Long Beach State University Athletics
LBSU men earn No. 3 seed in Big West Tournament
3/6/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
March 6, 2010
2010 BWC Men's Tournament Bracket in PDF Format 
LONG BEACH, Calif. - A weird and whacky final weekend in the Big West Conference ended with Long Beach State settling into the No. 3 seed in next week's Big West Conference Tournament in Anaheim.
The Beach finished the regular season with an 8-8 conference record thanks to a nail-biting win over UC Riverside on Friday night. That win, coupled with Cal State Fullerton being swept at home by Pacific and UC Davis (who also won at Cal State Northridge) and Cal Poly losing at home to UC Irvine in the final three days of the season, pushed the 49ers into the three seed where they will get a bye in the first round of the Big West Conference Tournament on Wednesday.
LBSU will play one of three teams at 6 p.m. on Thursday at the Anaheim Convention Center. The 49ers could meet No. 6 Cal Poly, No. 7 UC Irvine or No. 8 Cal State Northridge. LBSU is guaranteed to meet the lowest remaining seed from the first round winners.
On Wednesday, No. 5 Cal State Fullerton faces No. 8 Cal State Northridge and No. 6 Cal Poly plays No. 7 UC Irvine in a rematch of Saturday night's UCI overtime win that eventually pushed LBSU from the fourth seed to the third seed. If The Beach wins its quarterfinal game on Thursday, it will advance to Friday's semifinals where the 49ers will play No. 2 Pacific at 8:30 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara earned the first seed, while UC Davis is the fourth seed.
