1990 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament

1990 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1989–90
Teams10
SiteLong Beach Arena
Long Beach, CA
ChampionsUNLV (6th title)
Winning coachJerry Tarkanian (6th title)
MVPLarry Johnson (UNLV)
← 1989
1991 →
1989–90 Big West men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 24 New Mexico State 16 – 2   .889 26 – 5   .839
No. 2 UNLV† 16 – 2   .889 35 – 5   .875
UC Santa Barbara 13 – 5   .722 21 – 9   .700
Long Beach State 12 – 6   .667 23 – 9   .719
Utah State 8 – 10   .444 14 – 16   .467
Pacific 7 – 11   .389 15 – 14   .517
Cal State Fullerton 6 – 12   .333 13 – 16   .448
San Jose State 5 – 13   .278 8 – 20   .286
Fresno State 4 – 14   .222 10 – 19   .345
UC Irvine 3 – 15   .167 5 – 23   .179
† 1990 Big West tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 1990 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 7–10 at the Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, California.[1]

Defending champions UNLV defeated fourth-seeded Long Beach State in the final, 92–72, and captured their sixth PCAA/Big West championship. This was the Runnin' Rebels' sixth title in eight seasons.

UNLV, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA tournament, which they would go on to win. Fellow Big West members New Mexico State and UC Santa Barbara received at-large bids.

Format

There were no changes to the tournament format from 1989. All ten conference members participated in the field, with teams seeded in the bracket based on regular season conference records.

The top six seeds were given a bye into the quarterfinal round while the four lowest-seeded teams were placed into an initial preliminary round.

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, March 7 		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 8 		Semifinals
Friday, March 9 		Championship
Saturday, March 10
            
1 #23 New Mexico State 72
9 Fresno State 66
9 Fresno State 71
8 San José State 56
1 #23 New Mexico State 85
4 Long Beach State 90
5 Utah State 68
4 Long Beach State 86
4 Long Beach State 74
2 #3 UNLV 92
3 UC Santa Barbara 62
6 Pacific 65
6 Pacific 72
2 #3 UNLV 99
7 Cal State Fullerton 82
10 UC Irvine 63
2 #3 UNLV 115
7 Cal State Fullerton 93

References

  1. ^ "1989-90 Big West Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2018. Retrieved February 15, 2018.