2002 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament

2002 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2001–02
Teams	8
Site	Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim, CA
Champions	UC Santa Barbara (1st title)
Winning coach	Bob Williams (1st title)
MVP	Nick Jones (UC Santa Barbara)
Big West Conference men's basketball tournaments

2001–02 Big West men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Utah State	13	–	5		.722			23	–	8		.742
UC Irvine	13	–	5		.722			21	–	11		.656
UC Santa Barbara †	11	–	7		.611			20	–	11		.645
Pacific	11	–	7		.611			20	–	10		.667
Cal State Northridge	11	–	7		.611			12	–	16		.429
Cal Poly	9	–	9		.500			15	–	12		.556
Long Beach State	9	–	9		.500			13	–	17		.433
Idaho	6	–	12		.333			9	–	19		.321
UC Riverside	5	–	13		.278			8	–	18		.308
Cal State Fullerton	2	–	16		.111			5	–	22		.185
† 2002 Big West tournament winner As of April 10, 2002 Rankings from AP poll

The 2002 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 7–9 at Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.

UC Santa Barbara defeated Utah State in the championship game, 60–56, to obtain the first Big West Conference men's basketball tournament championship in school history.

The Gauchos participated in the 2002 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament after earning the conference's automatic bid.

Format

Eight of the ten teams in the conference participated, with UC Riverside and Cal State Fullerton not qualifying. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference records.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Friday, March 7					Semifinals Saturday, March 8					Championship Sunday, March 9
	1	Utah State	61
	8	Idaho	41
						1	Utah State	69
						4	Pacific	65
	4	Pacific	78
	5	Cal State Northridge	66
											1	Utah State	56
											3	UC Santa Barbara	60
	6	Cal Poly	65
	3	UC Santa Barbara	74
						3	UC Santa Barbara	66
						2	UC Irvine	61
	7	Long Beach State	65
	2	UC Irvine	72