2006 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2006 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 8–11 at Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.^[2]

2006 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2005–06
Teams	8
Site	Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim, CA
Champions	Pacific (4th title)
Winning coach	Bob Thomason (3rd title)
MVP	Johnny Gray (Pacific)
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2005–06 Big West men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Pacific †	12	–	2		.857			24	–	8		.750
UC Irvine	10	–	4		.714			16	–	13		.552
Cal Poly	7	–	7		.500			10	–	19		.345
UC Santa Barbara	6	–	8		.429			15	–	14		.517
Cal State Fullerton	5	–	9		.357			16	–	13		.552
Cal State Northridge	4	–	10		.286			11	–	17		.393
UC Riverside	3	–	11		.214			5	–	23		.179
*Long Beach State	0	–	5		.000			0	–	12		.000
† 2006 Big West tournament winner As of April 10, 2006[1] *Long Beach State: 18 wins vacated due to sanctions against the program; Disputed record: Long Beach State–(18–12)(9–5) Rankings from AP poll

Pacific defeated Long Beach State in the championship game, 78–70, to obtain the fourth Big West Conference men's basketball tournament championship in school history.

The Tigers earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA tournament as the #14 seed in the Minneapolis region.

Format

Eight of the nine teams in the conference participated, with not qualifying. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference records. The top four seeds received byes, with the top two seeds receiving a second bye into the semifinal round.

Bracket

	First round Thursday, March 8					Quarterfinals Friday, March 9					Semifinals Saturday, March 10					Championship Sunday, March 11
											1	Pacific	68
	5	UC Santa Barbara	76								4	Cal Poly	57
	8	UC Riverside	44			4	Cal Poly	57
						5	UC Santa Barbara	50
																1	Pacific	78
																3	Long Beach State	70
						6	Cal State Fullerton	91
	6	Cal State Fullerton	73			3	Long Beach State	94
	7	Cal State Northridge	63								3	Long Beach State	75
											2	UC Irvine	73