2006 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament
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2006 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2005–06 |
Teams | 8 |
Site | Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim, CA |
Champions | Pacific (4th title) |
Winning coach | Bob Thomason (3rd title) |
MVP | Johnny Gray (Pacific) |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pacific † | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 24 | – | 8 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UC Irvine | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 16 | – | 13 | .552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cal Poly | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 10 | – | 19 | .345 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UC Santa Barbara | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 15 | – | 14 | .517 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cal State Fullerton | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 16 | – | 13 | .552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cal State Northridge | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UC Riverside | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 5 | – | 23 | .179 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
*Long Beach State | 0 | – | 5 | .000 | 0 | – | 12 | .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 |
The 2006 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 8–11 at Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.[2]
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
[edit]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
[edit]First round Thursday, March 8 | Quarterfinals Friday, March 9 | Semifinals Saturday, March 10 | Championship Sunday, March 11 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Pacific | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | UC Santa Barbara | 76 | 4 | Cal Poly | 57 | ||||||||||||||
8 | UC Riverside | 44 | 4 | Cal Poly | 57 | ||||||||||||||
5 | UC Santa Barbara | 50 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Pacific | 78 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Long Beach State | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Cal State Fullerton | 91 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Cal State Fullerton | 73 | 3 | Long Beach State | 94 | ||||||||||||||
7 | Cal State Northridge | 63 | 3 | Long Beach State | 75 | ||||||||||||||
2 | UC Irvine | 73 |
References
[edit]- ^ Big West MBB Record Book
- ^ "2005-06 Big West Conference Season Summary". College Basketball Reference. Retrieved March 16, 2020.