The 2017 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big West Conference. The tournament took place March 9–11, 2017 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The tournament winner, UC Davis, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament with a 50–47 win over UC Irvine in the final.
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 will reseed after the quarterfinals. Hawaii was initially banned from the postseason for infractions from the previous coaching staff but in the final week of the regular season, Hawaii won their appeal and were reinstated. SeedSchoolConference 1 UC Irvine 12–4 2 UC Davis 11–5 3 Cal State Fullerton 10–6 4 Long Beach State 9–7 5 Hawaii 8–8 6 Cal State Northridge 7–9 7 Cal Poly 6–10 8 UC Riverside 5–11
Schedule and results
GameTime*MatchupScoreTelevision Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9112:00 pmNo. 2 UC Davis vs No. 7 Cal Poly66–55Fox Sports West&Prime Ticket22:30 pmNo. 3 Cal State Fullerton vs No. 6 Cal State Northridge81–6836:00 pmNo. 1 UC Irvine vs No. 8 UC Riverside76–6748:30 pmNo. 4 Long Beach State vs No. 5 Hawaii73–62 Semifinals – Friday, March 1056:30 pmNo.1 UC Irvine vs No. 4 Long Beach State62–57ESPN369:00 pmNo. 2 UC Davis vs No. 3 Cal State Fullerton66–64OTESPNU Championship – Saturday, March 1178:30 pmNo.1 UC Irvine vs No. 2 UC Davis47–50ESPN2 *Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games held at Honda Center, Anaheim, CA
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