The 2019 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big West Conference of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held from March 14 through March 16, 2019 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. UC Irvine defeated Cal State Fullerton 92–64 in the championship game to win the tournament, and received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The championship was the second for UC Irvine in the Big West, last winning it in 2015.
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 reseeded after the quarterfinals.
SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1 UC Irvine 15–1 2 UC Santa Barbara 10–6 2–0 vs Hawaii 3 Cal State Fullerton 10–6 0–2 vs Hawaii 4 Hawaii 9–7 5 Long Beach State 8–8 6 UC Davis 7–9 1–1 vs UCSB 7 Cal State Northridge 7–9 0–2 vs. UCSB 8 UC Riverside 4–12 DNQ Cal Poly 2–14
Schedule and results GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevision Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14112:00 pmNo. 2 UC Santa Barbara vs. No. 7 Cal State Northridge71–68ESPN322:30 pmNo. 3 Cal State Fullerton vs. No. 6 UC Davis75–7136:00 pmNo. 1 UC Irvine vs. No. 8 UC Riverside63–4448:30 pmNo. 4 Hawaii vs. No. 5 Long Beach State66–68 Semifinals – Friday, March 1556:30 pmNo. 1 UC Irvine vs. No. 5 Long Beach State75–67ESPN3/ESPNU69:00 pmNo. 2 UC Santa Barbara vs. No. 3 Cal State Fullerton58–64ESPNU Championship – Saturday, March 1678:30 pmNo. 1 UC Irvine vs. No. 3 Cal State Fullerton92–64ESPN2 Game times in PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games held at Honda Center, Anaheim, California
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