The 2016 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament took place from March 10–12, 2016 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.[1] Hawaii won the tournament, defeating Long Beach State in the championship, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament. Cal State Northridge did not participate in the tournament due to a self-imposed postseason ban for academic fraud violations.[2]
2016 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2015–16 |
Teams | 8 |
Site | Honda Center Anaheim, California |
Champions | Hawaii (1st title) |
Winning coach | Eran Ganot (1st title) |
MVP | Aaron Valdes (Hawaii) |
Television | Prime Ticket ESPN3 ESPNU ESPN2 |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hawai'i † | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 28 | – | 6 | .824 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UC Irvine | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 28 | – | 10 | .737 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Long Beach State | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 20 | – | 15 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UC Santa Barbara | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UC Davis | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UC Riverside | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 14 | – | 19 | .424 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cal State Northridge* | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 10 | – | 20 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cal Poly | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 10 | – | 20 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cal State Fullerton | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 10 | – | 20 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
*ineligible for postseason due to self-imposed ban due to academic fraud violations | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2016 Big West tournament winner |
Seeds
editThe top 8 conference teams were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Teams were reseeded after the Quarterfinals.
Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker |
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1 | Hawaii | 13–3 | 2–0 vs. UC Irvine |
2 | UC Irvine | 13–3 | 0–2 vs. Hawaii |
3 | Long Beach State | 12–4 | |
4 | UC Santa Barbara | 11–5 | |
5 | UC Davis | 6–10 | |
6 | UC Riverside | 5–11 | |
7 | Cal Poly | 4–12 | |
8 | Cal State Fullerton | 3–13 |
Schedule
editGame | Time* | Matchup# | Final score | Television |
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Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10 | ||||
1 | 12:00 pm | #4 UC Santa Barbara vs. #5 UC Davis | 87–61 | Prime Ticket |
2 | 2:30 pm | #1 Hawaii vs. #8 CS Fullerton | 75–44 | |
3 | 6:00 pm | #2 UC Irvine vs. #7 Cal Poly | 84–64 | |
4 | 8:30 pm | #3 Long Beach State v. #6 UC Riverside | 82–74 | |
Semifinals – Friday, March 11 | ||||
5 | 6:30 pm | #1 Hawaii vs. #4 UC Santa Barbara | 88–76 | ESPN3 |
6 | 9:00 pm | #2 UC Irvine vs. #3 Long Beach State | 72–77 | ESPNU |
Championship – Saturday, March 12 | ||||
7 | 8:30 pm | #1 Hawaii vs. #3 Long Beach State | 64–60 | ESPN2 |
*Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games held at Honda Center, Anaheim, CA |
Bracket
editQuarterfinals Thursday, March 10 FS PRIME | Semifinals Friday, March 11 ESPNU and ESPN3 (re-seeded) | Championship Saturday, March 12 ESPN2 | ||||||||||||
1 | Hawaii | 75 | ||||||||||||
8 | Cal State Fullerton | 44 | ||||||||||||
1 | Hawaii | 88 | ||||||||||||
4 | UC Santa Barbara | 76 | ||||||||||||
4 | UC Santa Barbara | 87 | ||||||||||||
5 | UC Davis | 61 | ||||||||||||
1 | Hawaii | 64 | ||||||||||||
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | ||||||||||||||
3 | Long Beach State | 60 | ||||||||||||
2 | UC Irvine | 84 | ||||||||||||
7 | Cal Poly | 64 | ||||||||||||
2 | UC Irvine | 72 | ||||||||||||
3 | Long Beach State | 77 | ||||||||||||
3 | Long Beach State | 82 | ||||||||||||
6 | UC Riverside | 74 |
References
edit- ^ "2015 Men's College Basketball Conference tournament Information". Archived from the original on December 2, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
- ^ "CSUN admits violations in men's basketball program, self-imposes postseason ban". latimes.com. Retrieved March 4, 2016.