The 2018 Big West Conference men's volleyball tournament was a postseason men's volleyball tournament for the Big West Conference during the 2018 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. It was held from April 19 through April 21, 2018 at Long Beach State University's Walter Pyramid. The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Volleyball Tournament.

Seeds All six teams were eligible for the postseason, with the top two seeds receiving byes to the semifinals. The top seed has home court hosting rights for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1 Long Beach State 9–1 – 2 Hawai'i 6–4 1–1 vs. UC Irvine, 1–1 vs. Long Beach State 3 UC Irvine 6–4 1–1 vs. Hawai'i, 0–2 vs. Long Beach State 4 CSUN 5–5 – 5 UCSB 4–6 – 6 UC San Diego 0–10 –

Schedule and results TimeNetworkMatchupScoreAttendanceBroadcasters Quarterfinals – Thursday, April 195:00 pmESPN3No. 3 UC Irvine vs. No. 6 UC San Diego3–0(25–18, 25–18, 25–16)708Sam Farber, Dain Blanton, & Matt Brown7:30 pmESPN3No. 4 CSUN vs. No. 5 UCSB3-1(25-18, 30-28, 12-25, 28-26)Rahshaun Haylock, Dain Blanton, & Matt Brown Semifinals – Friday, April 205:00 pmESPN3No. 2 Hawai'i vs. No. 3 UC Irvine3–1(25–16, 25–23, 20–25, 25–18) 1,795Sam Farber, Dain Blanton, & Matt Brown7:30 pmESPN3No. 1 Long Beach State vs. No. 4 CSUN3–0(25–23, 25–13, 25–17)Rahshaun Haylock, Dain Blanton, & Matt Brown Championship – Saturday, April 217:00 pmESPN3No. 1 Long Beach State vs. No. 2 Hawai'i3–0(25–23, 25–14, 25–19)2,325Rahshaun Haylock, Dain Blanton, & Matt Brown Game times are PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

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