The 2020 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament was to be the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big West Conference of the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was scheduled be held from March 12 through March 14, 2020 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. It was cancelled on March 12 in the effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
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 to be reseeded after the quarterfinals.
Seed School Conferencerecord Tiebreaker 1UC Irvine 13–3 2Cal State Northridge 10–6 2–0 vs. UC Santa Barbara 3UC Santa Barbara 10–6 0–2 vs. Cal State Northridge 4Hawaii 8–8 2–0 vs. UC Davis 5UC Davis 8–8 0–2 vs. Hawaii 6UC Riverside 7–9 7Cal State Fullerton 6–10 8Long Beach State 6–10
Schedule and results GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevision Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12112:00 pmNo. 2 Cal State Northridge vs. No. 7 Cal State FullertoncancelledESPN322:30 pmNo. 3 UC Santa Barbara vs. No. 6 UC Riverside36:00 pmNo. 1 UC Irvine vs. No. 8 Long Beach State48:30 pmNo. 4 Hawaii vs. No. 5 UC Davis Semifinals – Friday, March 1356:30 pmGame 1 Winner vs. Game 2 WinnercancelledESPN369:00 pmGame 3 Winner vs. Game 4 WinnerESPNU Championship – Saturday, March 1478:30 pmGame 5 Winner vs. Game 6 WinnercancelledESPN2 Game times PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games held at Honda Center, Anaheim, California
Bracket
Attendance
On March 10, due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, the Big West Conference announced that both the Men's and Women's Tournaments would be played without paid spectators.
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