2010 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament

2010 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament
Tournament Logo
Classification	Division I
Season	2009–10
Teams	8
Site	Anaheim Convention Center Arena Anaheim, California
Champions	UC Santa Barbara (2nd title)
Winning coach	Bob Williams (2nd title)
MVP	Orlando Johnson (UC Santa Barbara)
Television	ESPNU/ESPN2
Big West Conference men's basketball tournaments

2009–10 Big West men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
UC Santa Barbara †	12	–	4		.750			20	–	10		.667
Pacific	12	–	4		.750			23	–	12		.657
Cal State Fullerton	8	–	8		.500			16	–	15		.516
Long Beach State	8	–	8		.500			17	–	16		.515
UC Davis	8	–	8		.500			14	–	18		.438
Cal Poly SLO	7	–	9		.438			12	–	19		.387
UC Irvine	6	–	10		.375			14	–	18		.438
Cal State Northridge	6	–	10		.375			11	–	21		.344
UC Riverside	5	–	11		.313			12	–	17		.414
† 2010 Big West tournament winner As of March 30, 2010 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament took place on March 10–13, 2010 at the Anaheim Convention Center Arena in Anaheim, California. The winner of the tournament was UC Santa Barbara.^[1][2] The Gauchos received the conference's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

Format

The top two seed received byes into the semifinals. Seeds 3 and 4 received byes into the quarterfinals.

Television

The first round and quarterfinals games were broadcast online via BigWest.TV. The semifinals were broadcast on ESPNU and the championship game was broadcast on ESPN2.

Tournament Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 10					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 11					Semifinals Friday, March 12					Finals Saturday, March 13
	6	Cal Poly	73
	7	UC Irvine	69			3	Long Beach State	79
						6	Cal Poly	69
											2	Pacific	61
											3	Long Beach State	68
																3	Long Beach State	64
	5	Cal State Fullerton	84													1	UC Santa Barbara	69
	8	Cal State Northridge	76			4	UC Davis	68
						5	Cal State Fullerton	65
											1	UC Santa Barbara	76
											4	UC Davis	62

References

1. Maya, Adam (March 13, 2010). "Santa Barbara tough enough in Big West final". The Orange County Register. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
2. Zant, John (March 13, 2010). "Gauchos Tough in the Clutch". Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved February 5, 2024.