2012 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2012 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2011–12
Teams 8
Site Honda Center
Anaheim, California
Champions Long Beach State (5th title)
Winning coach Dan Monson (1st title)
MVP Casper Ware (Long Beach State)
Attendance 7,564
Television ESPNU/ESPN2
2011–12 Big West men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Long Beach State† 15 – 1   .938     25 – 9   .735
Cal State Fullerton 12 – 4   .750     21 – 10   .677
UC Santa Barbara 12 – 4   .750     20 – 11   .645
Cal Poly 8 – 8   .500     18 – 15   .545
UC Riverside 7 – 9   .438     14 – 17   .452
Pacific 6 – 10   .375     11 – 19   .367
UC Irvine 6 – 10   .375     12 – 20   .375
UC Davis 3 – 13   .188     5 – 26   .161
*Cal State Northridge 3 – 13   .188     7 – 21   .250
† 2012 Big West Tournament winner
As of March 15, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll
*Ineligible for conference tournament due to low APR

The 2012 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place March 8–10, 2012 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.[1] The Tournament was previously held at the Anaheim Convention Center. Long Beach State won the tournament, which allowed them to receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Cal State Northridge was banned from competing in postseason play for failing to meet the NCAA's Academic Progress Rate requirements.[2]

Format

Eight teams will qualify for the 2012 Big West Tournament. In the Semifinals the highest seed will play the lowest seed, while the remaining two teams match up.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
March 8, 2012 		Semifinals
March 9, 2012 		Championship Game
March 10, 2012
         
1 Long Beach State 80
8 UC Davis 46
1 Long Beach State 68
7 UC Irvine 57
2 Cal State Fullerton 59
7 UC Irvine 65
1 Long Beach State 77
3 UC Santa Barbara 64
3 UC Santa Barbara 72
6 Pacific 52
3 UC Santa Barbara 64
4 Cal Poly 52
4 Cal Poly 66
5 UC Riverside 54

References

  1. ↑ "2012 Big West Men's Basketball Tournament". Retrieved October 12, 2011.
  2. ↑ Manzano, Gilberto. "NCAA bans Matadors from 2012 postseason". Daily Sundial. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
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