2018 Big West Conference men's volleyball tournament

The 2018 Big West Conference men's volleyball tournament was a postseason men's volleyball tournament for the Big West Conference during the 2018 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. It was held from April 19 through April 21, 2018 at Long Beach State University's Walter Pyramid. The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Volleyball Tournament.

2018 Big West Conference Men's Volleyball Tournament
Classification	Division I/II
Teams	6
Site	Walter Pyramid Long Beach, California
Champions	Long Beach State (1st title)
Winning coach	Alan Knipe (1st title)
MVP	Josh Tuaniga (Long Beach State)
Attendance	2,325
Television	ESPN3
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2018 Big West Conference men's volleyball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 Long Beach State ‍†‍‡‍y	9	–	1		.900			28	–	1		.966
No. 4 Hawai'i  ‍‍‍	6	–	4		.600			19	–	8		.704
No. 5 UC Irvine ‍‍‍y	6	–	4		.600			21	–	10		.677
No. 9 CSUN  ‍‍‍	5	–	5		.500			16	–	11		.593
No. 12 UCSB  ‍‍‍	4	–	6		.400			11	–	13		.458
UC San Diego  ‍‍‍	0	–	10		.000			9	–	19		.321
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2018 Big West Tournament champion y- Invited to the NCAA volleyball tournament As of May 5, 2018 Rankings from AVCA

Seeds

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

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Long Beach State	9–1	–
2	Hawai'i	6–4	1–1 vs. UC Irvine, 1–1 vs. Long Beach State
3	UC Irvine	6–4	1–1 vs. Hawai'i, 0–2 vs. Long Beach State
4	CSUN	5–5	–
5	UCSB	4–6	–
6	UC San Diego	0–10	–

Schedule and results

Time Network	Matchup	Score	Attendance	Broadcasters
Quarterfinals – Thursday, April 19
5:00 pm ESPN3	No. 3 UC Irvine vs. No. 6 UC San Diego	3–0 (25–18, 25–18, 25–16)	708	Sam Farber, Dain Blanton, & Matt Brown
7:30 pm ESPN3	No. 4 CSUN vs. No. 5 UCSB	3-1 (25-18, 30-28, 12-25, 28-26)		Rahshaun Haylock, Dain Blanton, & Matt Brown
Semifinals – Friday, April 20
5:00 pm ESPN3	No. 2 Hawai'i vs. No. 3 UC Irvine	3–1 (25–16, 25–23, 20–25, 25–18)	1,795	Sam Farber, Dain Blanton, & Matt Brown
7:30 pm ESPN3	No. 1 Long Beach State vs. No. 4 CSUN	3–0 (25–23, 25–13, 25–17)		Rahshaun Haylock, Dain Blanton, & Matt Brown
Championship – Saturday, April 21
7:00 pm ESPN3	No. 1 Long Beach State vs. No. 2 Hawai'i	3–0 (25–23, 25–14, 25–19)	2,325	Rahshaun Haylock, Dain Blanton, & Matt Brown
Game times are PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Thursday, April 19					Semifinals Friday, April 20					Championship Saturday, April 21
						1	Long Beach State	3
	4	CSUN	3			4	CSUN	0
	5	UCSB	1								1	Long Beach State	3
											2	Hawai'i	0
						2	Hawai'i	3
	3	UC Irvine	3			3	UC Irvine	1
	6	UC San Diego	0