Other Big West Games and Standings Games of Mar. 8
Cal Poly (14-18/8-12) 83, Long Beach State (home, 7-25/3-17) 69
UC Riverside (21-11/14-6) 64, CSU Fullerton (home, 6-26/1-19) 59
CSUN (home, 22-9/14-6) 82, Hawai`i (15-16/7-13) 73
UC Irvine (27-5/17-3) 97, UC Santa Barbara (home, 19-11/11-8) 88
A near upset down in Santa Barbara, but it didn’t matter in the final standings. Fullerton put up a good fight but Riverside was able to grab the 3 seed thanks to their sweep of CSUN to get the tiebreaker. The final standings are set and Cal Poly has managed to secure a playoff berth at Hawai`i’s expense.
The tournament seeds are:
1. UCSD
2. UCI
3. UCR
4. CSUN
5. UCSB
6. UC Davis
7. Cal Poly
8. Bakersfield
Looking in advance to a first round match with Cal Poly, it is worth noting that the Mustangs have become an offensive machine, scoring around 100 points a game in four of their last five.