Big West Changes Format for Basketball Tournaments

The Big West Conference basketball tournament will undergo several changes next season as a result of a vote at the conference convention in Newport Beach this week.

The men’s tournament will run Wednesday through Sunday; the women’s event Thursday through Sunday. The championship games have been changed from Saturday to Sunday.

The women’s tournament, which previously included only the top eight teams, now will include all teams in the conference.

Neither the men’s nor women’s tournaments will reseed teams after each round but will follow a fixed bracket similar to those used in most other major college tournaments.

Southern California College has signed two all-conference community college basketball players to letters of intent.

Elbert Davis, a 6-foot-1 point guard from Golden West, averaged 14.3 points and 9.3 assists (third best in the state). He was named to the All-Orange Empire League team.

David Blum was first team All-Coast Conference for Ohlone College near San Jose. Blum, a 6-5 forward, averaged 19.4 points and nine rebounds.