The 1999

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was held March 4–6 at

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. defeated in the championship game, 79–69, to obtain the third Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament championship in school history. The Aggies participated in the

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after earning the conference's automatic bid.

Format

Eight of the 12 teams in the conference participated, with , , , and

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not qualifying. The top eight teams were seeded based on regular season conference records.

Bracket

References

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