2020–21 Big West Conference men's basketball season

The 2020–21 Big West Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2020, followed by the start of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began in January 2021 and concluded in March 2021. Games against UC San Diego were counted as non-conference games as their results were not counted in the league standings during their transition period.^[1]

2020–21 Big West Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	11
Regular season
Tournament
Big West men's basketball seasons
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2020–21 Big West men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
UC Santa Barbara †	13	–	3		.813			22	–	5		.815
UC Irvine	10	–	4		.714			18	–	9		.667
UC Riverside	8	–	4		.667			14	–	8		.636
UC Davis	6	–	4		.600			10	–	8		.556
Cal State Bakersfield	9	–	7		.563			15	–	11		.577
Hawai'i	9	–	9		.500			11	–	10		.524
Cal State Fullerton	5	–	7		.417			6	–	10		.375
Cal State Northridge	5	–	9		.357			9	–	13		.409
Long Beach State	4	–	8		.333			6	–	12		.333
Cal Poly	1	–	15		.063			4	–	20		.167
UC San Diego*	0	–	0		–			7	–	10		.412
* ineligible for the 2021 NCAA tournament and 2021 Big West tournament due to transition period; Big West games not counted in standings
† 2021 Big West tournament winner

Preseason Awards

Preseason awards were announced by the league office on November 11, 2020.^[2]

Preseason men's basketball media poll

(First place votes in parenthesis)

1. UC Irvine (28) 270
2. UC Santa Barbara (9) 254
3. UC Davis (1) 182
4. Hawaii 165
5. UC Riverside 160
6. Long Beach State 141
7. CSU Bakersfield 117
8. CSU Northridge 102
9. Cal State Fullerton 95
10. Cal Poly 54

Conference matrix

	Cal Poly	Cal State Bakersfield	CSU Fullerton	CSU Northridge	Hawaii	Long Beach State	UC Davis	UC Irvine	UC Riverside	UC San Diego	UC Santa Barbara
vs. Cal Poly	–	2−0	0−0	1−1	2−0	2−0	2−0	2−0	2−0	0−0	1–0
vs. Cal State Bakersfield	0–2	–	1−1	1−1	0−2	1−1	0−0	1−1	1−1	0−0	2–0
vs. CSU Fullerton	0–0	1−1	–	1–1	1−1	1−1	0−0	1−1	0−0	0–0	2–0
vs. CSU Northridge	1–1	1−1	1−1	–	1−1	0−0	1−1	0−0	1−0	0−0	2–0
vs. Hawaii	0–2	2−0	1−1	1−1	–	0−2	0−1	1−1	1−1	0–0	2–0
vs. Long Beach State	0−2	1−1	1−1	0−0	2−0	–	2−0	0−0	0−0	0–0	0–0
vs. UC Davis	0–2	0−0	0−0	1−1	1−0	0−2	–	0−0	0−0	0–0	2–0
vs. UC Irvine	0–2	1−1	1−1	0−0	1−1	0−0	0−0	–	1−1	0–0	0−2
vs. UC Riverside	0–2	1−1	0−0	0−1	1−1	0−0	0−0	1−1	–	0–0	1–1
vs. UC San Diego	0−0	0−0	0−0	0−0	0−0	0−0	0−0	0−0	1−0	–	0–0
vs. UC Santa Barbara	0–1	0−2	0−2	0−2	0−2	0−0	0−2	2−0	1−1	0–0	−
Total	1–14	9–7	5–7	5–7	9–8	4–6	5–4	8–4	7–4	0–0	12–3

All-Big West awards

Big West men's basketball weekly awards

Week	Player(s) of the Week	School
Nov 30	Erza Manjon	UC Davis
Dec 7	Zyon Pullin	UC Riverside
Dec 14	TJ Starks	CSUN
Dec 21	JaQuori McLaughlin	UC Santa Barbara
Dec 28	Collin Welp	UC Irvine
Jan 4	JaQuori McLaughlin	UC Santa Barbara
Jan 11	DJ Davis	UC Irvine
Jan 18	Taze Moore	Cal State Bakersfield
Jan 25	JaQuori McLaughlin	UC Santa Barbara
Feb 1
Feb 8
Feb 15
Feb 22
Mar 1

References

1. "Big West Men's Basketball Weekly Release – Jan. 26" bigwest.org. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
2. "Media Tab UC Irvine as Favorite in 2020-21 Men's Basketball Race" bigwest.org. Retrieved 2020-01-18.