Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

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.

Big West Men's Basketball Tournament
Conference Basketball Championship
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	Honda Center
Current location	Anaheim, California
Played	1976–present
Last contest	2019
Current champion	UC Irvine
Most championships	UNLV (7)

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 Civic Auditorium (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	Ron Cornelius, Pacific
1980	San Jose State	57–55	Long Beach State	Wally Rank, San Jose State
1981	Fresno State	52–48	San Jose State	Sid Williams, San Jose State
1982	Fresno State	69–57	Cal State Fullerton	Donald Mason, 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	Chris Brown, UC Irvine & James Dockery, New Mexico State	Thomas & Mack Center (Paradise, Nevada)
1995	Long Beach State	76–69 (OT)	Nevada	Brian Green, Nevada	Thomas & Mack Center (Paradise, 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	Corey Anders, Pacific & Faron Hand, Nevada
1998	Utah State	78–63	Pacific	Marcus Saxon, 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 & Troy Rolle, Utah State
2001	Utah State	50–38	Pacific	Bernard Rock, 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	Johnny Gray, Pacific
2007	Long Beach State	94–83	Cal Poly	Aaron Nixon, 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	Tony Gill, 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	Chima Moneke, UC Davis
2018	Cal State Fullerton	71–55	UC Irvine	Kyle Allman, Cal State Fullerton
2019	UC Irvine	92–64	Cal State Fullerton	Max Hazzard, UC Irvine
2020	Not held due to the coronavirus pandemic

Performance by School

Member	Winners	Winning 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
Fresno State	3	1981, 1982, 1984
New Mexico State	3	1992, 1994, 1999
UC Santa Barbara	3	2002, 2010, 2011
Cal State Fullerton	3	1978, 2008, 2018
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
2020	ESPN2	Roxy Bernstein	Adrian Branch
2019		Roxy Bernstein	Corey Williams
2018		Dave Pasch	Caron Butler
2017		Sam Farber	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]		Eric Collins	Dave Kaplan
2007[7]		Dave Pasch	Bob Valvano

Radio

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Analyst
2013	Dial Global Sports	Gary Cohen	Kyle Macy
2012 [8]	Dial Global Sports	John Sadak	Michael Cage

See also

References

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Big West Conference men's basketball
Teams	Cal Poly Mustangs Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners Cal State Fullerton Titans Cal State Northridge Matadors Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Long Beach State Beach UC Davis Aggies UC Irvine Anteaters UC Riverside Highlanders UC San Diego Tritons UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
Championships & awards	Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Player of the Year
Seasons	1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21

NCAA men's college basketball tournaments

Division I

Pre-season	2K Sports Classic Puerto Rico Tip-Off Charleston Classic Myrtle Beach Invitational The Islands of the Bahamas Showcase Paradise Jam Hall of Fame Tip Off Legends Classic CBE Hall of Fame Classic Maui Invitational MGM Resorts Main Event Cayman Islands Classic Gulf Coast Showcase Cancún Challenge Battle 4 Atlantis Savannah Invitational NIT Season Tip-Off Las Vegas Invitational Orlando Invitational Phil Knight Invitational Wooden Legacy Emerald Coast Classic Barclays Center Classic Jimmy V Classic Las Vegas Classic Diamond Head Classic Vancouver Showcase Belfast Classic
Conference postseason	ACC America East The American American South American West Atlantic 10 Atlantic Sun Big 12 Big East Big Eight Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big West CAA Conference USA East Coast Great Midwest Great West Horizon Ivy League MAAC MEAC Metro Mid-American Missouri Valley Mountain West Northeast Ohio Valley Pac-12 Patriot SEC Southern Southland Southwest SWAC Sun Belt Summit WAC West Coast
Postseason	NCAA Division I Tournament National Invitation Tournament College Basketball Invitational CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament Vegas 16 National Commissioners Invitational Tournament 1922 National Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament

Division II

Conference postseason	CCAA CACC Carolinas East Coast Great American GLIAC GLVC G-MAC Great Northwest Gulf South Heartland Lone Star Mountain East Northeast-10 Northern Sun Pacific West Peach Belt PSAC RMAC South Atlantic Sunshine State
Postseason	NCAA Division II Tournament

Division III

Conference
postseason

Postseason

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