2001 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament

2001 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2000–01
Teams	8
Site	Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim, CA
Champions	Utah State (4th title)
Winning coach	Stew Morrill (2nd title)
MVP	Bernard Rock (Utah State)
Big West Conference men's basketball tournaments

2000–01 Big West men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
UC Irvine	15	–	1		.938			25	–	5		.833
Utah State †	13	–	3		.813			28	–	6		.824
Long Beach State	10	–	6		.625			18	–	13		.581
UC Santa Barbara	10	–	6		.625			18	–	13		.581
Pacific	8	–	8		.500			18	–	12		.600
Boise State	8	–	8		.500			17	–	14		.548
Cal Poly	3	–	13		.188			9	–	19		.321
Idaho	3	–	13		.188			6	–	21		.222
Cal State Fullerton	3	–	13		.188			5	–	23		.179
† 2001 Big West tournament winner

The 2001 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 8–10 at Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.

Utah State defeated New Mexico State in the championship game, 71–66, to obtain the fourth Big West Conference men's basketball tournament championship in school history.

The Aggies participated in the 2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament after earning the conference's automatic bid.

Format

Eight of the nine teams in the conference participated, with Idaho not qualifying. The top eight teams were seeded based on regular season conference records.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Friday, March 8					Semifinals Saturday, March 9					Championship Sunday, March 10
	1	UC Irvine	71
	8	Cal Poly	66
						1	UC Irvine	58
						5	Pacific	74
	4	UC Santa Barbara	69
	5	Pacific	71*
											5	Pacific	38
											2	Utah State	50
	6	Boise State	95
	3	Long Beach State	70
						6	Boise State	48
						2	Utah State	67
	7	Cal State Fullerton	43
	2	Utah State	74