2018 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2018 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big West Conference of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held from March 8–10, 2018 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. No. 4 seed Cal State Fullerton defeated No. 3 seed UC Irvine in the championship game to win the tournament and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

2018 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2017–18
Teams	8
Site	Honda Center Anaheim, California
Champions	Cal State Fullerton (3rd title)
Winning coach	Dedrique Taylor (1st title)
MVP	Kyle Allman (Cal State Fullerton)
Television	Prime Ticket ESPNU ESPN2
Big West Conference men's basketball tournaments

2017–18 Big West men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
UC Davis	12	–	4		.750			22	–	11		.667
UC Santa Barbara	11	–	5		.688			23	–	9		.719
UC Irvine	11	–	5		.688			18	–	17		.514
Cal State Fullerton †	10	–	6		.625			20	–	12		.625
Long Beach State	9	–	7		.563			15	–	18		.455
Hawai'i	8	–	8		.500			17	–	13		.567
Cal Poly	4	–	12		.250			9	–	22		.290
UC Riverside	4	–	12		.250			9	–	22		.290
Cal State Northridge	3	–	13		.188			6	–	24		.200
† 2018 Big West tournament winner

Seeds

The top eight 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 re-seeded after the quarterfinals.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	UC Davis	12–4
2	UC Santa Barbara	11–5	1–1 vs UC Davis
3	UC Irvine	11–5	0–2 vs UC Davis
4	Cal State Fullerton	10–6
5	Long Beach State	9–7
6	Hawaii	8–8
7	Cal Poly	4–12	1–1 vs UC Santa Barbara
8	UC Riverside	4–12	0–2 vs UC Santa Barbara

Schedule and results

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 8
1	12:00 pm	No. 1 UC Davis vs No. 8 UC Riverside	70–66	Fox Sports West/Prime Ticket
2	2:30 pm	No. 4 Cal State Fullerton vs No. 5 Long Beach State	76–74
3	6:00 pm	No. 3 UC Irvine vs No. 6 Hawaii	68–67
4	8:30 pm	No. 2 UC Santa Barbara vs No. 7 Cal Poly	75–53
Semifinals – Friday, March 9
5	6:30 pm	No. 1 UC Davis vs No. 4 Cal State Fullerton	52–55	ESPNU
6	9:00 pm	No. 3 UC Irvine vs No. 2 UC Santa Barbara	61–58	ESPNU
Championship – Saturday, March 10
7	9:00 pm	No. 3 UC Irvine vs No. 4 Cal State Fullerton	55–71	ESPN2
Game times in PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games held at Honda Center, Anaheim, California

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Thursday, March 8 FS West and FS Prime Ticket					Semifinals Friday, March 9 ESPNU (re-seeded)					Championship Saturday, March 10 ESPN2
	1	UC Davis	70
	8	UC Riverside	66
						1	UC Davis	52
						4	Cal State Fullerton	55
	4	Cal State Fullerton	76
	5	Long Beach State	74
											4	Cal State Fullerton	71
	(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
											3	UC Irvine	55
	2	UC Santa Barbara	75
	7	Cal Poly	53
						2	UC Santa Barbara	58
						3	UC Irvine	61
	3	UC Irvine	68
	6	Hawaii	67