1992 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament

1992 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1991–92
Teams8
SiteLong Beach Arena
Long Beach, CA
ChampionsNew Mexico State (1st title)
Winning coachNeil McCarthy (1st title)
MVPSam Crawford (New Mexico State)
← 1991
1993 →
1991–92 Big West men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 7 UNLV 18 – 0   1.000 26 – 2   .929
UC Santa Barbara 13 – 5   .722 20 – 9   .690
New Mexico State† 12 – 6   .667 25 – 8   .758
Long Beach State 11 – 7   .611 18 – 12   .600
Utah State 10 – 8   .556 16 – 12   .571
Pacific 8 – 10   .444 14 – 16   .467
Cal State Fullerton 8 – 10   .444 12 – 16   .429
Fresno State 6 – 12   .333 15 – 16   .484
UC Irvine 3 – 15   .167 7 – 22   .241
San Jose State 1 – 17   .056 2 – 24   .077
† 1992 Big West tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 1992 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 13–15 at the Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, California.[1]

New Mexico State defeated Pacific in the final, 74–73, capturing their first Big West title. Three-time defending champions UNLV did not participate in this year's tournament due to NCAA sanctions.

The Aggies subsequently received an automatic bid to the 1992 NCAA tournament.

Format

There were no changed to the tournament format for this season, with the Big West maintaining an eight-team tournament. In turn, only the top eight teams, based on regular season conference records, qualified for the tournament field.

UNLV, who finished first in the regular season standings, were barred from participating due to NCAA sanctions.

All eight teams were entered in the initial round, paired and seeded based on record.

Bracket

First round
Friday, March 13 		Semifinals
Saturday, March 14 		Championship
Sunday, March 15
         
1 UC Santa Barbara 67
8 UC Irvine 88
8 UC Irvine 69
5 Pacific 81
5 Pacific 86
4 Utah State 69
5 Pacific 73
2 New Mexico State 74
3 Long Beach State 77
6 Cal State Fullerton 71
3 Long Beach State 72
2 New Mexico State 80
7 Fresno State 85
2 New Mexico State 86

References

  1. ^ "1991-92 Big West Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2018. Retrieved February 20, 2018.