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2023 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament

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2023 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2022–23
Teams10
SiteDollar Loan Center
Henderson, Nevada
ChampionsUC Santa Barbara (5th title)
Winning coachJoe Pasternack (2nd title)
TelevisionESPN+
ESPNU
ESPN2
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2022–23 Big West men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
UC Santa Barbara 15 5   .750 27 8   .771
UC Irvine 15 5   .750 23 12   .657
UC Riverside 14 6   .700 22 12   .647
Cal State Fullerton 12 6   .667 20 13   .606
Hawai'i 13 7   .650 22 11   .667
UC Davis 11 8   .579 18 14   .563
Long Beach State 11 9   .550 17 16   .515
Cal State Bakersfield 6 14   .300 11 22   .333
UC San Diego* 5 13   .278 10 20   .333
Cal State Northridge 4 16   .200 7 25   .219
Cal Poly 1 18   .053 8 25   .242
* ineligible for the 2023 NCAA tournament due to transition period
2023 Big West tournament winner

The 2023 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big West Conference of the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held March 7–11, 2023, at the Dollar Loan Center in Henderson, Nevada. The winner, the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA tournament.[1]

Seeds

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Of the 11 conference teams, 10 were eligible for the tournament. UC San Diego was ineligible for the tournament, as it was in the third year of the four-year transition required for teams transferring to Division I from Division II. Teams were seeded based on their performance within the conference, and teams with identical conference records were seeded using a tiebreaker system. Unlike previous years before 2020, teams were no longer reseeded before the semifinals.

Seed School Record Tiebreaker
1 UC Irvine 15-5 2-0 vs UCR
2 UC Santa Barbara 15-5 0-2 vs UCR
3 UC Riverside 14-6
4 Cal State Fullerton 12-6
5 Hawai'i 13-7
6 UC Davis 11-8
7 Long Beach State 11-9
8 Cal State Bakersfield 6-14
9 Cal State Northridge 4-16
10 Cal Poly 1-18

Schedule and results

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Game Time [2] Matchup Score Television
First round – Tuesday, March 7
1 6:00 pm No. 8 Cal State Bakersfield vs. No. 9 Cal State Northridge 51–47 ESPN+
2 8:30 pm No. 7 Long Beach State vs. No. 10 Cal Poly 68–88
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9
3 12:00 pm No. 1 UC Irvine vs. No. 8 Cal State Bakersfield 75–51 ESPN+
4 2:30 pm No. 4 Cal State Fullerton vs. No. 5 Hawai'i 62–60OT
5 6:00 pm No. 2 UC Santa Barbara vs. No. 10 Cal Poly 64–54
6 8:30 pm No. 3 UC Riverside vs. No. 6 UC Davis 68–52
Semifinals – Friday, March 10
7 6:00 pm No. 1 UC Irvine vs No. 4 Cal State Fullerton 80–83 ESPN+
8 8:30 pm No. 2 UC Santa Barbara vs No. 3 UC Riverside 92–87 ESPNU
Final – Saturday, March 11
9 6:30 pm No. 4 Cal State Fullerton vs No. 2 UC Santa Barbara 62–72 ESPN2
*Game times in PST. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

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First round
March 7
ESPN+
Quarterfinals
March 9
ESPN+
Semifinals
March 10
ESPN Networks
Championship
March 11
ESPN2
1 UC Irvine 75
8 Cal State Bakersfield 51 8 Cal State Bakersfield 51
9 Cal State Northridge 47 1 UC Irvine 80
4 Cal State Fullerton 83
4 Cal State Fullerton 62*
5 Hawai'i 60
4 Cal State Fullerton 62
2 UC Santa Barbara 72
2 UC Santa Barbara 64
7 Long Beach State 68 10 Cal Poly 54
10 Cal Poly 88 2 UC Santa Barbara 92
3 UC Riverside 87
3 UC Riverside 68
6 UC Davis 52

References

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  1. ^ " bigwest.org. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  2. ^ " bigwest.org. Retrieved 2023-01-31.