2011 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2011 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament took place from March 10–12, 2011 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The Tournament was previously held at the Anaheim Convention Center. The winner of the tournament, UC Santa Barbara, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, where they lost in the first round to Florida.

2011 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2010–11
Teams	8
Site	Honda Center Anaheim, California
Champions	UC Santa Barbara (3rd title)
Winning coach	Bob Williams (3rd title)
MVP	Orlando Johnson (UC Santa Barbara)
Television	ESPNU/ESPN2
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2010–11 Big West men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Long Beach State	14	–	2		.875			22	–	12		.647
Cal Poly	10	–	6		.625			15	–	15		.500
Cal State Northridge	9	–	7		.563			14	–	18		.438
UC Santa Barbara†	8	–	8		.500			18	–	14		.563
Pacific	8	–	8		.500			16	–	15		.516
Cal State Fullerton	7	–	9		.438			11	–	20		.355
UC Irvine	6	–	10		.375			13	–	19		.406
UC Riverside	6	–	10		.375			12	–	19		.387
UC Davis	4	–	12		.250			10	–	20		.333
† 2011 Big West tournament winner As of March 15, 2012 Rankings from AP Poll

Format

The top eight teams in the conference qualified for the 2011 Big West tournament.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals March 10					Semifinals March 11					Finals March 12
	1	Long Beach State	79
	8	UC Irvine	72
						1	Long Beach State	74
						7	UC Riverside	63
	4	Pacific	67
	5	UC Santa Barbara	79
											1	Long Beach State	56
	(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
											5	UC Santa Barbara	64
	3	Cal State Northridge	75
	6	Cal State Fullerton	54
						3	Cal State Northridge	63
						5	UC Santa Barbara	83
	2	Cal Poly	66
	7	UC Riverside	70*

• Asterisk (*) indicates overtime game