2016 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament

August 2023 March 2026 2016 Big West Conference I Men's 150px Big West tournament Logo 8 Honda Center Anaheim, California Hawaii 1st Eran Ganot 1st Aaron Valdes Hawaii Prime TicketESPN3ESPNUESPN2 11 -2 The 2016 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament took place from March 10–12, 2016 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.2015 Men's College Basketball Conference tournament Information http://www.bigwest.org/sports/mbball/info/champs/ December 4, 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141202041925/http://www.bigwest.org/sports/mbball/info/champs/ December 2, 2014 Hawaii won the tournament, defeating Long Beach State in the championship, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament. Cal State Northridge did not participate in the tournament due to a self-imposed postseason ban for academic fraud violations.http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-csun-basketball-violation-20160108-story.html CSUN admits violations in men's basketball program, self-imposes postseason ban latimes.com 2016-03-04 Seeds The top 8 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 reseeded after the Quarterfinals. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1 Hawaii 13–3 2–0 vs. UC Irvine 2 UC Irvine 13–3 0–2 vs. Hawaii 3 Long Beach State 12–4 4 UC Santa Barbara 11–5 5 UC Davis 6–10 6 UC Riverside 5–11 7 Cal Poly 4–12 8 Cal State Fullerton 3–13 Schedule GameTime*Matchup#Final scoreTelevision Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10112:00 pm#4 UC Santa Barbara vs. #5 UC Davis87–61Prime Ticket22:30 pm#1 Hawaii vs. #8 CS Fullerton75–4436:00 pm#2 UC Irvine vs. #7 Cal Poly84–6448:30 pm#3 Long Beach State v. #6 UC Riverside82–74 Semifinals – Friday, March 1156:30 pm#1 Hawaii vs. #4 UC Santa Barbara88–76ESPN369:00 pm#2 UC Irvine vs. #3 Long Beach State72–77ESPNU Championship – Saturday, March 1278:30 pm#1 Hawaii vs. #3 Long Beach State64–60ESPN2 *Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games held at Honda Center, Anaheim, CA Bracket QuarterfinalsThursday, March 10FS PRIME SemifinalsFriday, March 11ESPNU and ESPN3(re-seeded) ChampionshipSaturday, March 12ESPN2 1 Hawaii 75 8 Cal State Fullerton 44 4 UC Santa Barbara 87 5 UC Davis 61 2 UC Irvine 84 7 Cal Poly 64 3 Long Beach State 82 6 UC Riverside 74 1 Hawaii 88 4 UC Santa Barbara 76 2 UC Irvine 72 3 Long Beach State 77 1 Hawaii 64 3 Long Beach State 60 References Category:Big West Conference men's basketball tournament Category:2010s in Anaheim, California Category:2010s in sports in Orange County, California Tournament Big West Conference men's basketball tournament Big West Conference men's basketball tournament Category:College basketball tournaments in California Category:Basketball competitions in Anaheim, California