The 2021 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big West Conference of the 2020-21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held from March 9–13, 2021 at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA tournament."Big West Conference Announces Move of Men's and Women's Basketball Championships to Las Vegas" bigwest.org. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
Seeds Of the 11 conference teams, 10 were eligible for the tournament. UC San Diego was ineligible for this year's tournament, as they were in the first year of the four-year transition required for teams transferring to Division I from Division II. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Unlike previous years, reseeding teams after the quarterfinals did not take place for this year's tournament.
SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1 UC Santa Barbara 13–3 2 UC Irvine 10–4 3 UC Riverside 8–4 4 UC Davis 6–4 5 Cal State Bakersfield 9–7 6 Hawaii 9–9 7 Cal State Fullerton 5–7 8 Cal State Northridge 5–9 9 Long Beach State 4–8 10 Cal Poly 1–15
Schedule and results GameTime "Basketball Championships- Big West Conference" bigwest.org. Retrieved 2020-02-22.MatchupScoreTelevision First round – Tuesday, March 912:30 pm No. 8 CSUN vs. No. 9 Long Beach State 63–85ESPN325:00 pm No. 7 CSU Fullerton vs. No. 10 Cal Poly82–87 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 11311:00 am No. 1 UC Santa Barbara vs. No. 9 Long Beach State 95–87ESPN342:00 pm No. 4 UC Davis vs. No. 5 CSU Bakersfield58–5655:00 pm No. 2 UC Irvine vs. No. 10 Cal Poly58–5168:00 pm No. 3 UC Riverside vs. No. 6 Hawaii62–52 Semifinals – Friday, March 1276:00 pmNo. 1 UC Santa Barbara vs. No. 4 UC Davis71–55ESPN389:00 pmNo. 2 UC Irvine vs. No. 3 UC Riverside78–61ESPNU Final – Saturday, March 1398:30 pmNo. 1 UC Santa Barbara vs. No. 2 UC Irvine79–63ESPN2 *Game times in PST. Rankings denote tournament seed
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