2006 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament


The 2006 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 8–11 at Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.[2]

2006 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2005–06
Teams8
SiteAnaheim Convention Center
Anaheim, CA
ChampionsPacific (4th title)
Winning coachBob Thomason (3rd title)
MVPJohnny Gray (Pacific)
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2005–06 Big West men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Pacific122 .857248 .750
UC Irvine104 .7141613 .552
Cal Poly77 .5001019 .345
UC Santa Barbara68 .4291514 .517
Cal State Fullerton59 .3571613 .552
Cal State Northridge410 .2861117 .393
UC Riverside311 .214523 .179
*Long Beach State05 .000012 .000
2006 Big West tournament winner
As of April 10, 2006[1]
*Long Beach State: 18 wins vacated due to sanctions against the program; Disputed record: Long Beach State–(18–12)(9–5)
Rankings from AP poll

Pacific defeated Long Beach State in the championship game, 78–70, to obtain the fourth Big West Conference men's basketball tournament championship in school history.

The Tigers earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA tournament as the #14 seed in the Minneapolis region.

Format

Eight of the nine teams in the conference participated, with not qualifying. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference records. The top four seeds received byes, with the top two seeds receiving a second bye into the semifinal round.

Bracket

First round
Thursday, March 8
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 9
Semifinals
Saturday, March 10
Championship
Sunday, March 11
1Pacific68
5UC Santa Barbara764Cal Poly57
8UC Riverside444Cal Poly57
5UC Santa Barbara50
1Pacific78
3Long Beach State70
6Cal State Fullerton91
6Cal State Fullerton733Long Beach State94
7Cal State Northridge633Long Beach State75
2UC Irvine73

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