College basketball tournament
The 2019 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big West Conference of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season . It was held from March 14 through March 16, 2019 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California . UC Irvine defeated Cal State Fullerton 92–64 in the championship game to win the tournament, and received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament .[ 1]
Seeds
The top eight 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.
Schedule and results
Game
Time
Matchup
Score
Television
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14
1
12:00 pm
No. 2 UC Santa Barbara vs. No. 7 Cal State Northridge
71–68
ESPN3
2
2:30 pm
No. 3 Cal State Fullerton vs. No. 6 UC Davis
75–71
3
6:00 pm
No. 1 UC Irvine vs. No. 8 UC Riverside
63–44
4
8:30 pm
No. 4 Hawaii vs. No. 5 Long Beach State
66–68
Semifinals – Friday, March 15
5
6:30 pm
No. 1 UC Irvine vs. No. 5 Long Beach State
75–67
ESPN3/ESPNU
6
9:00 pm
No. 2 UC Santa Barbara vs. No. 3 Cal State Fullerton
58–64
ESPNU
Championship – Saturday, March 16
7
8:30 pm
No. 1 UC Irvine vs. No. 3 Cal State Fullerton
92–64
ESPN2
Game times in PT . Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games held at Honda Center, Anaheim, California [ 2]
Bracket
Quarterfinals Semifinals (re-seeded)
Championship 1
UC Irvine
63
8
UC Riverside
44
1
UC Irvine
75
5
Long Beach State
67
4
Hawaii
66
5
Long Beach State
68
1
UC Irvine
92
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
3
Cal State Fullerton
64
2
UC Santa Barbara
71
7
Cal State Northridge
68
2
UC Santa Barbara
58
3
Cal State Fullerton
64
3
Cal State Fullerton
75
6
UC Davis
71
References
