2009 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament

2009 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2008–09
Teams	8
Site	Anaheim Convention Center Arena Anaheim, California
Champions	Cal State Northridge (1st title)
Winning coach	Bobby Braswell (1st title)
MVP	Rodrigue Mels (Cal State Northridge)
Big West Conference men's basketball tournaments

2008–09 Big West men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Cal State Northridge †	11	–	5		.688			17	–	14		.548
Pacific	10	–	6		.625			21	–	13		.618
Long Beach State	10	–	6		.625			15	–	15		.500
UC Riverside	8	–	8		.500			17	–	13		.567
UC Santa Barbara	8	–	8		.500			16	–	15		.516
UC Irvine	8	–	8		.500			12	–	19		.387
Cal State Fullerton	7	–	9		.438			15	–	17		.469
UC Davis	7	–	9		.438			13	–	19		.406
Cal Poly	3	–	13		.188			7	–	21		.250
† 2009 Big West tournament winner As of April 10, 2009[1] Rankings from AP poll

The 2009 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament took place in March 2009.

Format

The top two seeds receive byes into the semifinals. Seeds 3 and 4 receive byes into the quarterfinals. If necessary, the bracket will be adjusted after each round so that the top and bottom seeds in each round play in the same game. The ninth place team, Cal Poly, did not receive a tournament invitation.

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 11					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 12					Semifinals Friday, March 13					Finals Saturday, March 14
	6	UC Riverside	46
	7	Cal State Fullerton	59			4	UC Santa Barbara	73
						7	Cal State Fullerton	64
											1	Cal State Northridge	67
											4	UC Santa Barbara	60
																1	Cal State Northridge	71
	5	UC Irvine	68													3	Pacific	66
	8	UC Davis	69			3	Pacific	67
						8	UC Davis	60
											2	Long Beach State	60
											3	Pacific	65

References

1. Big West MBB Record Book