Big West conference tournament

This is part 29 of a 32-part series covering each conference and conference tournament.  These previews are meant to provide every bracketologist with the information they need to make informed projections about the teams of the conference.

The standings:
UC Irvine 13-3
UC Santa Barbara 12-4
Long Beach St 10-6
Hawaii 9-7
Cal St-Northridge 7-9
Cal St-Fullerton 6-10
Cal Poly 6-10
UC Riverside 5-11
UC Davis 4-12

Tournament format:
Anaheim is your neutral site host from March 13-15.  No fancy bells or whistles in this bracket, although only top 8 of 9 are invited, so bye UC Davis (9-22).

The matchups:
2) UC Santa Barbara (21-8) vs. 7) Cal Poly (10-19)
3) Long Beach St (14-16) vs. 6) Cal-St Fullerton (11-19)
1) UC Irvine (22-10) vs. 8) UC Riverside (10-20)
4) Hawaii (20-10) vs. 5) Cal St-Northridge (15-17)

The stakes:
The top two in this conference actually did some work this season.  Irvine won at Washington and Denver; UCSB beat @UNLV, South Dakota St and Cal.  This all means the 13 line is still in play for both.  Maybe 14 line.  It'll depend what happens elsewhere.  The rest of the conference is more 15 seed and 16 seed material.

Despite the resumes, they have no NIT chances (except Irvine, obviously).  Long Beach St doesn't have postseason chances because of their brutal non-con scheduling tendencies.  Hawaii has the profile of a postseason team but travel could destroy those hopes.  It's looking like UCI and UCSB are the only postseason teams here.