# 2022 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2022 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big West Conference of the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held March 8–12, 2022, at the Dollar Loan Center in Henderson, Nevada. The winner, the Cal State Fullerton Titans, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA tournament.

## Seeds

Of the 11 conference teams, 10 were eligible for the tournament. UC San Diego was ineligible for the tournament, as it was in the second year of the four-year transition required for teams transferring to Division I from Division II. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Unlike previous years, reseeding teams after the quarterfinals did not take place for the 2022 tournament.
| Seed | School | Record | Tiebreaker |
| 1 | Long Beach State | 12–3 | |
| 2 | Cal State Fullerton | 11–4 | |
| 3 | Hawai'i | 10–5 | |
| 4 | UC Irvine | 9–5 | |
| 5 | UC Santa Barbara | 8–5 | |
| 6 | UC Riverside | 9–6 | |
| 7 | UC Davis | 5–6 | |
| 8 | Cal State Northridge | 3–13 | |
| 9 | Cal State Bakersfield | 2–12 | 2–0 vs Cal Poly |
| 10 | Cal Poly | 2–12 | 0–2 vs Cal State Bakersfield |

## Schedule and results

| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television |
| First round – Tuesday, March 8 |||||
| 1 | 6:00 pm | No. 8 CSUN vs. No. 9 CSU Bakersfield | 58–45 | ESPN+ |
| 2 | 8:30 pm | No. 7 UC Davis vs. No. 10 Cal Poly | 63–53 | ESPN+ |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10 |||||
| 3 | 12:00 pm | No. 1 Long Beach State vs. No. 9 CSU Bakersfield | 72–61 | ESPN+ |
| 4 | 2:30 pm | No. 4 UC Irvine vs. No. 5 UC Santa Barbara | 69–78 | ESPN+ |
| 5 | 6:00 pm | No. 2 CSU Fullerton vs. No. 7 UC Davis | 73–55 | ESPN+ |
| 6 | 8:30 pm | No. 3 Hawaii vs. No. 6 UC Riverside | 68–67 | ESPN+ |
| Semifinals – Friday, March 11 |||||
| 7 | 6:00 pm | No. 1 Long Beach State vs. No. 5 UC Santa Barbara | 67–64 | ESPN+ |
| 8 | 8:30 pm | No. 2 CSU Fullerton vs. No. 3 Hawaii | 58–46 | ESPNU |
| Final – Saturday, March 12 |||||
| 9 | 8:30 pm | No. 1 Long Beach State vs. No. 2 CSU Fullerton | 71-72 | ESPN2 |
| *Game times in PST. Rankings denote tournament seed |||||

## Bracket

| First round March 8 ESPN+ | First round March 8 ESPN+ | First round March 8 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals March 10 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals March 10 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals March 10 ESPN+ | Semifinals March 11 ESPN+/ESPNU | Semifinals March 11 ESPN+/ESPNU | Semifinals March 11 ESPN+/ESPNU | Championship March 12 ESPN2 | Championship March 12 ESPN2 | Championship March 12 ESPN2 |
| | | | 1 | Long Beach State | 72 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Cal State Northridge | 45 | 9 | Cal State Bakersfield | 61 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Cal State Bakersfield | 58 | | | | 1 | Long Beach State | 67 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | UC Santa Barbara | 64 | | | |
| | | | 4 | UC Irvine | 69 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | UC Santa Barbara | 78 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Long Beach State | 71 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Cal State Fullerton | 72 |
| | | | 2 | Cal State Fullerton | 73 | | | | | | |
| 7 | UC Davis | 63 | 7 | UC Davis | 55 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Cal Poly | 53 | | | | 2 | Cal State Fullerton | 58 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Hawaii | 46 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Hawaii | 68 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | UC Riverside | 67 | | | | | | |