2026 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2026 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big West Conference of the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held March 11–14, 2026, at the Lee's Family Forum in Henderson, Nevada. The winner, Hawaii, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA tournament. This was the last year UC Davis and Hawaii competed in the Big West tournament, as they will move to the Mountain West following this year.

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

SeedSchoolRecordTiebreaker #1Tiebreaker #21UC Irvine15–52Hawai'i14–63Cal State Fullerton12–84–0 vs. CSU Northridge/UC San Diego4Cal State Northridge12–82–2 vs. CSU Fullerton/UC San Diego2-0 vs. UC San Diego5UC San Diego12–80–4 vs. CSU Fullerton/CSU Northridge0-2 vs. CSU Northridge6UC Davis11–92–0 vs. UC Santa Barbara7UC Santa Barbara11–90–2 vs. UC Davis8Cal Poly10–10DNQLong Beach State6–14DNQUC Riverside5–15DNQCal State Bakersfield2–18

Schedule and results GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Wednesday, March 1116:00 pmNo. 5 UC San Diego vs. No 8. Cal Poly72–69 ESPN+ 1,03528:30 pmNo. 6 UC Davis vs. No. 7 UC Santa Barbara79–73 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 1236:00 pmNo. 4 Cal State Northridge vs. No. 5 UC San Diego80–70 ESPN+ 1,03048:30 pmNo. 3 Cal State Fullerton vs. No. 6 UC Davis82–70 Semifinals – Friday, March 1356:00 pmNo. 1 UC Irvine vs. No. 4 Cal State Northridge93–78ESPNU 2,06068:30 pmNo. 2 Hawai'i vs. No. 3 Cal State Fullerton78–63ESPN2 Final – Saturday, March 1477:00 pm No. 1 UC Irvine vs. No. 2 Hawai'i64–71ESPN23,488 *Game times in PDT. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

Game summaries First round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship

Awards and Honors All-Tournament Team Player Team Isaac Johnson Hawaii Dre Bullock Harry Rouhliadeff Jurian Dixon UC Irvine Derin Saran Josiah Davis Cal State Northridge

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See also 2026 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament

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