1989 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season198889
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
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 15 UNLV162 .889298  .784
New Mexico State126 .6672111  .656
UC Santa Barbara117 .611219  .700
Cal State Fullerton108 .5561613  .552
Long Beach State108 .5561315  .464
Utah State108 .5561216  .429
Fresno State99 .5001514  .517
UC Irvine810 .4441217  .414
Pacific315 .167721  .250
San Jose State117 .056523  .179
1989 Big West tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

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.

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

References

  1. "1988-89 Big West Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2018. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
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