The Big West men's basketball tournament (formerly the Pacific Coast Athletic Association men's basketball tournament) is the conference championship tournament in

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for the Big West Conference. It is a

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and seeding is based on regular season records. Only the top eight teams in the conference qualify for the tournament. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the

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. Prior to 1985, it was known as the PCAA (Pacific Coast Athletic Association) Tournament for the conference's former name.

Results

Pacific Coast Athletic Association

Big West Conference

Performance by school

* ''Italics'': No longer a conference member

Broadcasters

Television

Radio

References

{{Big West Conference championships navbox Recurring sporting events established in 1976