1989 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1989 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 8–11 at the Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, California.[1] This was the first tournament after the Big West Conference renamed itself from the Pacific Coast Athletic Association (PCAA) in July 1988.

1989 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1988–89
Teams10
SiteLong Beach Arena
Long Beach, CA
ChampionsUNLV (5th title)
Winning coachJerry Tarkanian (5th title)
MVPStacey Augmon (UNLV)
1988–89 Big West men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 15 UNLV †16–2 .889  29–8  .784
New Mexico State12–6 .667  21–11  .656
UC Santa Barbara11–7 .611  21–9  .700
Cal State Fullerton10–8 .556  16–13  .552
Long Beach State10–8 .556  13–15  .464
Utah State10–8 .556  12–16  .429
Fresno State9–9 .500  15–14  .517
UC Irvine8–10 .444  12–17  .414
Pacific3–15 .167  7–21  .250
San Jose State1–17 .056  5–23  .179
† 1989 Big West Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Top-seeded UNLV defeated New Mexico State in the final, 68–62, and captured their fifth PCAA/Big West championship. This was the Runnin' Rebels' fifth title in seven seasons.

The Rebels, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA Tournament, where they would advance to the Elite Eight.

Format

There were no changes to the tournament format from 1988. All ten conference members participated in the field, with teams seeded in the bracket based on regular season conference records.

The top six seeds were given a bye into the quarterfinal round while the four lowest-seeded teams were placed into an initial preliminary round.

Bracket
  First Round
Wednesday, March 8		 Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 9		 Semifinals
Friday, March 10		 Championship
Saturday, March 11
                                     
       
  1 #18 UNLV 102  
    8 UC Irvine 82  
9 Pacific 62
8 UC Irvine 68  
  1 #18 UNLV 99  
  5 Cal State Fullerton 83  
       
       
  5 Cal State Fullerton 87
    4 Utah State 86  
     
       
  1 #18 UNLV 68
  2 New Mexico State 62
       
       
  3 UC Santa Barbara 87
    6 Long Beach State 86  
     
       
  3 UC Santa Barbara 63
  2 New Mexico State 67  
7 Fresno State 64  
10 San José State 60  
  7 Fresno State 59
    2 New Mexico State 60  
     
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References
  1. "1988-89 Big West Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2018. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
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