2016 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament

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
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
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2015–16 Big West men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
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

The 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
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

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Final score	Television
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

	Quarterfinals 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

1. . Archived from the original on December 2, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
2. "CSUN admits violations in men's basketball program, self-imposes postseason ban". latimes.com. Retrieved March 4, 2016.