2018 Big West Conference men's volleyball tournament

The 2018 Big West Conference men's volleyball tournament was a postseason men's volleyball tournament for the Big West Conference during the 2018 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. It was held from April 19 through April 21, 2018 at Long Beach State University's Walter Pyramid. The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Volleyball Tournament.

2018 Big West Conference Men's Volleyball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I/II
Teams6
SiteWalter Pyramid
Long Beach, California
ChampionsLong Beach State (1st title)
Winning coachAlan Knipe (1st title)
MVPJosh Tuaniga (Long Beach State)
Attendance2,325
TelevisionESPN3
Big West Conference Men's Volleyball Tournaments
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2018 Big West Conference men's volleyball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Long Beach State ‍y 9 1   .900 28 1   .966
No. 4 Hawai'i  ‍‍‍ 6 4   .600 19 8   .704
No. 5 UC Irvine ‍‍‍y 6 4   .600 21 10   .677
No. 9 CSUN  ‍‍‍ 5 5   .500 16 11   .593
No. 12 UCSB  ‍‍‍ 4 6   .400 11 13   .458
UC San Diego  ‍‍‍ 0 10   .000 9 19   .321
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2018 Big West Tournament champion

Seeds

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All six teams were eligible for the postseason, with the top two seeds receiving byes to the semifinals. The top seed has home court hosting rights for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 Long Beach State 9–1
2 Hawai'i 6–4 1–1 vs. UC Irvine, 1–1 vs. Long Beach State
3 UC Irvine 6–4 1–1 vs. Hawai'i, 0–2 vs. Long Beach State
4 CSUN 5–5
5 UCSB 4–6
6 UC San Diego 0–10

Schedule and results

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Time
Network
Matchup Score Attendance Broadcasters
Quarterfinals – Thursday, April 19
5:00 pm
ESPN3
No. 3 UC Irvine vs. No. 6 UC San Diego 3–0
(25–18, 25–18, 25–16)
708 Sam Farber, Dain Blanton, & Matt Brown
7:30 pm
ESPN3
No. 4 CSUN vs. No. 5 UCSB 3-1
(25-18, 30-28, 12-25, 28-26)
Rahshaun Haylock, Dain Blanton, & Matt Brown
Semifinals – Friday, April 20
5:00 pm
ESPN3
No. 2 Hawai'i vs. No. 3 UC Irvine 3–1
(25–16, 25–23, 20–25, 25–18)
1,795 Sam Farber, Dain Blanton, & Matt Brown
7:30 pm
ESPN3
No. 1 Long Beach State vs. No. 4 CSUN 3–0
(25–23, 25–13, 25–17)
Rahshaun Haylock, Dain Blanton, & Matt Brown
Championship – Saturday, April 21
7:00 pm
ESPN3
No. 1 Long Beach State vs. No. 2 Hawai'i 3–0
(25–23, 25–14, 25–19)
2,325 Rahshaun Haylock, Dain Blanton, & Matt Brown
Game times are PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

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Quarterfinals
Thursday, April 19
Semifinals
Friday, April 20
Championship
Saturday, April 21
1 Long Beach State 3
4 CSUN 3 4 CSUN 0
5 UCSB 1 1 Long Beach State 3
2 Hawai'i 0
2 Hawai'i 3
3 UC Irvine 3 3 UC Irvine 1
6 UC San Diego 0

References

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