2023 Big West Conference men's volleyball tournament

2023 Big West Conference Men's Volleyball Tournament
Classification	Division I/II
Teams	6
Site	Bren Events Center Irvine, California
Champions	Hawai'i (3rd title)
Winning coach	Charlie Wade (3rd title)
MVP	Jakob Thelle (Hawai'i)
Attendance	4,064
Television	ESPN+ & ESPNU
Big West Conference Men's Volleyball Tournaments

2023 Big West Conference men's volleyball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 Hawai'i ‍†‍‡‍^y	9	–	1		.900			29	–	3		.906
No. 4 Long Beach State ‍†‍‍^y	9	–	1		.900			21	–	5		.808
No. 5 UC Irvine  ‍‍‍	6	–	4		.600			18	–	11		.621
UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍	3	–	7		.300			8	–	17		.320
UC San Diego  ‍‍‍	2	–	8		.200			8	–	17		.320
CSUN  ‍‍‍	1	–	9		.100			12	–	16		.429
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2023 Big West Tournament champion y- Invited to the NCAA volleyball tournament As of January 10, 2025 Rankings from AVCA

The 2023 Big West Conference men's volleyball tournament is a postseason men's volleyball tournament for the Big West Conference during the 2023 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. It was held April 20 through April 22, 2023 at the Bren Events Center in Irvine, California.[1] The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Volleyball Tournament.

Seeds

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

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Hawai'i	9-1	1–1 vs. LBSU, points vs. LBSU won 144 to 141
2	Long Beach State	9-1	1-1 vs. Hawaii, point vs. Hawaii lost 141 to 144
3	UC Irvine	6–4	–
4	UC Santa Barbara	3–7	–
5	UC San Diego	2–8	–
6	CSUN	1–9	–

Schedule and results

The 1st Round and Semifinal matches were televised on Spectrum Hawai'i and simulcast on ESPN+. The final was broadcast on ESPNU.

Time Network	Matchup	Score	Attendance	Broadcasters
Quarterfinals – Thursday, April 20
5:00 pm ESPN+	No. 4 UCSB vs. No. 5 UC San Diego	3-2 (25-1,8, 23–25, 15–21, 20–25, 15–12)[2]	1,008	Kanoa Leahey & Chris McLachlin
7:30 pm^ ESPN+	No. 3 UC Irvine vs. No. 6 CSUN	3-0 (25-21, 25–22, 25–18)
Semifinals – Friday, April 21
5:00 pm ESPN+	No. 1 Hawai'i vs. No. 4 UCSB	3-0 (25-18, 25–19, 25–18)[3]	2,543	Kanoa Leahey & Chris McLachlin
7:30 pm ESPN+	No. 2 Long Beach State vs. No. 3 UC Irvine	0-3 (21-25, 17–25, 20–25)[4]
Championship – Saturday, April 22
7:00 pm ESPNU	No. 1 Hawai'i vs. No. 3 UC Irvine	3-1 (25-18, 21–25, 25–13, 25–22)[5]	4,064	Paul Sunderland & Kevin Barnett
Game times are PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

^ delay start at 8:21 pm

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Thursday, April 20					Semifinals Friday, April 21					Championship Saturday, April 22
						1	Hawai'i	3
	4	UC Santa Barbara	3			4	UC Santa Barbara	0
	5	UC San Diego	2								1	Hawai'i	3
											3	UC Irvine	1
						2	Long Beach State	0
	3	UC Irvine	3			3	UC Irvine	3
	6	CSUN	0

References

1. "The Big West Announces Men's Volleyball Championship Times and Television Schedule". Retrieved April 16, 2023.
2. "UCSB men's volleyball tops UC San Diego". Santa Barbara News-Press. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
3. "Hawaii men's volleyball team sweeps UC Santa Barbara to reach Big West final". Spectrum Sports. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
4. "UC Irvine sweeps Long Beach State to reach Big West men's volleyball final". Orange County Register. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
5. "Hawaii men's volleyball wins Big West tournament". KHON-TV. Retrieved April 23, 2023.