2021 Big West Conference Men's Volleyball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I/II
Teams6
SiteSimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center
Honolulu, Hawaii
ChampionsUC Santa Barbara (1st title)
Winning coachRick McLaughlin (1st title)
MVPRyan Wilcox (UC Santa Barbara)
TelevisionSpectrum Sports
Big West Conference Men's Volleyball Tournaments
2021 Big West Conference men's volleyball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 Hawaii y 100 1.000171 .944
No. 3 UC Santa Barbara  y 73 .700165 .762
No. 7 Long Beach State   64 .60075 .583
No. 14 UC San Diego   37 .300513 .278
CSUN   28 .20029 .182
UC Irvine   28 .200214 .125
Conference champion
2021 Big West Tournament champion

The 2021 Big West Conference men's volleyball tournament is a postseason men's volleyball tournament for the Big West Conference during the 2021 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. It was held April 22 through April 24, 2021 at the SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.[1] The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Volleyball Tournament.

Seeds

All six teams were eligible for the postseason, with the top two seeds receiving byes to the semifinals. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1[2]Hawai'i10–0
2UC Santa Barbara7–3
3Long Beach State6–4
4UC San Diego3–7
5CSUN2–81–1 UC Irvine, points vs. UC Irvine won 178 to 171
6UC Irvine2–81–1 vs. CSUN, points vs. CSUN lost 171 to 178

Schedule and results

Time
Network
Matchup Score Attendance Broadcasters Report
Quarterfinals – Thursday, April 22
4:30 p.m.
SPEC HI
No. 3 Long Beach State vs. No. 6 UC Irvine 3–0
(25–22, 25–19, 25–21)[3]
0 Kanoa Leahey & Lisa Strand Report
7:00 p.m.
SPEC HI
No. 4 UC San Diego vs. No. 5 CSUN 3–1
(20–25, 25–23, 25–16, 25–23)[4]
Report
Semifinals – Friday, April 23
7:00 p.m.
SPEC HI
No. 1 Hawai'i vs. No. 4 UC San Diego 2–3
(25–22, 23–25, 25–16, 23–25, 16–18)[5]
0 Kanoa Leahey & Lisa Strand Report
4:30 p.m.
SPEC HI
No. 2 UC Santa Barbara vs. No. 3 Long Beach State 3–1
(25–16, 17–25, 25–18, 25–18)[6]
Report
Championship – Saturday, April 24
7:00 p.m.
SPEC HI
No. 2 UC Santa Barbara vs. No. 4 UC San Diego 3–1
(22–25, 27–25, 25–21, 25–20)[7]
0 Kanoa Leahey & Lisa Strand Report
Game times are Hawaiian Time. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Thursday, April 22
Semifinals
Friday, April 23
Championship
Saturday, April 24
1 Hawai'i 2
4 UC San Diego 3 4 UC San Diego 3
5 CSUN 1 4 UC San Diego 1
2 UC Santa Barbara 3
2 UC Santa Barbara 3
3 Long Beach State 3 3 Long Beach State 1
6 UC Irvine 0

References

  1. "Big West Men's Volleyball championship to be played at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center in 2021 and 2022". KHON. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  2. "No. 1 UH men's volleyball clinches Big West regular season title with CSUN sweep". KHON. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  3. "Long Beach State sweeps UC Irvine to reach Big West volleyball semis". Press-Telegram. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  4. "UC San Diego advances to face host Hawaii in Big West men's volleyball tournament". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  5. "UC San Diego upsets top-ranked Hawaii in Big West men's volleyball semifinals". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
  6. "UCSB eliminates Long Beach State in Big West volleyball semifinals". Press-Telegram. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
  7. "UC Santa Barbara rallies past UC San Diego to win Big West men's volleyball title". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
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