2023 Big West Conference men's volleyball tournament

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2023 Big West Conference Men's Volleyball Tournament
Classification Division I/II
Teams6
Site Bren Events Center
Irvine, California
Champions Hawai'i (3rd title)
Winning coach Charlie Wade (3rd title)
MVP Jakob Thelle (Hawai'i)
Attendance4,064
Television ESPN+ & ESPNU
Big West Conference Men's Volleyball Tournaments
  2022
2024  
2023 Big West Conference men's volleyball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 2 Hawai'i  y91 .900293 .906
No. 4 Long Beach State  y91 .900215 .808
No. 5 UC Irvine  64 .6001811 .621
UC Santa Barbara  37 .300817 .320
UC San Diego  28 .200817 .320
CSUN  19 .1001216 .429
Conference champion
2023 Big West Tournament champion
y- Invited to the NCAA volleyball tournament
Rankings from AVCA

The 2023 Big West Conference men's volleyball tournament is a postseason men's volleyball tournament for the Big West Conference during the 2023 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. It was held April 20 through April 22, 2023 at the Bren Events Center in Irvine, California. [1] The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 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 Hawai'i 9-11–1 vs. LBSU, points vs. LBSU won 144 to 141
2 Long Beach State 9-11-1 vs. Hawaii, point vs. Hawaii lost 141 to 144
3 UC Irvine 6–4
4 UC Santa Barbara 3–7
5 UC San Diego 2–8
6 CSUN 1–9

Schedule and results

The 1st Round and Semifinal matches were televised on Spectrum Hawai'i and simulcast on ESPN+. The final was broadcast on ESPNU.

Time
Network
MatchupScoreAttendanceBroadcasters
Quarterfinals – Thursday, April 20
5:00 pm
ESPN+
No. 4 UCSB vs. No. 5 UC San Diego3-2
(25-1,8, 23–25, 15–21, 20–25, 15–12) [2]
1,008 Kanoa Leahey & Chris McLachlin
7:30 pm^
ESPN+
No. 3 UC Irvine vs. No. 6 CSUN3-0
(25-21, 25–22, 25–18)
Semifinals – Friday, April 21
5:00 pm
ESPN+
No. 1 Hawai'i vs. No. 4 UCSB3-0
(25-18, 25–19, 25–18) [3]
2,543Kanoa Leahey & Chris McLachlin
7:30 pm
ESPN+
No. 2 Long Beach State vs. No. 3 UC Irvine0-3
(21-25, 17–25, 20–25) [4]
Championship – Saturday, April 22
7:00 pm
ESPNU
No. 1 Hawai'i vs. No. 3 UC Irvine3-1
(25-18, 21–25, 25–13, 25–22) [5]
4,064 Paul Sunderland & Kevin Barnett
Game times are PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

^ delay start at 8:21 pm

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Thursday, April 20
Semifinals
Friday, April 21
Championship
Saturday, April 22
1 Hawai'i3
4 UC Santa Barbara34 UC Santa Barbara 0
5 UC San Diego 2 1 Hawai'i3
3 UC Irvine 1
2 Long Beach State 0
3 UC Irvine33 UC Irvine3
6 CSUN 0

References

  1. "The Big West Announces Men's Volleyball Championship Times and Television Schedule" . Retrieved April 16, 2023.
  2. "UCSB men's volleyball tops UC San Diego". Santa Barbara News-Press . Retrieved April 20, 2023.
  3. "Hawaii men's volleyball team sweeps UC Santa Barbara to reach Big West final". Spectrum Sports . Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  4. "UC Irvine sweeps Long Beach State to reach Big West men's volleyball final". Orange County Register . Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  5. "Hawaii men's volleyball wins Big West tournament". KHON-TV . Retrieved April 23, 2023.