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The 1991 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 8–10 at the Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, California.[1]

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1991 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1990–91
Teams8
SiteLong Beach Arena
Long Beach, CA
ChampionsUNLV (7th title)
Winning coachJerry Tarkanian (7th title)
MVPLarry Johnson (UNLV)
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1990–91 Big West men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 UNLV18–0 1.00034–1  .971
No. 15 New Mexico State15–3 .83323–6  .793
Pacific9–9 .50014–15  .483
UC Santa Barbara8–10 .44414–15  .483
Utah State8–10 .44411–17  .393
Cal State Fullerton7–11 .38914–14  .500
Fresno State7–11 .38914–16  .467
Long Beach State7–11 .38911–17  .393
UC Irvine6–12 .33311–19  .367
San Jose State5–13 .2787–20  .259
† 1991 Big West tournament winner
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Defending national and conference champions UNLV defeated seventh-seeded Fresno State in the final, 98–74, capturing their seventh PCAA/Big West championship. This was the Runnin' Rebels' seventh title in their nine seasons in the Big West.

UNLV subsequently received an automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA tournament, where they would advance to the Final Four. Fellow Big West member New Mexico State received an at-large bid.

Format

After three seasons as a ten-team tournament, the Big West reverted to the eight-team format that it used prior to the 1988 season. In turn, only the top eight teams, based on regular season conference records, qualified for the tournament field. The two teams with the worst records were excluded.

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

Bracket

First round
Friday, March 8
Semifinals
Saturday, March 9
Championship
Sunday, March 10
         
1 #1 UNLV 49
8 Long Beach State 29
1 #1 UNLV 95
5 UC Santa Barbara 66
5 UC Santa Barbara 80
4 Utah State 76
1 #1 UNLV 98
7 Fresno State 74
3 Pacific 74
6 Cal State Fullerton 67
3 Pacific 70
7 Fresno State 87
7 Fresno State 88
2 #11 New Mexico State 82

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