2021 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament: Matchups, players to know & more
UC Santa Barbara and UC Irvine are the 2 tops teams in the conference tournament this year
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The 2021 Big West Conference men’s basketball tournament will determine which team gets an automatic bid to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.
The conference tournament starts March 9 and will run through March 13. Ten of the conference’s 11 teams made the tournament.
Each game will be played at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. The games will be held without spectators.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}MARCH 9 – FIRST ROUND
(9) Long Beach State def. (8) Cal State Northridge, 85-63
(10) Cal Poly def. (7) Cal State Fullerton, 87-82
MARCH 11 – QUARTERFINALS
(1) UC Santa Barbara def. (9) Long Beach State, 95-87
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}(4) UC Davis def. (5) Cal State Bakersfield, 58-56
(2) UC Irvine def. (10) Cal Poly, 58-51
(3) UC Riverside def. (6) Hawaii, 62-52
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}MARCH 12 – SEMIFINALS
(1) UC Santa Barbara def. (4) UC Davis, 71-55
(2) UC Irvine def. (3) UC Riverside, 78-61
MARCH 13 – CHAMPIONSHIP
(1) UC Santa Barbara def. (2) UC Irvine, 79-63
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5 PLAYERS TO KNOW
JaQuori McLaughlin, UC Santa Barbara: McLaughlin starred on the Gauchos as the team earned the top seed in the conference tournament. He is averaging 15.6 points and 5.4 assists per game this season.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Collin Welp, UC Irvine: Welp is one of the top players for the Anteaters. The forward is averaging 14.8 points and 7.7 rebounds per game.
Arinze Chidom, UC Riverside: Chidom played 18 games for UC Riverside this season. He shot 49% from the field and averaged 13.5 points per game.
Ezra Manjon, UC Davis: Manjon was one of the top scorers fin the conference. He averaged 15.9 points in the regular season.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}T.J. Starks, Cal State Northridge: Northridge might be the No. 8 seed, but Starks was a standout player in the regular season. He led the conference with 21.6 points per game.