2021 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament
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{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference tournament
| Year = 2021
| Conference = Big West Conference
| Division = I
| Gender = Men's
| Image =
| ImageSize = 150px
| Caption = Big West tournament Logo
| Teams = 10
| Arena = Michelob Ultra Arena
| City = Paradise, Nevada
| Champions = UC Santa Barbara
| TitleCount = 4th
| Coach = Joe Pasternack
| CoachCount = 1st
| MVP = JaQuori McLaughlin
| MVPTeam = UC Santa Barbara
| Attendance =
| OneTopScorer =
| TwoTopScorers =
| TopScorer =
| TopScorerTeam =
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| Television = ESPN3
ESPNU
ESPN2
}}
{{2020–21 Big West men's basketball standings|Hawali=11 -2}}
The 2021 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big West Conference of the 2020-21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held from March 9–13, 2021 at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA tournament.[https://bigwest.org/news/2020/12/23/general-big-west-conference-announces-move-of-2021-mens-and-womens-basketball-championships-to-las-vegas.aspx "Big West Conference Announces Move of Men's and Women's Basketball Championships to Las Vegas"] bigwest.org. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
Seeds
Of the 11 conference teams, 10 were eligible for the tournament. UC San Diego was ineligible for this year's tournament, as they were in the first year of the four-year transition required for teams transferring to Division I from Division II. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Unlike previous years, reseeding teams after the quarterfinals did not take place for this year's tournament.
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!Seed !School !Conference !Tiebreaker | |||
| 1 | align=left |UC Santa Barbara | 13–3 | |
| 2 | align=left|UC Irvine | 10–4 | | |
| 3 | align=left|UC Riverside | 8–4 | | |
| 4 | align=left|UC Davis | 6–4 | |
| 5 | align=left|Cal State Bakersfield | 9–7 | |
| 6 | align=left|Hawaii | 9–9 | |
| 7 | align=left|Cal State Fullerton | 5–7 | |
| 8 | align=left|Cal State Northridge | 5–9 | |
| 9 | align=left|Long Beach State | 4–8 | |
| 10 | align=left| Cal Poly | 1–15 |
Schedule and results
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!Game !Matchup !Score !Television |
| colspan=5| First round – Tuesday, March 9 |
|---|
| 1
|2:30 pm | No. 8 CSUN vs. No. 9 Long Beach State | 63–85 |rowspan=2|ESPN3 |
| 2
|5:00 pm | No. 7 CSU Fullerton vs. No. 10 Cal Poly |82–87 |
| colspan=5| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 11 |
| 3
|11:00 am | No. 1 UC Santa Barbara vs. No. 9 Long Beach State | 95–87 |rowspan=4|ESPN3 |
| 4
|2:00 pm | No. 4 UC Davis vs. No. 5 CSU Bakersfield |58–56 |
| 5
|5:00 pm | No. 2 UC Irvine vs. No. 10 Cal Poly |58–51 |
| 6
|8:00 pm | No. 3 UC Riverside vs. No. 6 Hawaii |62–52 |
| colspan=5| Semifinals – Friday, March 12 |
| 7
|6:00 pm |No. 1 UC Santa Barbara vs. No. 4 UC Davis |71–55 |ESPN3 |
| 8
|9:00 pm |No. 2 UC Irvine vs. No. 3 UC Riverside |78–61 |
| colspan=5| Final – Saturday, March 13 |
| 9
|8:30 pm |No. 1 UC Santa Barbara vs. No. 2 UC Irvine |79–63 |
| colspan=5| *Game times in PST. Rankings denote tournament seed |
Bracket
{{4RoundBracket-Byes
| RD1 = First round
March 9
ESPN3
| RD2 = Quarterfinals
March 11
ESPN3
| RD3 = Semifinals
March 12
ESPN3/ESPNU
| RD4 = Championship
March 13
ESPN2
| team-width=12em
| RD1-seed03=8
| RD1-team03=Cal State Northridge
| RD1-score03=63
| RD1-seed04=9
| RD1-team04=Long Beach State
| RD1-score04=85
| RD1-seed11=7
| RD1-team11=Cal State Fullerton
| RD1-score11=82
| RD1-seed12=10
| RD1-team12=Cal Poly
| RD1-score12=87
| RD2-seed01=1
| RD2-team01=UC Santa Barbara
| RD2-score01=95
| RD2-seed02=9
| RD2-team02=Long Beach State
| RD2-score02=87
| RD2-seed03=4
| RD2-team03=UC Davis
| RD2-score03=58
| RD2-seed04=5
| RD2-team04=Cal State Bakersfield
| RD2-score04=56
| RD2-seed05=2
| RD2-team05=UC Irvine
| RD2-score05=58
| RD2-seed06=10
| RD2-team06=Cal Poly
| RD2-score06=51
| RD2-seed07=3
| RD2-team07=UC Riverside
| RD2-score07=62
| RD2-seed08=6
| RD2-team08=Hawaii
| RD2-score08=52
| RD3-seed01=1
| RD3-team01=UC Santa Barbara
| RD3-score01=71
| RD3-seed02=4
| RD3-team02=UC Davis
| RD3-score02=55
| RD3-seed03=2
| RD3-team03=UC Irvine
| RD3-score03=78
| RD3-seed04=3
| RD3-team04=UC Riverside
| RD3-score04=61
| RD4-seed01=1
| RD4-team01=UC Santa Barbara
| RD4-score01=79
| RD4-seed02=2
| RD4-team02=UC Irvine
| RD4-score02=63
}}
References
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{{Big West Conference men's basketball tournament navbox}}
{{2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament navbox}}
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