2010 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament

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2010 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament
Tournament Logo
ClassificationDivision I
Season2009–10
Teams8
SiteAnaheim Convention Center Arena
Anaheim, California
ChampionsUC Santa Barbara (2nd title)
Winning coachBob Williams (2nd title)
MVPOrlando Johnson (UC Santa Barbara)
TelevisionESPNU/ESPN2
← 2009
2011 →
2009–10 Big West men's basketball standings
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[edit]

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

Television[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  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.