{"id":573,"date":"2012-03-05T05:47:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-05T05:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging-live.lbpost.com\/articles\/sports\/sorting-out-the-big-west-basketball-bracket\/"},"modified":"2012-03-05T05:47:00","modified_gmt":"2012-03-05T05:47:00","slug":"sorting-out-the-big-west-basketball-bracket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-live.lbpost.com\/sports\/sorting-out-the-big-west-basketball-bracket","title":{"rendered":"Sorting Out the Big West Basketball Bracket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>9:30am |&nbsp;<\/strong>The Big West conference now has the teams and pairings for their upcoming tournament at the Honda Center in Anaheim. &nbsp;Game time assignments by seed for the Thursday, March 8 Big West Basketball Men&#8217;s Basketball Tournament quarterfinals were announced last week.<\/p>\n<p>The order of men\u2019s games is as follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, March 8 &#8211; Honda Center:&nbsp;Men&#8217;s Quarterfinals<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>12:00pm Pacific vs. &nbsp;UCSB<\/li>\n<li>30 minutes after game one, CSU Fullerton vs UC Irvine<\/li>\n<li>6:00pm #1 Long Beach State vs. #8 UC Davis<\/li>\n<li>30 minutes after game one, UC Riverside vs Cal Poly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the next round (on Friday) the highest remaining seed plays the lowest remaining seed and the championship game will be nationally televised and played at 7 p.m.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/><strong>Big West Women\u2019s Basketball Tournament<\/strong><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>The seeds and pairings for the 2011-12 Big West Women\u2019s Basketball Tournament have also been determined. No. 1 Cal Poly, No. 2 Cal State Northridge, No. 3 UC Irvine and No. 4 UC Davis will serve as hosts for quarterfinal action on Tuesday, March 6. All four games will tip at 7:00pm.<\/p>\n<p>In its final win of the regular season, Cal Poly clinched the regular season title, its second straight after splitting the championship with UC Santa Barbara in 2010-11. Cal Poly will face No. 8 Cal State Fullerton at Mott Gym. Cal Poly holds a 2-0 advantage over the Titans in regular season play.<\/p>\n<p>Cal State Northridge earned the No. 2 seed with the biggest turnaround season collecting 15 wins, in comparison to last season\u2019s four victories. The Matadors will house No. 7 Long Beach State at The Matadome where they hold a 10-4 home court record. The two competitors have split the season series this season with each team winning on its home court.<\/p>\n<p>A three way tie at 9-7 left UC Davis, UC Irvine and Pacific\u2019s tournament fate in the hands of the Big West&#8217;s tiebreaker system. UC Irvine took the top slot at No. 3 with a 3-1 record against the other two tied teams. UC Davis claimed the fourth seed and Pacific was fifth.<span>&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>UC Santa Barbara finished at .500 (8-8) for the No. 6 seed and travels to host site No. 3 UC Irvine at the Bren Events Center. The final match-up will take place with No. 4 UC Davis entertaining No. 5 Pacific at The Pavilion, as the Aggies hold a 2-0 regular season record over the Tigers.<\/p>\n<p>The four advancing teams will play Friday, March 9 starting at noon in the semifinals at Honda Center, with the ladies championship game taking place Saturday, March 10 at 2:00pm. Single session tickets for all men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s tournament games at Honda Center are now on sale to the general public through Ticketmaster and Honda Center Box Office. Tickets range in price from $10-22 for general admission seats for the women&#8217;s tournament games and $27-$34 for reserved seating at the men&#8217;s tournament games. &nbsp;The men\u2019s championship game is at 7:00pm Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Big West conference now has the teams and pairings for their upcoming tournament at the Honda Center in Anaheim.  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