–66 (OT)
Pacific
Rodrigue Mels , Cal State Northridge
2010
UC Santa Barbara
69–64
Long Beach State
Orlando Johnson , UC Santa Barbara
2011
UC Santa Barbara
64–56
Long Beach State
Orlando Johnson , UC Santa Barbara
Honda Center (Anaheim, California)
2012
Long Beach State
77–64
UC Santa Barbara
Casper Ware , Long Beach State
2013
Pacific
64–55
UC Irvine
, Pacific
2014
Cal Poly
61–59
Cal State Northridge
Chris Eversley , Cal Poly
2015
UC Irvine
67–58
Hawaii
Will Davis II , UC Irvine
2016
Hawaii
64–60
Long Beach State
Aaron Valdes , Hawaii
2017
UC Davis
50–47
UC Irvine
, UC Davis
2018
Cal State Fullerton
71–55
UC Irvine
Kyle Allman , Cal State Fullerton
2019
UC Irvine
92–64
Cal State Fullerton
, UC Irvine
2020
Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021
UC Santa Barbara
79–63
UC Irvine
JaQuori McLaughlin , UC Santa Barbara
Michelob Ultra Arena (Paradise, Nevada)
2022
Cal State Fullerton
72–71
Long Beach State
, Cal State Fullerton
Performance by School [ ]
School
Championships
Years
UNLV
7
1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991
Utah State
6
1988, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005
Long Beach State
5
1977, 1993, 1995, 2007, 2012
Pacific
5
1979, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2013
UC Santa Barbara
4
2002, 2010, 2011, 2021
Cal State Fullerton
4
1978, 2008, 2018, 2022
Fresno State
3
1981, 1982, 1984
New Mexico State
3
1992, 1994, 1999
San Jose State
2
1980, 1996
UC Irvine
2
2015, 2019
San Diego State
1
1976
Cal State Northridge
1
2009
Cal Poly
1
2014
Hawaii
1
2016
UC Davis
1
2017
Italics : No longer a conference member
Broadcasters [ ]
Television [ ]
Year
Network
Play-by-play
Analyst
2022
ESPN2
Roxy Bernstein
2021
Dave Feldman
2020
Roxy Bernstein
Adrian Branch
2019
2018
Dave Pasch
Caron Butler
2017
Mark Plansky
2016
Dave Pasch
Paul Biancardi
2015
Mark Jones
Jon Crispin
2014
Miles Simon
2013
2012 [2]
2011 [3]
Todd Harris
2010[4]
Dave Flemming
Bob Valvano
2009[5]
Eric Collins
Miles Simon
2008[6]
2007[7]
Dave Pasch
Bob Valvano
Radio [ ]
See also [ ]
References [ ]
Teams Championships & awards Seasons
NCAA men's college basketball tournaments
Division I
Early season Conference postseason Postseason
Division II
Conference postseason Postseason
Division III
Conference postseason Postseason
Categories :
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