The 2023 Big West Conference men's volleyball tournament is a postseason men's volleyball tournament for the Big West Conference during the 2023 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. It was held April 20 through April 22, 2023 at the Bren Events Center in Irvine, California. The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Volleyball Tournament.
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.
SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1 Hawai'i 9-1 1–1 vs. LBSU, points vs. LBSU won 144 to 141 2 Long Beach State 9-1 1-1 vs. Hawaii, point vs. Hawaii lost 141 to 144 3 UC Irvine 6–4 – 4 UC Santa Barbara 3–7 – 5 UC San Diego 2–8 – 6 CSUN 1–9 –
Schedule and results The 1st Round and Semifinal matches were televised on Spectrum Hawai'i and simulcast on ESPN+. The final was broadcast on ESPNU. TimeNetworkMatchupScoreAttendanceBroadcasters Quarterfinals – Thursday, April 205:00 pmESPN+No. 4 UCSB vs. No. 5 UC San Diego3-2(25-1,8, 23–25, 15–21, 20–25, 15–12)1,008Kanoa Leahey & Chris McLachlin7:30 pm^ESPN+No. 3 UC Irvine vs. No. 6 CSUN3-0(25-21, 25–22, 25–18) Semifinals – Friday, April 215:00 pmESPN+No. 1 Hawai'i vs. No. 4 UCSB3-0(25-18, 25–19, 25–18)2,543Kanoa Leahey & Chris McLachlin7:30 pmESPN+No. 2 Long Beach State vs. No. 3 UC Irvine0-3(21-25, 17–25, 20–25) Championship – Saturday, April 227:00 pmESPNUNo. 1 Hawai'i vs. No. 3 UC Irvine3-1(25-18, 21–25, 25–13, 25–22)4,064Paul Sunderland & Kevin Barnett Game times are PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding. ^ delay start at 8:21 pm
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