2024 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament

2024 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2023–24
Teams	8
Site	Dollar Loan Center Henderson, Nevada
Champions	Long Beach State (6th title)
Winning coach	Dan Monson (2nd title)
MVP	Lassina Traoré (Long Beach State)
Television	ESPN+ ESPNU ESPN2
Big West Conference men's basketball tournaments

2023–24 Big West men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
UC Irvine	17	–	3		.850			24	–	10		.706
UC San Diego*	15	–	5		.750			21	–	12		.636
UC Davis	14	–	6		.700			20	–	13		.606
Hawai'i	11	–	9		.550			20	–	14		.588
Long Beach State †	10	–	10		.500			21	–	15		.583
UC Riverside	10	–	10		.500			16	–	18		.471
UC Santa Barbara	9	–	11		.450			16	–	15		.516
Cal State Northridge	9	–	11		.450			19	–	15		.559
Cal State Bakersfield	8	–	12		.400			13	–	19		.406
Cal State Fullerton	7	–	13		.350			14	–	18		.438
Cal Poly	0	–	20		.000			4	–	28		.125
* ineligible for the 2024 NCAA tournament due to transition period
† 2024 Big West tournament winner

The 2024 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big West Conference of the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held March 13–16, 2024, at The Dollar Loan Center in Henderson, Nevada. The winner, #4 seed Long Beach State, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA tournament.

Seeds

In June 2023, the Big West Conference board of directors voted to reduce the tournament field from 10 teams to 8 teams. In the new format, the top two seeds would receive automatic berths in the semifinals, the next two seeds would be placed in the quarterfinals, and the remaining four seeds would play each other in the first round. Big West commissioner Dan Butterly stated that the decision was made to improve the regular season champion's odds of winning the tournament and thus receiving the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.[1]

Of the 11 conference teams, 10 were eligible for tournament spots. UC San Diego was ineligible for the tournament, as it was in the final year of the four-year transition required for teams transferring to Division I from Division II. Teams were seeded based on their performance within the conference, and teams with identical conference records were seeded using a tiebreaker system.

As was the case with tournaments since 2020, reseeding of teams did not occur at any point.

Seed	School	Record	Tiebreaker
1	UC Irvine	17–3
2	UC Davis	14–6
3	Hawai'i	11–9
4	Long Beach State	10–10	2–0 vs. UC Riverside
5	UC Riverside	10–10	0–2 vs. Long Beach State
6	UC Santa Barbara	9–11	2–0 vs. Hawai'i
7	Cal State Northridge	9–11	1–1 vs. Hawai'i
8	Cal State Bakersfield	8–12
DNQ	Cal State Fullerton	7–13
DNQ	Cal Poly	0–20

Schedule and results

Game	Time[2]	Matchup	Score	Television
First round – Wednesday, March 13
1	6:00pm	No. 5 UC Riverside vs. No. 8 Cal State Bakersfield	83–78	ESPN+
2	8:30pm	No. 6 UC Santa Barbara vs. No. 7 Cal State Northridge	84–87^OT	ESPN+
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14
3	6:00pm	No. 3 Hawai'i vs. No. 7 Cal State Northridge	75–68	ESPN+
4	8:30pm	No. 4 Long Beach State vs. No. 5 UC Riverside	86–67	ESPN+
Semifinals – Friday, March 15
5	6:00pm	No. 1 UC Irvine vs. No. 4 Long Beach State	79–83	ESPN+ (live), ESPNU (delayed)
6	8:30pm	No. 2 UC Davis vs. No. 3 Hawai'i	68–65	ESPN2/ESPN+
Final – Saturday, March 16
7	6:30pm	No. 4 Long Beach State vs. No. 2 UC Davis	74-70	ESPN2/ESPN+
*Game times in PDT. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

	First Round Wednesday, March 13					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 14					Semifinals Friday, March 15					Championship Saturday, March 16
											1	UC Irvine	79
						4	Long Beach State	86			4	Long Beach State	83
	5	UC Riverside	83			5	UC Riverside	67								4	Long Beach State	74
	8	Cal State Bakersfield	78													2	UC Davis	70
											2	UC Davis	68
						3	Hawai'i	75			3	Hawai'i	65			Third place
	6	UC Santa Barbara	84			7	Cal State Northridge	68
	7	Cal State Northridge	87*

*denotes each overtime period

References

1. "Big West Board of Directors Approves New Initiatives at Annual Spring Meeting". Big West Conference. June 9, 2023. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
2. "2024 Hercules Tires Big West Men's Basketball Championship". Big West Conference. September 28, 2023. Retrieved November 9, 2023.