1992 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1992 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1991–92
Teams	8
Site	Long Beach Arena Long Beach, CA
Champions	New Mexico State (1st title)
Winning coach	Neil McCarthy (1st title)
MVP	Sam Crawford (New Mexico State)
Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments «1991  1993»

The 1992 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 13–15 at the Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, California.

New Mexico State defeated Pacific in the final, 74–73, capturing their first Big West title. Three-time defending champions UNLV did not participate in this year's tournament due to NCAA sanctions.

The Aggies subsequently received an automatic bid to the 1992 NCAA Tournament.

Format

There were no changed to the tournament format for this season, with the Big West maintaining an eight-team tournament. In turn, only the top eight teams, based on regular season conference records, qualified for the tournament field.

UNLV, who finished first in the regular season standings, were barred from participating due to NCAA sanctions.

All eight teams were entered in the initial round, paired and seeded based on record.

Bracket

	First Round Friday, March 13					Semifinals Saturday, March 14					Championship Sunday, March 15
	1	UC Santa Barbara	67
	8	UC Irvine	88
						8	UC Irvine	69
						5	Pacific	81
	5	Pacific	86
	4	Utah State	69
											5	Pacific	73
											2	New Mexico State	74
	3	Long Beach State	77
	6	Cal State Fullerton	71
						3	Long Beach State	72
						2	New Mexico State	80
	7	Fresno State	85
	2	New Mexico State	86