College basketball tournament
The 2022 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big West Conference of the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season . It was held March 8–12, 2022, at the Dollar Loan Center in Henderson, Nevada . The winner, the Cal State Fullerton Titans , received the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA tournament .[ 1]
Seeds
Of the 11 conference teams, 10 were eligible for the tournament. UC San Diego was ineligible for the tournament, as it was in the second year of the four-year transition required for teams transferring to Division I from Division II. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Unlike previous years, reseeding teams after the quarterfinals did not take place for the 2022 tournament.
Schedule and results
Game
Time [ 2]
Matchup
Score
Television
First round – Tuesday, March 8
1
6:00 pm
No. 8 CSUN vs. No. 9 CSU Bakersfield
58–45
ESPN+
2
8:30 pm
No. 7 UC Davis vs. No. 10 Cal Poly
63–53
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10
3
12:00 pm
No. 1 Long Beach State vs. No. 9 CSU Bakersfield
72–61
ESPN+
4
2:30 pm
No. 4 UC Irvine vs. No. 5 UC Santa Barbara
69–78
5
6:00 pm
No. 2 CSU Fullerton vs. No. 7 UC Davis
73–55
6
8:30 pm
No. 3 Hawaii vs. No. 6 UC Riverside
68–67
Semifinals – Friday, March 11
7
6:00 pm
No. 1 Long Beach State vs. No. 5 UC Santa Barbara
67–64
ESPN+
8
8:30 pm
No. 2 CSU Fullerton vs. No. 3 Hawaii
58–46
ESPNU
Final – Saturday, March 12
9
8:30 pm
No. 1 Long Beach State vs. No. 2 CSU Fullerton
71-72
ESPN2
*Game times in PST . Rankings denote tournament seed
Bracket
First round March 8 ESPN+
Quarterfinals March 10 ESPN+
Semifinals March 11 ESPN+/ESPNU
Championship March 12 ESPN2
1
Long Beach State
72
8
Cal State Northridge
45
9
Cal State Bakersfield
61
9
Cal State Bakersfield
58
1
Long Beach State
67
5
UC Santa Barbara
64
4
UC Irvine
69
5
UC Santa Barbara
78
1
Long Beach State
71
2
Cal State Fullerton
72
2
Cal State Fullerton
73
7
UC Davis
63
7
UC Davis
55
10
Cal Poly
53
2
Cal State Fullerton
58
3
Hawaii
46
3
Hawaii
68
6
UC Riverside
67
References