2025 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2025 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big West Conference of the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held March 12–15, 2025, at the Lee's Family Forum in Henderson, Nevada. The winner, UC San Diego, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA tournament. The Tritons were in their first year of Division I eligibility.

Seeds The top eight teams in the conference standings qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top two seeds received double byes to the semifinals, the third and fourth seeds received single byes to the quarterfinals, and the remaining four seeds played each other in the first round.

SeedSchoolRecordTiebreaker1UC San Diego18–22UC Irvine17–33UC Riverside 14–62–0 vs. Cal State Northridge4Cal State Northridge 14–60–2 vs. UC Riverside5UC Santa Barbara11–96UC Davis9–117Cal Poly8–122–0 vs. Cal State Bakersfield8Cal State Bakersfield8–120–2 vs. Cal PolyDNQHawai'i7–13DNQLong Beach State3–17DNQCal State Fullerton1-19

Schedule and results GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevision First round – Wednesday, March 1216:00 pmNo. 5 UC Santa Barbara vs. No. 8 Cal State Bakersfield71–66ESPN+28:30 pmNo. 6 UC Davis vs. No. 7 Cal Poly76–86 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 1336:00 pmNo. 4 Cal State Northridge vs. No. 5 UC Santa Barbara72–78ESPN+48:30 pmNo. 3 UC Riverside vs. No. 7 Cal Poly83–96 Semifinals – Friday, March 1456:00 pmNo. 1 UC San Diego vs. No. 5 UC Santa Barbara69–51ESPN+ (Live) / ESPNU (Delay)68:30 pmNo. 2 UC Irvine vs. No. 7 Cal Poly96–78ESPN2 Final – Saturday, March 1576:40 pmNo. 1 UC San Diego vs. No. 2 UC Irvine75–61ESPN2 *Game times in PDT. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

Game summaries First round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship

Awards and honors All-Tournament Team Name Pos. Height Weight Year Team Hayden GrayG 6−4 190 Senior UC San Diego Jarred HyderG 6−3 185 Graduate Cal Poly Bent Leuchten C 7-1 260 Senior UC Irvine Stephan SwensonG 6−2 195 Graduate UC Santa Barbara Devin Tillis F 6−7 225 RS Senior UC Irvine Aniwaniwa Tait-JonesG/F 6−6 200 Senior UC San Diego

Most Outstanding Player Name Pos. Height Weight Year Team Aniwaniwa Tait-JonesG/F 6−6 200 Senior UC San Diego

Statistics Top Players By Category Generally, must have scored at least 10 points in the Big West Tournament to be the leader in individual scoring or individual scoring percentage categories.

+ Individual scoring1 UC Riverside 1 30 30.02 UC Davis 1 25 25.03 UC Riverside 1 21 21.04 Cal State Northridge 1 19 19.0 UC Davis 1 19 19.06 UC Santa Barbara 3 52 17.37 UC San Diego 2 34 17.0 Cal State Northridge 1 17 17.09 UC San Diego 2 33 16.5 UC Irvine 2 33 16.511 Cal Poly 3 49 16.312 UC Irvine 2 31 15.513 Cal State Bakersfield 1 15 15.014 UC Irvine 2 29 14.5

+ Individual field-goal percentage1 UC San Diego 2 4 4 100.0% UC Irvine 2 6 6 100.0%3 Cal Poly 3 10 12 83.3%4 Cal State Northridge 1 4 5 80.0%5 Cal State Northridge 1 6 8 75.0% UC Davis 1 9 12 75.0% Cal State Bakersfield 1 6 8 75.0%8 UC San Diego 2 13 19 68.4%9 UC San Diego 2 5 8 62.5%10 UC Santa Barbara 3 8 13 61.5%11 UC Riverside 1 11 18 61.1%12 UC Irvine 2 10 17 58.8%13 UC Riverside 1 9 16 56.2%14 Cal Poly 3 15 28 53.5%15 UC Irvine 2 11 21 52.3%

+ Individual three-point field-goal percentage1 UC San Diego 2 4 4 100.0% Cal Poly 3 2 2 100.0% Cal State Bakersfield 1 2 2 100.0% Cal State Northridge 1 1 1 100.0%5 UC San Diego 2 7 10 70.0%6 Cal Poly 3 8 13 61.5%7 UC Irvine 2 3 5 60.0%8 Cal Poly 3 5 10 50.0%9 Cal Poly 3 11 24 45.8%10 Cal Poly 3 5 11 45.4%11 Cal Poly 3 3 7 42.8% UC Riverside 1 3 7 42.8% UC Riverside 1 3 7 42.8% UC Irvine 2 3 7 42.8%15 Cal Poly 3 8 20 40.0%

+ Individual free-throw percentage1 UC Irvine 2 7 7 100.0% Cal State Northridge 1 6 6 100.0% UC Santa Barbara 3 4 4 100.0% Cal Poly 3 4 4 100.0% UC Irvine 2 4 4 100.0% UC Irvine 2 3 3 100.0% UC Davis 1 3 3 100.0% UC Davis 1 2 2 100.0% Cal State Bakersfield 1 2 2 100.0% UC Santa Barbara 3 1 1 100.0%11 Cal State Northridge 1 9 10 90.0%12 UC Santa Barbara 3 7 8 87.5%13 UC Irvine 2 6 7 85.7%14 UC San Diego 2 11 13 84.6%15 UC Riverside 1 5 6 83.3%

+ Individual rebounding1 UC Riverside 1 2 9 11 11.0 Cal State Northridge 1 1 10 11 11.03 Cal State Bakersfield 1 4 5 9 9.04 UC Irvine 2 4 13 17 8.55 UC San Diego 2 4 12 16 8.0 Cal State Northridge 1 3 5 8 8.07 UC Irvine 2 4 11 15 7.58 Cal State Northridge 1 2 5 7 7.09 Cal Poly 3 6 13 19 6.310 UC Santa Barbara 3 7 11 18 6.0 Cal State Bakersfield 1 3 3 6 6.012 UC Santa Barbara 3 3 13 16 5.3 + Individual assists1 UC Davis 1 11 11.02 UC San Diego 2 17 8.53 UC Irvine 2 14 7.04 UC Riverside 1 5 5.05 Cal Poly 3 14 4.66 UC Santa Barbara 3 13 4.37 Cal Poly 3 12 4.0 Cal State Bakersfield 1 4 4.08 UC Santa Barbara 3 11 3.6 Cal Poly 3 11 3.6 + Individual blocks1 UC San Diego 2 4 2.0 UC Riverside 1 2 2.0 UC Davis 1 2 2.0 Cal State Bakersfield 1 2 2.05 UC Irvine 2 3 1.56 UC Santa Barbara 3 4 1.37 UC San Diego 2 2 1.0 UC Irvine 2 2 1.0 UC Santa Barbara 3 3 1.0 Cal State Northridge 1 1 1.0 Cal State Northridge 1 1 1.0 UC Davis 1 1 1.0 UC Davis 1 1 1.0 Cal State Bakersfield 1 1 1.0 + Individual steals1 UC Santa Barbara 3 9 3.02 UC San Diego 2 5 2.53 Cal Poly 3 6 2.0 UC Riverside 1 2 2.0 UC Riverside 1 2 2.0 Cal State Northridge 1 2 2.0 Cal State Northridge 1 2 2.08 UC San Diego 2 3 1.5 UC Irvine 2 3 1.510 UC Santa Barbara 3 4 1.3 Cal Poly 3 4 1.3 Cal Poly 3 4 1.3

Team by Team Leaders Team Games Played Points Rebounds Assists StealsBlocksMinutesCal Poly 3 Jarred Hyder 49 Cayden Ward 19 Jarred Hyder 14 Rac Miniker 6 Owen Koonce 2 101 Cal State Bakersfield 1 Jemel Jones 15 Corey Stephenson 9 Jemel Jones 4 1 Corey Stephenson 2 Marvin McGhee III 34Cal State Northridge 1 Keonte Jones 19 Keonte Jones 11 3 2 1 Keonte Jones 37UC Davis 1 Pablo Tamba 25 4 TY Johnson 11 Leo DeBruhl 2 1 TY Johnson 36UC Irvine 2 Justin Hohn 33 Bent Leuchten 17 Devin Tillis 14 Devin Tillis 3 Kyle Evans 3 67UC Riverside 1 Isaiah Moses 30 Kaleb Smith 11 Barrington Hargress 5 2 Niyi Olabode 2 Isaiah Moses 34UC San Diego 2 Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones 34 Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones 16 Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones 17 Hayden Gray 5 Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones 4 Hayden Gray 73UC Santa Barbara 3 Stephan Swenson 52 Jason Fontenet II 18 Stephan Swenson 13 Stephan Swenson 9 Max Murrell 4 Stephan Swenson 108

See also 2025 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament

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