The 2018 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big West Conference of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held from March 8–10, 2018 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. No. 4 seed Cal State Fullerton defeated No. 3 seed UC Irvine in the championship game to win the tournament and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
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 re-seeded after the quarterfinals.
SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1 UC Davis 12–4 2 UC Santa Barbara 11–5 1–1 vs UC Davis 3 UC Irvine 11–5 0–2 vs UC Davis 4 Cal State Fullerton 10–6 5 Long Beach State 9–7 6 Hawaii 8–8 7 Cal Poly 4–12 1–1 vs UC Santa Barbara 8 UC Riverside 4–12 0–2 vs UC Santa Barbara
Schedule and results GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevision Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 8112:00 pmNo. 1 UC Davis vs No. 8 UC Riverside70–66Fox Sports West/Prime Ticket22:30 pmNo. 4 Cal State Fullerton vs No. 5 Long Beach State76–7436:00 pmNo. 3 UC Irvine vs No. 6 Hawaii68–6748:30 pmNo. 2 UC Santa Barbara vs No. 7 Cal Poly75–53 Semifinals – Friday, March 956:30 pmNo. 1 UC Davis vs No. 4 Cal State Fullerton52–55ESPNU69:00 pmNo. 3 UC Irvine vs No. 2 UC Santa Barbara61–58ESPNU Championship – Saturday, March 1079:00 pmNo. 3 UC Irvine vs No. 4 Cal State Fullerton55–71ESPN2 Game times in PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games held at Honda Center, Anaheim, California
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