# Big West Conference men's basketball tournament

The Big West men's basketball tournament (formerly the Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball tournament) is the conference championship tournament in basketball for the Big West Conference.
It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. Only the top eight teams in the conference qualify for the tournament. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. Prior to 1985, it was known as the PCAA (Pacific Coast Athletic Association) Tournament for the conference's former name.

## Results
### Pacific Coast Athletic Association

| Year | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Tournament MVP | Location |
| 1976 | San Diego State | 76–64 | Pacific | None Selected | Stockton Civic Auditorium (Stockton, California) |
| 1977 | Long Beach State | 76–63 | San Jose State | None Selected | Anaheim Convention Center (Anaheim, California) |
| 1978 | Cal State Fullerton | 64–53 | Long Beach State | Greg Bunch, Cal State Fullerton | Anaheim Convention Center (Anaheim, California) |
| 1979 | Pacific | 82–73 | Utah State | Ron Cornelius, Pacific | Anaheim Convention Center (Anaheim, California) |
| 1980 | San Jose State | 57–55 | Long Beach State | Wally Rank, San Jose State | Anaheim Convention Center (Anaheim, California) |
| 1981 | Fresno State | 52–48 | San Jose State | Sid Williams, San Jose State | Anaheim Convention Center (Anaheim, California) |
| 1982 | Fresno State | 69–57 | Cal State Fullerton | Donald Mason, Fresno State | Anaheim Convention Center (Anaheim, California) |
| 1983 | UNLV | 66–63 (OT) | Fresno State | Sidney Green, UNLV | Inglewood Forum (Inglewood, California) |
| 1984 | Fresno State | 51–49 | UNLV | Richie Adams, UNLV | Inglewood Forum (Inglewood, California) |
| 1985 | UNLV | 79–61 | Cal State Fullerton | Richie Adams, UNLV | Inglewood Forum (Inglewood, California) |
| 1986 | UNLV | 75–55 | New Mexico State | Anthony Jones, UNLV | Inglewood Forum (Inglewood, California) |
| 1987 | UNLV | 94–69 | San Jose State | Freddie Banks, UNLV | Inglewood Forum (Inglewood, California) |
| 1988 | Utah State | 86–79 | UC Irvine | Wayne Engelstad, UC Irvine | Inglewood Forum (Inglewood, California) |

### Big West Conference

| Year | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Tournament MVP | Location |
| 1989 | UNLV | 68–62 | New Mexico State | Stacey Augmon, UNLV | Long Beach Arena (Long Beach, California) |
| 1990 | UNLV | 92–74 | Long Beach State | Larry Johnson, UNLV | Long Beach Arena (Long Beach, California) |
| 1991 | UNLV | 98–74 | Fresno State | Larry Johnson, UNLV | Long Beach Arena (Long Beach, California) |
| 1992 | New Mexico State | 74–73 | Pacific | Sam Crawford, New Mexico State | Long Beach Arena (Long Beach, California) |
| 1993 | Long Beach State | 70–62 | New Mexico State | Lucious Harris, Long Beach State | Long Beach Arena (Long Beach, California) |
| 1994 | New Mexico State | 70–64 | UC Irvine | Chris Brown, UC Irvine & James Dockery, New Mexico State | Thomas & Mack Center (Paradise, Nevada) |
| 1995 | Long Beach State | 76–69 (OT) | Nevada | Brian Green, Nevada | Thomas & Mack Center (Paradise, Nevada) |
| 1996 | San Jose State | 76–75 (OT) | Utah State | Olivier Saint-Jean, San Jose State | Lawlor Events Center (Reno, Nevada) |
| 1997 | Pacific | 63–55 | Nevada | Corey Anders, Pacific & Faron Hand, Nevada | Lawlor Events Center (Reno, Nevada) |
| 1998 | Utah State | 78–63 | Pacific | Marcus Saxon, Utah State | Lawlor Events Center (Reno, Nevada) |
| 1999 | New Mexico State | 79–69 | Boise State | Billy Keys, New Mexico State | Lawlor Events Center (Reno, Nevada) |
| 2000 | Utah State | 71–66 | New Mexico State | Shawn Daniels & Troy Rolle, Utah State | Lawlor Events Center (Reno, Nevada) |
| 2001 | Utah State | 50–38 | Pacific | Bernard Rock, Utah State | Anaheim Convention Center (Anaheim, California) |
| 2002 | UC Santa Barbara | 60–56 | Utah State | Nick Jones, UC Santa Barbara | Anaheim Convention Center (Anaheim, California) |
| 2003 | Utah State | 57–54 | Cal Poly | Desmond Penigar, Utah State | Anaheim Convention Center (Anaheim, California) |
| 2004 | Pacific | 75–73 | Cal State Northridge | Ian Boylan, Cal State Northridge | Anaheim Convention Center (Anaheim, California) |
| 2005 | Utah State | 65–52 | Pacific | Jaycee Carroll, Utah State | Anaheim Convention Center (Anaheim, California) |
| 2006 | Pacific | 78–70 | Long Beach State | Johnny Gray, Pacific | Anaheim Convention Center (Anaheim, California) |
| 2007 | Long Beach State | 94–83 | Cal Poly | Aaron Nixon, Long Beach State | Anaheim Convention Center (Anaheim, California) |
| 2008 | Cal State Fullerton | 81–66 | UC Irvine | Josh Akognon, Cal State Fullerton | Anaheim Convention Center (Anaheim, California) |
| 2009 | Cal State Northridge | 71–66 (OT) | Pacific | Rodrigue Mels, Cal State Northridge | Anaheim Convention Center (Anaheim, California) |
| 2010 | UC Santa Barbara | 69–64 | Long Beach State | Orlando Johnson, UC Santa Barbara | Anaheim Convention Center (Anaheim, California) |
| 2011 | UC Santa Barbara | 64–56 | Long Beach State | Orlando Johnson, UC Santa Barbara | Honda Center (Anaheim, California) |
| 2012 | Long Beach State | 77–64 | UC Santa Barbara | Casper Ware, Long Beach State | Honda Center (Anaheim, California) |
| 2013 | Pacific | 64–55 | UC Irvine | Tony Gill, Pacific | Honda Center (Anaheim, California) |
| 2014 | Cal Poly | 61–59 | Cal State Northridge | Chris Eversley, Cal Poly | Honda Center (Anaheim, California) |
| 2015 | UC Irvine | 67–58 | Hawaii | Will Davis II, UC Irvine | Honda Center (Anaheim, California) |
| 2016 | Hawaii | 64–60 | Long Beach State | Aaron Valdes, Hawaii | Honda Center (Anaheim, California) |
| 2017 | UC Davis | 50–47 | UC Irvine | Chima Moneke, UC Davis | Honda Center (Anaheim, California) |
| 2018 | Cal State Fullerton | 71–55 | UC Irvine | Kyle Allman, Cal State Fullerton | Honda Center (Anaheim, California) |
| 2019 | UC Irvine | 92–64 | Cal State Fullerton | Max Hazzard, UC Irvine | Honda Center (Anaheim, California) |
| 2020 | Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | UC Santa Barbara | 79–63 | UC Irvine | JaQuori McLaughlin, UC Santa Barbara | Michelob Ultra Arena (Las Vegas, Nevada) |
| 2022 | Cal State Fullerton | 72–71 | Long Beach State | E. J. Anosike, Cal State Fullerton | Dollar Loan Center (Henderson, Nevada) |
| 2023 | UC Santa Barbara | 72–62 | Cal State Fullerton | Ajay Mitchell, UC Santa Barbara | Dollar Loan Center (Henderson, Nevada) |
| 2024 | Long Beach State | 74–70 | UC Davis | Aboubacar Traore, Long Beach State | Dollar Loan Center (Henderson, Nevada) |
| 2025 | UC San Diego | 75–61 | UC Irvine | Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones, UC San Diego | Lee's Family Forum (Henderson, Nevada) |

## Performance by school

| School | Championships | Championship Years |
| UNLV | 7 | 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991 |
| Long Beach State | 6 | 1977, 1993, 1995, 2007, 2012, 2024 |
| Utah State | 6 | 1988, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005 |
| Pacific | 5 | 1979, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2013 |
| UC Santa Barbara | 5 | 2002, 2010, 2011, 2021, 2023 |
| Cal State Fullerton | 4 | 1978, 2008, 2018, 2022 |
| Fresno State | 3 | 1981, 1982, 1984 |
| New Mexico State | 3 | 1992, 1994, 1999 |
| San Jose State | 2 | 1980, 1996 |
| UC Irvine | 2 | 2015, 2019 |
| Cal Poly | 1 | 2014 |
| Cal State Northridge | 1 | 2009 |
| Hawai'i | 1 | 2016 |
| San Diego State | 1 | 1976 |
| UC Davis | 1 | 2017 |
| UC San Diego | 1 | 2025 |
| UC Riverside | | |
| Cal State Bakersfield | | |
* Italics: No longer a conference member

## Broadcasters
### Television

| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Analyst |
| 2025 | ESPN2 | Mike Monaco | Chris Spatola |
| 2024 | ESPN2 | Roxy Bernstein | Corey Williams |
| 2023 | ESPN2 | Roxy Bernstein | Corey Williams |
| 2022 | ESPN2 | Roxy Bernstein | Corey Williams |
| 2021 | ESPN2 | Dave Feldman | Corey Williams |
| 2020 | ESPN2 | Roxy Bernstein | Adrian Branch |
| 2019 | ESPN2 | Roxy Bernstein | Corey Williams |
| 2018 | ESPN2 | Dave Pasch | Caron Butler |
| 2017 | ESPN2 | Sam Farber | Mark Plansky |
| 2016 | ESPN2 | Dave Pasch | Paul Biancardi |
| 2015 | ESPN2 | Mark Jones | Jon Crispin |
| 2014 | ESPN2 | Mark Jones | Miles Simon |
| 2013 | ESPN2 | Mark Jones | Miles Simon |
| 2012 | ESPN2 | Mark Jones | Miles Simon |
| 2011 | ESPN2 | Todd Harris | Miles Simon |
| 2010 | ESPN2 | Dave Flemming | Bob Valvano |
| 2009 | ESPN2 | Eric Collins | Miles Simon |
| 2008 | ESPN2 | Eric Collins | Dave Kaplan |
| 2007 | ESPN2 | Dave Pasch | Bob Valvano |
| 1989 | ESPN | Jim Kelly | Mike Rice |
| 1983 | CBS | Frank Herzog | James Brown |

### Radio

| Year | Network | Play-by-play | Analyst |
| 2013 | Dial Global Sports | Gary Cohen | Kyle Macy |
| 2012 | Dial Global Sports | John Sadak | Michael Cage |