Big West - in the NCAA Tournament

Big West in the NCAA Tournament

All-Time Record: 40-54 (.426)

Date	Round		School	Region/Seed	Coach		Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/15	Round of 64		Long Beach State	W #12 (Auto)	Dan Monson		New Mexico	Mountain West	W #5	Portland	L, 68-75

NCAA Record: 0-1

Date	Round		School	Region/Seed	Coach		Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/17	Round of 64		California-Santa Barbara	SE #15 (Auto)	Bob Williams		Florida	Southeastern	SE #2	Tampa	L, 51-79

NCAA Record: 0-1

Date	Round		School	Region/Seed	Coach		Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/19	Round of 64		California-Santa Barbara	MW #15 (Auto)	Bob Williams		Ohio State	Big Ten	MW #2	Indianapolis	L, 51-68

NCAA Record: 0-1

Date	Round		School	Region/Seed	Coach		Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/19	Round of 64		Cal State Northridge	W #15 (Auto)	Bobby Braswell		Memphis	Conference USA	W #2	Kansas City	L, 70-81

NCAA Record: 0-1

Date	Round		School	Region/Seed	Coach		Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/20	Round of 64		Cal State Fullerton	MW #14 (Auto)	Bob Burton		Wisconsin	Big Ten	MW #3	Omaha	L, 56-71

NCAA Record: 0-1

Date	Round		School	Region/Seed	Coach		Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/16	Round of 64		Long Beach State	S #12 (Auto)	Larry Reynolds		Tennessee	Southeastern	S #5	Columbus	L, 86-121

NCAA Record: 0-1

Date	Round		School	Region/Seed	Coach		Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/16	Round of 64		Pacific	Mpls #13 (Auto)	Bob Thomason		Boston College	Atlantic Coast	Mpls #4	Salt Lake City	L, 76-88 (2 OT)

NCAA Record: 0-1

Date	Round	School	Region/Seed	Coach	Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/17	Round of 64	Pacific	W #8 (At Lg)	Bob Thomason	Pittsburgh	Big East	W #9	Boise	W, 79-71

03/17	Round of 64	Utah State	MW #14 (Auto)	Stew Morrill	Arizona	Pac-10	MW #3	Boise	L, 53-66

03/19	Round of 32	Pacific		Bob Thomason	Washington	Pac-10	W #1	Boise	L, 79-97

NCAA Record: 1-2

Date	Round	School	Region/Seed	Coach	Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/19	Round of 64	Pacific	MW #12 (Auto)	Bob Thomason	Providence	Big East	MW #5	Kansas City	W, 66-58

03/21	Round of 32	Pacific		Bob Thomason	Kansas	Big 12	MW #4	Kansas City	L, 63-78

NCAA Record: 1-1

Date	Round		School	Region/Seed	Coach		Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/20	Round of 64		Utah State	W #15 (Auto)	Stew Morrill		Kansas	Big 12	W #2	Oklahoma City	L, 61-64

NCAA Record: 0-1

Date	Round		School	Region/Seed	Coach		Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/14	Round of 64		California-Santa Barbara	W #14 (Auto)	Bob Williams		Arizona	Pac-10	W #3	Albuquerque	L, 81-86

NCAA Record: 0-1

Date	Round	School	Region/Seed	Coach	Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/15	Round of 64	Utah State	E #12 (Auto)	Stew Morrill	Ohio State	Big Ten	E #5	Greensboro	W, 77-68 (OT)

03/17	Round of 32	Utah State		Stew Morrill	UCLA	Pac-10	E #4	Greensboro	L, 70-75

NCAA Record: 1-1

Date	Round		School	Region/Seed	Coach		Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/17	Round of 64		Utah State	S #12 (Auto)	Stew Morrill		Connecticut	Big East	S #5	Birmingham	L, 67-75

NCAA Record: 0-1

Date	Round		School	Region/Seed	Coach		Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/12	Round of 64		New Mexico State	MW #14 (Auto)	Lou Henson		Kentucky	Southeastern	MW #3	New Orleans	L, 60-82

NCAA Record: 0-1

Date	Round		School	Region/Seed	Coach		Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/12	Round of 64		Utah State	W #13 (Auto)	Larry Eustachy		Maryland	Atlantic Coast	W #4	Sacramento	L, 68-82

NCAA Record: 0-1

Date	Round		School	Region/Seed	Coach		Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/13	Round of 64		Pacific	W #13 (Auto)	Bob Thomason		Saint Joseph`s	Atlantic 10	W #4	Salt Lake City	L, 65-75

NCAA Record: 0-1

Date	Round		School	Region/Seed	Coach		Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/14	Round of 64		San Jose State	MW #16 (Auto)	Stan Morrison		Kentucky	Southeastern	MW #1	Dallas	L, 72-110

NCAA Record: 0-1

Date	Round		School	Region/Seed	Coach		Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/17	Round of 64		Long Beach State	W #13 (Auto)	Seth Greenberg		Utah	Western Athletic	W #4	Boise	L, 64-76

NCAA Record: 0-1

Date	Round		School	Region/Seed	Coach		Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/18	Round of 64		New Mexico State	MW #13 (Auto)	Neil McCarthy		Oklahoma State	Big Eight	MW #4	Oklahoma City	L, 55-65

NCAA Record: 0-1

Date	Round	School	Region/Seed	Coach	Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/18	Round of 64	Long Beach State	W #11 (Auto)	Seth Greenberg	Illinois	Big Ten	W #6	Salt Lake City	L, 72-75

03/19	Round of 64	New Mexico State	E #7 (At Lg)	Neil McCarthy	Nebraska	Big Eight	E #10	Syracuse	W, 93-79

03/21	Round of 32	New Mexico State		Neil McCarthy	Cincinnati	Great Midwest	E #2	Syracuse	L, 55-92

NCAA Record: 1-2

Date	Round	School	Region/Seed	Coach	Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/20	Round of 64	New Mexico State	W #12 (Auto)	Neil McCarthy	DePaul	Great Midwest	W #5	Tempe	W, 81-73

03/22	Round of 32	New Mexico State		Neil McCarthy	Louisiana-Lafayette	Sun Belt	W #13	Tempe	W, 81-73

03/26	Sweet 16	New Mexico State		Neil McCarthy	UCLA	Pac-10	W #1	Albuquerque	L, 78-85

NCAA Record: 2-1

Date	Round	School	Region/Seed	Coach	Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/14	Round of 64	New Mexico State	W #6 (At Lg)	Neil McCarthy	Creighton	Missouri Valley	W #11	Salt Lake City	L, 56-64

03/15	Round of 64	UNLV	W #1 (Auto)	Jerry Tarkanian	Montana	Big Sky	W #16	Tucson	W, 99-65

03/17	Round of 32	UNLV		Jerry Tarkanian	Georgetown	Big East	W #8	Tucson	W, 62-54

03/21	Sweet 16	UNLV		Jerry Tarkanian	Utah	Western Athletic	W #4	Seattle	W, 83-66

03/23	Elite 8	UNLV		Jerry Tarkanian	Seton Hall	Big East	W #3	Seattle	W, 77-65

03/30	National Semifinals	UNLV		Jerry Tarkanian	Duke	Atlantic Coast	MW #2	Indianapolis	L, 77-79

NCAA Record: 4-2

Date	Round	School	Region/Seed	Coach	Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/15	Round of 64	UNLV	W #1 (Auto)	Jerry Tarkanian	Arkansas-Little Rock	Atlantic Sun	W #16	Salt Lake City	W, 102-72

03/15	Round of 64	California-Santa Barbara	SE #9 (At Lg)	Jerry Pimm	Houston	Southwestern	SE #8	Knoxville	W, 70-66

03/16	Round of 64	New Mexico State	W #6 (At Lg)	Neil McCarthy	Loyola Marymount	West Coast	W #11	Long Beach	L, 92-111

03/17	Round of 32	UNLV		Jerry Tarkanian	Ohio State	Big Ten	W #8	Salt Lake City	W, 76-65

03/17	Round of 32	California-Santa Barbara		Jerry Pimm	Michigan State	Big Ten	SE #1	Knoxville	L, 58-62

03/23	Sweet 16	UNLV		Jerry Tarkanian	Ball State	Mid-American	W #12	Oakland	W, 69-67

03/25	Elite 8	UNLV		Jerry Tarkanian	Loyola Marymount	West Coast	W #11	Oakland	W, 131-101

03/31	National Semifinals	UNLV		Jerry Tarkanian	Georgia Tech	Atlantic Coast	SE #4	Denver	W, 90-81

04/02	National Championship	UNLV		Jerry Tarkanian	Duke	Atlantic Coast	E #3	Denver	W, 103-73

NCAA Record: 7-2

Date	Round	School	Region/Seed	Coach	Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/16	Round of 64	UNLV	W #4 (Auto)	Jerry Tarkanian	Idaho	Big Sky	W #13	Boise	W, 68-56

03/18	Round of 32	UNLV		Jerry Tarkanian	DePaul	Independents	W #12	Boise	W, 85-70

03/23	Sweet 16	UNLV		Jerry Tarkanian	Arizona	Pac-10	W #1	Denver	W, 68-67

03/25	Elite 8	UNLV		Jerry Tarkanian	Seton Hall	Big East	W #3	Denver	L, 61-84

NCAA Record: 3-1

Date	Round	School	Region/Seed	Coach	Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/18	Round of 64	UNLV	W #4 (At Lg)	Jerry Tarkanian	Missouri State	Summit League	W #13	Los Angeles	W, 54-50

03/18	Round of 64	Utah State	MW #10 (Auto)	Rod Tueller	Vanderbilt	Southeastern	MW #7	Lincoln	L, 77-80

03/18	Round of 64	California-Santa Barbara	SE #10 (At Lg)	Jerry Pimm	Maryland	Atlantic Coast	SE #7	Cincinnati	L, 82-92

03/20	Round of 32	UNLV		Jerry Tarkanian	Iowa	Big Ten	W #5	Los Angeles	L, 86-104

NCAA Record: 1-3

Date	Round	School	Region/Seed	Coach	Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/12	Round of 64	UNLV	W #1 (Auto)	Jerry Tarkanian	Idaho State	Big Sky	W #16	Salt Lake City	W, 95-70

03/14	Round of 32	UNLV		Jerry Tarkanian	Kansas State	Big Eight	W #9	Salt Lake City	W, 80-61

03/20	Sweet 16	UNLV		Jerry Tarkanian	Wyoming	Western Athletic	W #12	Seattle	W, 92-78

03/22	Elite 8	UNLV		Jerry Tarkanian	Iowa	Big Ten	W #2	Seattle	W, 84-81

03/28	National Semifinals	UNLV		Jerry Tarkanian	Indiana	Big Ten	MW #1	New Orleans	L, 93-97

NCAA Record: 4-1

Date	Round	School	Region/Seed	Coach	Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/14	Round of 64	UNLV	W #4 (Auto)	Jerry Tarkanian	Louisiana-Monroe	Southland	W #13	Long Beach	W, 74-51

03/16	Round of 32	UNLV		Jerry Tarkanian	Maryland	Atlantic Coast	W #5	Long Beach	W, 70-64

03/20	Sweet 16	UNLV		Jerry Tarkanian	Auburn	Southeastern	W #8	Houston	L, 63-70

NCAA Record: 2-1

Date	Round	School	Region/Seed	Coach	Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/14	Round of 64	UNLV	W #4 (Auto)	Jerry Tarkanian	San Diego State	Western Athletic	W #13	Salt Lake City	W, 85-80

03/16	Round of 32	UNLV		Jerry Tarkanian	Kentucky	Southeastern	W #12	Salt Lake City	L, 61-64

NCAA Record: 1-1

Date	Round	School	Region/Seed	Coach	Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/15	Round of 64	UNLV	W #5 (Auto)	Jerry Tarkanian	Princeton	Ivy League	W #12	Salt Lake City	W, 68-56

03/15	Round of 64	Fresno State	MW #7 (At Lg)	Boyd Grant	Louisiana Tech	Southland	MW #10	Memphis	L, 56-66

03/17	Round of 32	UNLV		Jerry Tarkanian	Texas-El Paso	Western Athletic	W #4	Salt Lake City	W, 73-60

03/23	Sweet 16	UNLV		Jerry Tarkanian	Georgetown	Big East	W #1	Los Angeles	L, 48-62

NCAA Record: 2-2

Date	Round	School	Region/Seed	Coach	Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/18	Round of 64	Utah State	MW #10 (At Lg)	Rod Tueller	Iowa	Big Ten	MW #7	Louisville	L, 59-64

03/20	Round of 32	UNLV		Jerry Tarkanian	North Carolina State	Atlantic Coast	W #6	Corvallis	L, 70-71

NCAA Record: 0-2

Date	Round	School	Coach	Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/13	Round of 32	Fresno State	Boyd Grant	West Virginia	Atlantic 10	W #5	Logan	W, 50-46

03/18	Sweet 16	Fresno State	Boyd Grant	Georgetown	Big East	W #1	Provo	L, 40-58

NCAA Record: 1-1

Date	Round		School	Region/Seed	Coach		Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/13	Round of 64		Fresno State	W #6 (Auto)	Boyd Grant		Northeastern	America East	W #11	El Paso	L, 53-55

NCAA Record: 0-1

Date	Round	School	Region/Seed	Coach	Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/06	Round of 64	Utah State	W #11 (At Lg)	Rod Tueller	Clemson	Atlantic Coast	W #6	Ogden	L, 73-76

03/06	Round of 64	San Jose State	MW #12 (Auto)	Bill Berry	Missouri	Big Eight	MW #5	Lincoln	L, 51-61

NCAA Record: 0-2

Date	Round	School	Region/Seed	Coach	Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/09	Round of 64	Utah State	W #10 (At Lg)	Dutch Belnap	Southern California	Pac-10	W #7	Los Angeles	L, 67-86

03/10	Round of 32	Pacific		Stan Morrison	Marquette	Independents	W #3	Tucson	L, 48-73

NCAA Record: 0-2

Date	Round	School	Coach	Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/11	Round of 32	Cal State Fullerton	Bob Dye	New Mexico	Western Athletic	W	Tempe	W, 90-85

03/16	Sweet 16	Cal State Fullerton	Bob Dye	San Francisco	West Coast	W	Albuquerque	W, 75-72

03/18	Elite 8	Cal State Fullerton	Bob Dye	Arkansas	Southwestern	W	Albuquerque	L, 58-61

NCAA Record: 2-1

Date	Round		School	Region/Seed	Coach		Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/12	Round of 32		Long Beach State	W (Auto)	Dwight Jones		Idaho State	Big Sky	W	Pocatello	L, 72-83

NCAA Record: 0-1

Date	Round		School	Region/Seed	Coach		Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/13	Round of 32		San Diego State	W (Auto)	Tim Vezie		UCLA	Pac-10	W	Eugene	L, 64-74

NCAA Record: 0-1

Date	Round		School	Region/Seed	Coach		Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/15	Round of 32		San Diego State	W (Auto)	Tim Vezie		UNLV	West Coast	W	Tempe	L, 80-90

NCAA Record: 0-1

Date	Round		School	Region/Seed	Coach		Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/09	Round of 32		Cal State Los Angeles	W (Auto)	Bob Miller		Dayton	Independents	W	Pocatello	L, 80-88

NCAA Record: 0-1

Date	Round	School	Region/Seed	Coach	Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/10	Round of 32	Long Beach State	W (Auto)	Jerry Tarkanian	Weber State	Big Sky	W	Logan	W, 88-75

03/15	Sweet 16	Long Beach State	W (Auto)	Jerry Tarkanian	San Francisco	West Coast	W	Los Angeles	L, 67-77

03/17	Regional Third Place	Long Beach State	W (Auto)	Jerry Tarkanian	Arizona State	Western Athletic	W	Los Angeles	W, 84-80

NCAA Record: 2-1

Date	Round	School	Region/Seed	Coach	Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/11	Round of 32	Long Beach State	W (Auto)	Jerry Tarkanian	Brigham Young	Western Athletic	W	Pocatello	W, 95-90 (OT)

03/18	Sweet 16	Long Beach State	W (Auto)	Jerry Tarkanian	San Francisco	West Coast	W	Provo	W, 75-55

03/20	Elite 8	Long Beach State	W (Auto)	Jerry Tarkanian	UCLA	Pac-10	W	Provo	L, 57-73

NCAA Record: 2-1

Date	Round	School	Region/Seed	Coach	Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/13	Round of 32	Long Beach State	W (Inv)	Jerry Tarkanian	Weber State	Big Sky	W	Logan	W, 77-66

03/18	Sweet 16	Long Beach State	W (Inv)	Jerry Tarkanian	Pacific	West Coast	W	Salt Lake City	W, 78-65

03/20	Elite 8	Long Beach State	W (Inv)	Jerry Tarkanian	UCLA	Pac-10	W	Salt Lake City	L, 55-57

NCAA Record: 2-1

Date	Round	School	Region/Seed	Coach	Opponent	Opp Conf	Opp Reg/Sd	Location	Result
03/07	Round of 32	Long Beach State	W (Inv)	Jerry Tarkanian	Weber State	Big Sky	W	Provo	W, 92-73

03/12	Sweet 16	Long Beach State	W (Inv)	Jerry Tarkanian	UCLA	Pac-10	W	Seattle	L, 65-88

03/14	Regional Third Place	Long Beach State	W (Inv)	Jerry Tarkanian	Santa Clara	West Coast	W	Seattle	L, 86-89