2024 Big West Conference men's volleyball tournament
| 2024 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 | Long Beach State (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Alan Knipe (2nd title) |
| MVP | Clarke Godbold (Long Beach State) |
| Attendance | 14,821 (4,940 per match) |
| Television | ESPN+ |
Big West Conference Men's Volleyball Tournaments | |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Long Beach State †‡y | 9 | – | 1 | .900 | 27 | – | 3 | .900 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 UC Irvine y | 7 | – | 3 | .700 | 20 | – | 11 | .645 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Hawai'i | 5 | – | 5 | .500 | 23 | – | 7 | .767 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 UC San Diego | 4 | – | 6 | .400 | 12 | – | 15 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 CSUN | 3 | – | 7 | .300 | 13 | – | 16 | .448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Santa Barbara | 2 | – | 8 | .200 | 9 | – | 18 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – champion y- Invited to the NCAA Volleyball Tournament Rankings from AVCA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2024 Big West Conference men's volleyball tournament is a postseason men's volleyball tournament for the Big West Conference during the 2024 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. It was held April 18 through April 20, 2024 at the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu, Hawai'i.[1] Long Beach State received the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Volleyball Tournament, and UC Irvine received one of the two at-large bids. Notably, the second set in the semifinals matchup between UC Irvine and Hawai'i produced the highest point set in Big West Conference men's volleyball tournament history.
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 | Long Beach State | 9-1 | – |
| 2 | UC Irvine | 7-3 | – |
| 3 | Hawai'i | 5-5 | – |
| 4 | UC San Diego | 4-8 | – |
| 5 | CSUN | 3-7 | – |
| 6 | UC Santa Barbara | 2-8 | – |
Schedule and results
The entire tournament was televised on Spectrum Hawai'i and simulcast live on ESPN+.
| Time Network |
Matchup | Score | Attendance | Broadcasters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, April 18 | ||||
| 4:30 pm ESPN+ |
No. 4 UC San Diego vs. No. 5 CSUN[2] | 0-3 (20-25, 26-28, 22-25) |
6,087 | Kanoa Leahey & Chris McLachlin |
| 7:00 pm ESPN+ |
No. 3 Hawai'i vs. No. 6 UC Santa Barbara[3] | 3-1 (23-25, 25-20, 25-17, 25-23) | ||
| Semifinals – Friday, April 19 | ||||
| 4:30 pm ESPN+ |
No. 1 Long Beach State vs. No. 5 CSUN[4] | 3-1 (25-23, 22-25, 25-20, 25-22) |
6,400 | Kanoa Leahey & Chris McLachlin |
| 7:00 pm ESPN+ |
No. 2 UC Irvine vs. No. 3 Hawai'i[5] |
3-0 (26-24, 36-34, 25-15) | ||
| Championship – Saturday, April 20 | ||||
| 7:00 pm ESPN+ |
No. 1 Long Beach State vs. No. 2 UC Irvine[6] | 3-1 (25-23, 21-25, 25-16, 25-15) |
2,334 | Paul Sunderland & Kevin Barnett |
| Game times are HST. Rankings denote tournament seeding. | ||||
Bracket
| Quarterfinals Thursday, April 18 | Semifinals Friday, April 19 | Championship Saturday, April 20 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Long Beach State | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | UC San Diego | 0 | 5 | CSUN | 1 | |||||||||
| 5 | CSUN | 3 | 1 | Long Beach State | 3 | |||||||||
| 2 | UC Irvine | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | UC Irvine | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Hawai'i | 3 | 3 | Hawai'i | 0 | |||||||||
| 6 | UC Santa Barbara | 1 | ||||||||||||
References
- ^ "The Hawaiian Islands presents the 2024 Outrigger Big West Men's Volleyball Championship". Retrieved July 12, 2025.
- ^ "Box Score - The Big West". bigwest.org. Retrieved 2025-07-12.
- ^ "Box Score - The Big West". bigwest.org. Retrieved 2025-07-12.
- ^ "Box Score - The Big West". bigwest.org. Retrieved 2025-07-12.
- ^ "Men's Volleyball vs Hawaii on 4/19/2024 - Box Score". UCI Athletics. Retrieved 2025-07-12.
- ^ "Men's Volleyball vs Long Beach State on 4/20/2024 - Box Score". UCI Athletics. Retrieved 2025-07-12.