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The 2025 Big West Conference men's volleyball tournament is a postseason men's volleyball tournament for the Big West Conference during the 2025 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. It was held April 24 through April 26, 2025 at the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu, Hawai'i.[1] The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Volleyball Tournament.
| 2025 Big West Conference Men's Volleyball Tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I/II |
| Teams | 6 |
| Site | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, Hawai'i |
| Champions | Hawai'i (4th title) |
| Winning coach | Charlie Wade (4th title) |
| MVP | Adrien Roure (Hawai'i) |
| Attendance | 20,434 (6,811 per match) |
| Television | ESPN+ & ESPNU |
Big West Conference Men's Volleyball Tournaments | |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Long Beach State †y | 8 | – | 2 | .800 | 30 | – | 3 | .909 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Hawaii ‡y | 7 | – | 3 | .700 | 27 | – | 6 | .818 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 UC Irvine | 6 | – | 4 | .600 | 21 | – | 7 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 UC San Diego | 3 | – | 7 | .300 | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17 UC Santa Barbara | 3 | – | 7 | .300 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Cal State Northridge | 3 | – | 7 | .300 | 18 | – | 11 | .621 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Big West tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from AVCA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeds
editAll 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 | Long Beach State | 8-2 | – |
| 2 | Hawai'i | 7-3 | – |
| 3 | UC Irvine | 6-4 | – |
| 4 | UC San Diego | 3-7 | 1-1 vs. UC Irvine |
| 5 | UC Santa Barbara | 3-7 | 0-2 vs. UC Irvine 2-0 vs. CSUN |
| 6 | CSUN | 3-7 | 0-2 vs. UC Irvine 0-2 vs. UC Santa Barbara |
Schedule and results
editThe entire tournament was televised on Spectrum Hawai'i and simulcast live on ESPN+.
| Time Network |
Matchup | Score | Attendance | Broadcasters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, April 24 | ||||
| 4:30 pm ESPN+ |
No. 4 UC San Diego vs. No. 5 UC Santa Barbara[2] | 3-2 (20-25, 27-25, 25-22, 23–25, 15–13) |
4,649 | Kanoa Leahey & Chris McLachlin |
| 7:00 pm ESPN+ |
No. 3 UC Irvine vs. No. 6 CSUN[3] | 3-2 (22-25, 25–18, 16-25, 25-23, 19-17) | ||
| Semifinals – Friday, April 25 | ||||
| 5:00 pm ESPN+ |
No. 1 Long Beach State vs. No. 4 UC San Diego[4] | 3-0 (25-18, 25–23, 25–17) |
7,209 | Kanoa Leahey & Chris McLachlin |
| 7:30 pm ESPN+ |
No. 2 Hawai'i vs. No. 3 UC Irvine[5] | 3-1 (25-21, 15–25, 25-21, 25-23) | ||
| Championship – Saturday, April 26 | ||||
| 7:00 pm ESPN+ |
No. 1 Long Beach State vs. No. 2 Hawai'i[6] | 1-3 (21-25, 22–25, 25–21, 22-25) |
8,576 | Paul Sunderland & Kevin Barnett |
| Game times are HST. Rankings denote tournament seeding. | ||||
Bracket
edit| Quarterfinals Thursday, April 24 | Semifinals Friday, April 25 | Championship Saturday, April 26 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Long Beach State | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | UC San Diego | 3 | 4 | UC San Diego | 0 | |||||||||
| 5 | UC Santa Barbara | 2 | 1 | Long Beach State | 1 | |||||||||
| 2 | Hawai'i | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Hawai'i | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | UC Irvine | 3 | 3 | UC Irvine | 1 | |||||||||
| 6 | CSUN | 2 | ||||||||||||
References
edit- ↑ "The Hawaiian Island presents the 2025 Outrigger Big West Men's Volleyball Championship". Retrieved July 4, 2025.
- ↑ "Men's Volleyball vs UC Santa Barbara (Quarterfinal) on 4/24/2025 - Box Score". UC San Diego. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
- ↑ "Men's Volleyball vs CSUN on 4/24/2025 - Box Score". UCI Athletics. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
- ↑ "Men's Volleyball vs UC San Diego on 4/25/2025 - Box Score". Long Beach State University Athletics. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
- ↑ "Men's Volleyball vs UC Irvine (Semifinals) on 4/25/2025 - Box Score". University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
- ↑ "Men's Volleyball vs Long Beach State (Championship) on 4/26/2025 - Box Score". University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics. Retrieved 2025-07-04.