The Big West men's basketball tournament (formerly the Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball tournament) is the conference championship tournament in basketball for the Big West Conference.
It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. Only the top eight teams in the conference qualify for the tournament. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. Prior to 1985, it was known as the PCAA (Pacific Coast Athletic Association) Tournament for the conference's former name.
Results
Pacific Coast Athletic Association Year Champion Score Runner-up Tournament MVP Location1976San Diego State76–64PacificNone SelectedStockton Civic Auditorium (Stockton, California)1977Long Beach State76–63San Jose StateNone SelectedAnaheim Convention Center (Anaheim, California)1978Cal State Fullerton64–53Long Beach StateGreg Bunch, Cal State Fullerton1979Pacific82–73Utah StateRon Cornelius, Pacific1980San Jose State57–55Long Beach StateWally Rank, San Jose State1981Fresno State52–48San Jose StateSid Williams, San Jose State 1982Fresno State69–57Cal State Fullerton Donald Mason, Fresno State1983UNLV66–63 (OT)Fresno State Sidney Green, UNLVInglewood Forum (Inglewood, California)1984Fresno State51–49UNLV Richie Adams, UNLV1985UNLV79–61Cal State Fullerton Richie Adams, UNLV1986UNLV75–55New Mexico State Anthony Jones, UNLV1987UNLV94–69San Jose State Freddie Banks, UNLV 1988Utah State86–79UC Irvine Wayne Engelstad, UC Irvine
Big West Conference Year Champion Score Runner-up Tournament MVP Location1989UNLV68–62New Mexico State Stacey Augmon, UNLVLong Beach Arena (Long Beach, California)1990UNLV92–74Long Beach State Larry Johnson, UNLV1991UNLV98–74Fresno State Larry Johnson, UNLV1992New Mexico State74–73PacificSam Crawford, New Mexico State1993Long Beach State70–62New Mexico StateLucious Harris, Long Beach State1994New Mexico State70–64UC IrvineChris Brown, UC Irvine & James Dockery, New Mexico StateThomas & Mack Center (Paradise, Nevada)1995Long Beach State76–69 (OT)Nevada Brian Green, Nevada1996San Jose State76–75 (OT)Utah State Olivier Saint-Jean, San Jose StateLawlor Events Center (Reno, Nevada)1997Pacific63–55NevadaCorey Anders, Pacific & Faron Hand, Nevada1998Utah State78–63Pacific Marcus Saxon, Utah State1999New Mexico State79–69Boise StateBilly Keys, New Mexico State2000Utah State71–66New Mexico StateShawn Daniels & Troy Rolle, Utah State2001Utah State50–38PacificBernard Rock, Utah StateAnaheim Convention Center (Anaheim, California)2002UC Santa Barbara60–56Utah StateNick Jones, UC Santa Barbara2003Utah State57–54Cal PolyDesmond Penigar, Utah State2004Pacific75–73Cal State NorthridgeIan Boylan, Cal State Northridge2005Utah State65–52PacificJaycee Carroll, Utah State2006Pacific78–70Long Beach StateJohnny Gray, Pacific2007Long Beach State94–83Cal PolyAaron Nixon, Long Beach State2008Cal State Fullerton81–66UC IrvineJosh Akognon, Cal State Fullerton2009Cal State Northridge71–66 (OT)PacificRodrigue Mels, Cal State Northridge2010UC Santa Barbara69–64Long Beach StateOrlando Johnson, UC Santa Barbara2011UC Santa Barbara64–56Long Beach StateOrlando Johnson, UC Santa BarbaraHonda Center (Anaheim, California)2012Long Beach State77–64UC Santa BarbaraCasper Ware, Long Beach State2013Pacific64–55UC IrvineTony Gill, Pacific2014Cal Poly61–59Cal State NorthridgeChris Eversley, Cal Poly2015UC Irvine67–58HawaiiWill Davis II, UC Irvine2016Hawai'i64–60Long Beach StateAaron Valdes, Hawaii2017UC Davis50–47UC IrvineChima Moneke, UC Davis2018Cal State Fullerton71–55UC IrvineKyle Allman, Cal State Fullerton2019UC Irvine92–64Cal State FullertonMax Hazzard, UC Irvine 2020 Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021UC Santa Barbara79–63UC IrvineJaQuori McLaughlin, UC Santa Barbara Michelob Ultra Arena (Las Vegas, Nevada) 2022Cal State Fullerton72–71Long Beach StateE. J. Anosike, Cal State FullertonDollar Loan Center (Henderson, Nevada) 2023UC Santa Barbara72–62Cal State FullertonAjay Mitchell, UC Santa Barbara 2024Long Beach State74–70UC DavisAboubacar Traore, Long Beach State 2025UC San Diego75–61UC IrvineAniwaniwa Tait-Jones, UC San DiegoLee's Family Forum (Henderson, Nevada) 2026Hawai'i71–64UC IrvineIsaac Johnson, Hawaii
Performance by school School Championships Championship Years UNLV1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991Long Beach State1977, 1993, 1995, 2007, 2012, 2024 Utah State1988, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005Pacific1979, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2013UC Santa Barbara2002, 2010, 2011, 2021, 2023Cal State Fullerton1978, 2008, 2018, 2022Fresno State1981, 1982, 1984New Mexico State1992, 1994, 1999Hawai'i2016, 2026San Jose State1980, 1996UC Irvine2015, 2019Cal Poly2014Cal State Northridge2009San Diego State1976UC Davis2017UC San Diego2025 Cal Baptist Cal State Bakersfield Sacramento State UC Riverside Utah Valley
Italics: No longer a conference member, as of the 2026–27 season.
Broadcasters
Television Year Network Play-by-play Analyst2026ESPN2Roxy BernsteinCorey Williams2025Mike MonacoChris Spatola 2024Roxy BernsteinCorey Williams202320222021 Dave Feldman2020Roxy Bernstein Adrian Branch2019 Corey Williams2018 Dave Pasch Caron Butler2017 Sam Farber Mark Plansky2016 Dave Pasch Paul Biancardi2015Mark Jones Jon Crispin2014Miles Simon201320122011 Todd Harris2010 Dave Flemming Bob Valvano 2009Eric Collins Miles Simon 2008 Dave Kaplan 2007 Dave Pasch Bob Valvano1989ESPN Jim KellyMike Rice1983CBSFrank HerzogJames Brown
Radio Year Network Play-by-play Analyst2013Dial Global Sports Gary Cohen Kyle Macy2012 John Sadak Michael Cage
See also Big West Conference women's basketball tournament CCAA men's basketball tournament
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