2025 Big West Tournament Men's Bracket Challenge

Here is the 2025 Big West Tournament Men's Bracket Challenge.

Sorry I meant to get it out yesterday but you know life stuff happens.


 

Big West Men's Basketball Tournament Bracket Challenge

Scoring

Correct picks will be awarded points based upon the round starting at 1 point for the First Round games. Correct picks will double in points each round.

First Round - 1 point

Quarter Final - 2 points

Semifinal - 4 points

Final - 8 points

If tiebreakers come into play. Whoever guesses the most tiebreakers correctly wins.

If there's still a tie. It's a tie.


 

Submission of Picks

Picks must be submitted 2 hours before the start of the first game on Wednesday, March 12. The first game begins at 6PM CT/4Pm HT. So your picks must be in by 4PM CT/2PM HT.

If you want your picks to remain secret then message them to me with the title "BW Men's Tournament".


 

Link to BW Tournament Page

https://bigwest.org/sports/2024/9/21/2025-big-west-basketball-championships.aspx

 

To be updated

Seed/School Overall/BW Record OFF/DEF/Margin (BW Only)
1 UC San Diego 28-4/18-2 80.3/62.2/18.2
2 Irvine 27-5/17-3 77.8/62.2/10.6
3 Riverside 21-11/14-6 76.5/73.7/2.8
4 CSUN 22-9/14-6 80.8/74.4/6.5
5 Santa Barbara 19-12/11-9 73.6/72.2/1.4
6 Davis 15-16/9-11 65.9/68.4/-2.5
7 Cal Poly 14-18/8-12 79.8/81.8/-1.5
8 Bakersfield 14-18/8-12 73.0/76.8/-3.8

 

Wednesday - March 12 - First Round

Game 1 - Santa Barbara (5) vs Bakersfield (8)

Game 2 - Davis (6) vs Cal Poly (7)

Thursday - March 13 - Quarterfinal

Game 3 - CSUN (4) vs Game 1 winner

Game 4 - Riverside (3) vs Game 2 winner

Friday - March 14 - Semifinal

Game 5 - UC San Diego (1) vs Game 3 winner

Game 6 - Irvine (2) vs Game 4 winner

Saturday - March 15 - Final

Final - Game 5 vs Game 6 winner

Tie Breakers

1 - Which player will be the tournament MVP?

2 - Which player will get the most rebounds in a single game?

3 - How many total double doubles or better will there be over the course of the tournament?


 

Pick Submission Format - Copy and Paste into the reply or message

Game 1 -

Game 2 -

Game 3 -

Game 4 -

Game 5 -

Game 6 -

Final -

Tie Breaker 1 -

Tie Breaker 2 -

Tie Breaker 3 -


 

Results

Wednesday March 12 - First Round

Game 1 - Santa Barbara (5) 71 def Bakersfield (8) 66

Game 2 - Cal Poly (7) 86 def Davis (6) 76

Thursday - March 13 - Quarterfinal

Game 3 - Santa Barbara (5) 78 def CSUN (4) 72

Game 4 - Cal Poly (7) 96 def Riverside (3) 83

Friday - March 14 - Semifinal

Game 5 - UC San Diego (1) 69 def Santa Barbara 15

Game 6 - Irvine (2) 96 def Cal Poly (7) 78

Saturday - March 15 - Final

Final - UC San Diego (1) 75 def Irvine (2) 61

Tie Breakers

Tie Breaker 1 - Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones

Tie Breaker 2 - Cayden Ward (Cal Poly) - 13

Tie Breaker 3 - 5

Ty Johnson (Davis) - 19pts/11ast

Keonte Jones (CSUN) - 19pts/11reb

Cayden Ward (Cal Poly) - 14pts/13reb

Kaleb Smith (Riverside) - 12pts/11reb

Bent Leuchten (Irvine) - 21pst/10reb