2021 Big West Conference men's volleyball tournament

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2021 Big West Conference Men's Volleyball Tournament
Classification Division I/II
Teams6
Site SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, Hawaii
Champions UC Santa Barbara (1st title)
Winning coachRick McLaughlin (1st title)
MVP Ryan Wilcox (UC Santa Barbara)
Television Spectrum Sports
Big West Conference Men's Volleyball Tournaments
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2021 Big West Conference men's volleyball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 Hawaii  y100 1.000171 .944
No. 3 UC Santa Barbara  y73 .700165 .762
No. 7 Long Beach State  64 .60075 .583
No. 14 UC San Diego  37 .300513 .278
CSUN  28 .20029 .182
UC Irvine  28 .200214 .125
Conference champion
2021 Big West Tournament champion

The 2021 Big West Conference men's volleyball tournament is a postseason men's volleyball tournament for the Big West Conference during the 2021 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. It was held April 22 through April 24, 2021 at the SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. [1] The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Volleyball Tournament.

Contents

Seeds

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

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1 [2] Hawai'i10–0
2UC Santa Barbara7–3
3Long Beach State6–4
4UC San Diego3–7
5CSUN2–81–1 UC Irvine, points vs. UC Irvine won 178 to 171
6UC Irvine2–81–1 vs. CSUN, points vs. CSUN lost 171 to 178

Schedule and results

Time
Network
MatchupScoreAttendanceBroadcastersReport
Quarterfinals – Thursday, April 22
4:30 p.m.
SPEC HI
No. 3 Long Beach State vs. No. 6 UC Irvine3–0
(25–22, 25–19, 25–21) [3]
0 Kanoa Leahey & Lisa Strand Report
7:00 p.m.
SPEC HI
No. 4 UC San Diego vs. No. 5 CSUN3–1
(20–25, 25–23, 25–16, 25–23) [4]
Report
Semifinals – Friday, April 23
7:00 p.m.
SPEC HI
No. 1 Hawai'i vs. No. 4 UC San Diego2–3
(25–22, 23–25, 25–16, 23–25, 16–18) [5]
0Kanoa Leahey & Lisa Strand Report
4:30 p.m.
SPEC HI
No. 2 UC Santa Barbara vs. No. 3 Long Beach State3–1
(25–16, 17–25, 25–18, 25–18) [6]
Report
Championship – Saturday, April 24
7:00 p.m.
SPEC HI
No. 2 UC Santa Barbara vs. No. 4 UC San Diego3–1
(22–25, 27–25, 25–21, 25–20) [7]
0Kanoa Leahey & Lisa Strand Report
Game times are Hawaiian Time. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Thursday, April 22
Semifinals
Friday, April 23
Championship
Saturday, April 24
1 Hawai'i 2
4UC San Diego34UC San Diego3
5 CSUN 1 4 UC San Diego 1
2UC Santa Barbara3
2UC Santa Barbara3
3Long Beach State33 Long Beach State 1
6 UC Irvine 0

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