Massey rating of the Big West Champions since 2016 (last time we played in final)

2022: 161
2021: 77
2020: 116
2019: 73
2018: 138
2017: 124
2016: 65


interesting that in 2018 was the last year a champion (Davis) was ranked so high, and was the year Fullerton (4 seed) won the championship, that was wide open as well, as almost knocked off Fullerton in teh quarters that year

points to how bunched the top 6 teams are going in to the tournament

in 2016: the Big West has 4 teams inside the top 100, haven't come close since.