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. It was held March 12–15, 2025, at the

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. The winner,

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, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA tournament. The Tritons were in their first year of Division I eligibility.

Seeds

The top eight teams in the conference standings qualified for the tournament. Teams were

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ed by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top two seeds received double byes to the semifinals, the third and fourth seeds received single byes to the quarterfinals, and the remaining four seeds played each other in the first round.

Schedule and results

Bracket

Game summaries

First round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship

Awards and Honors

All-Tournament Team

Most Outstanding Player

Statistics

Top Players By Category

Generally, must have scored at least 10 points in the Big West Tournament to be the leader in individual scoring or individual scoring percentage categories.

Team by Team Leaders

References

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