2018 Big West Conference men's volleyball tournament

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2018 Big West Conference Men's Volleyball Tournament
Classification Division I/II
Teams6
Site Walter Pyramid
Long Beach, California
ChampionsLong Beach State (1st title)
Winning coach Alan Knipe (1st title)
MVP Josh Tuaniga (Long Beach State)
Attendance2,325
Television ESPN3
Big West Conference Men's Volleyball Tournaments
2019  
2018 Big West Conference men's volleyball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 Long Beach State  y91 .900281 .966
No. 4 Hawai'i  64 .600198 .704
No. 5 UC Irvine  y64 .6002110 .677
No. 9 CSUN  55 .5001611 .593
No. 12 UCSB  46 .4001113 .458
UC San Diego  010 .000919 .321
Conference champion
2018 Big West Tournament champion

The 2018 Big West Conference men's volleyball tournament was a postseason men's volleyball tournament for the Big West Conference during the 2018 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. It was held from April 19 through April 21, 2018 at Long Beach State University's Walter Pyramid. The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Volleyball Tournament.

Contents

Seeds

All six teams were eligible for the postseason, with the top two seeds receiving byes to the semifinals. The top seed has home court hosting rights for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1Long Beach State9–1
2Hawai'i6–41–1 vs. UC Irvine, 1–1 vs. Long Beach State
3UC Irvine6–41–1 vs. Hawai'i, 0–2 vs. Long Beach State
4CSUN5–5
5UCSB4–6
6UC San Diego0–10

Schedule and results

Time
Network
MatchupScoreAttendanceBroadcasters
Quarterfinals – Thursday, April 19
5:00 pm
ESPN3
No. 3 UC Irvine vs. No. 6 UC San Diego3–0
(25–18, 25–18, 25–16)
708 Sam Farber, Dain Blanton, & Matt Brown
7:30 pm
ESPN3
No. 4 CSUN vs. No. 5 UCSB3-1
(25-18, 30-28, 12-25, 28-26)
Rahshaun Haylock, Dain Blanton, & Matt Brown
Semifinals – Friday, April 20
5:00 pm
ESPN3
No. 2 Hawai'i vs. No. 3 UC Irvine3–1
(25–16, 25–23, 20–25, 25–18)
1,795Sam Farber, Dain Blanton, & Matt Brown
7:30 pm
ESPN3
No. 1 Long Beach State vs. No. 4 CSUN3–0
(25–23, 25–13, 25–17)
Rahshaun Haylock, Dain Blanton, & Matt Brown
Championship – Saturday, April 21
7:00 pm
ESPN3
No. 1 Long Beach State vs. No. 2 Hawai'i3–0
(25–23, 25–14, 25–19)
2,325Rahshaun Haylock, Dain Blanton, & Matt Brown
Game times are PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Thursday, April 19
Semifinals
Friday, April 20
Championship
Saturday, April 21
1Long Beach State3
4CSUN34 CSUN 0
5 UCSB 1 1Long Beach State3
2 Hawai'i 0
2Hawai'i3
3UC Irvine33 UC Irvine 1
6 UC San Diego 0

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