The 1998

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was held March 6–8 at

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. Utah State defeated in the championship game, 78–63, to obtain the second Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament championship in school history. This was the first time Utah State won the title since 1988. 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 not qualifying. The top eight teams were seeded based on regular season conference records.

Bracket

References

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