2020–21 Big West Conference men's basketball season

The 2020–21 Big West Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2020, followed by the start of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began in January 2021 and concluded in March 2021. Games against UC San Diego were counted as non-conference games as their results were not counted in the league standings during their transition period."Big West Men's Basketball Weekly Release – Jan. 26" bigwest.org. Retrieved 2021-01-27.

Preseason awards Preseason awards were announced by the league office on November 11, 2020."Media Tab UC Irvine as Favorite in 2020-21 Men's Basketball Race" bigwest.org. Retrieved 2020-01-18.

Preseason men's basketball media poll (First place votes in parentheses) UC Irvine (28) 270 UC Santa Barbara (9) 254 UC Davis (1) 182 Hawaii 165 UC Riverside 160 Long Beach State 141 CSU Bakersfield 117 CSU Northridge 102 Cal State Fullerton 95 Cal Poly 54

Conference matrix  Cal PolyCal State BakersfieldCSU FullertonCSU NorthridgeHawaiiLong Beach StateUC DavisUC IrvineUC RiversideUC San DiegoUC Santa Barbaravs. Cal Poly – 2−00−01−12−02−02−02−02−00−01–0vs. Cal State Bakersfield0–2 – 1−11−10−21−10−01−11−10−02–0vs. CSU Fullerton0–01−1 – 1–11−11−10−01−10−00–02–0vs. CSU Northridge1–11−11−1 – 1−10−01−10−01−00−02–0vs. Hawaii0–22−01−11−1 – 0−20−11−11−10–02–0vs. Long Beach State0−21−11−10−02−0 – 2−00−00−00–00–0vs. UC Davis0–20−00−01−11−00−2 – 0−00−00–02–0vs. UC Irvine0–21−11−10−01−10−00−0 – 1−10–00−2vs. UC Riverside0–21−10−00−11−10−00−01−1 – 0–01–1vs. UC San Diego0−00−00−00−00−00−00−00−01−0 – 0–0vs. UC Santa Barbara0–10−20−20−20−20−00−22−01−10–0 −Total1–149–75–75–79–84–65–48–47–40–012–3

All-Big West awards

Big West men's basketball weekly awards

WeekPlayer(s) of the WeekSchoolNov 30 Erza Manjon UC DavisDec 7 Zyon Pullin UC RiversideDec 14 TJ Starks CSUNDec 21 JaQuori McLaughlin UC Santa Barbara Dec 28 Collin Welp UC IrvineJan 4 JaQuori McLaughlin (2) UC Santa BarbaraJan 11 DJ Davis UC IrvineJan 18 Tazé Moore Cal State BakersfieldJan 25 JaQuori McLaughlin (3) UC Santa BarbaraFeb 1Justin McCallCal State BakersfieldFeb 8Justin WebsterHawaiiFeb 15Elijah PepperUC DavisFeb 22Darius Brown IICSUNMar 1Collin Welp (2)UC IrvineMar 8Zyon Pullin (2)UC Riverside

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