Big West Conference women's basketball tournament

Collegiate basketball tournament

Big West Conference women's basketball tournament

Sport	College basketball
Conference	Big West Conference
Number of teams	10
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium	Dollar Loan Center
Current location	Henderson, NV
Played	1984–present
Last contest	2024
Current champion	UC Irvine
Most championships	UCSB (14)

The Big West Conference women's basketball tournament is the conference championship tournament in basketball for the Big West Conference. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship. The women's tournament has been played every year since 1983.

Tournament champions

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Year	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Tournament Site
1984	UNLV	90–55	UC Irvine	UNLV
1985	UNLV	61–60	UC Irvine	UC Irvine
1986	UNLV	99–89	Long Beach State	L.A. Forum, first round at LBS
1987	Long Beach State	98–57	UNLV	L.A. Forum
1988	Long Beach State	79–58	UNLV	L.A. Forum
1989	Long Beach State	89–81	UNLV	Long Beach Arena, opening qualifying game at LBS
1990	UNLV	67–64	Long Beach State	Long Beach Arena
1991	Long Beach State	71–60	Cal State Fullerton	Long Beach Arena
1992	UCSB	68–60	Long Beach State	Long Beach Arena
1993	UCSB	80–77	Hawai'i	Long Beach Arena
1994	UNLV	78–60	Hawai'i	Thomas & Mack Center
1995	UC Irvine	65–53	Pacific	Thomas & Mack Center
1996	Hawai'i	68–64	Pacific	Lawlor Events Center
1997	UCSB	81–66	UC Irvine	Lawlor Events Center
1998	UCSB	86–69	Boise State	Lawlor Events Center
1999	UCSB	94–67	Long Beach State	Lawlor Events Center
2000	UCSB	79–69	Long Beach State	Lawlor Events Center
2001	UCSB	79–76	Long Beach State	Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California
2002	UCSB	64–53	Pacific	Anaheim Convention Center
2003	UCSB	68–50	Pacific	Anaheim Convention Center
2004	UCSB	68–51	Idaho	Anaheim Convention Center
2005	UCSB	74–66	Idaho	Anaheim Convention Center
2006	UC Riverside	59–58	UCSB	Anaheim Convention Center
2007	UC Riverside	70–67	UCSB	Anaheim Convention Center
2008	UCSB	74–59	UC Davis	Anaheim Convention Center
2009	UCSB	64–57	Cal Poly SLO	Anaheim Convention Center
2010	UC Riverside	71–67	UC Davis	Anaheim Convention Center
2011	UC Davis	66–49	Cal Poly	Opening round at campus sites, semifinals and finals at Honda Center
2012	UCSB	63–54	Long Beach State	Opening round at campus sites, semifinals and finals at Honda Center
2013	Cal Poly	63–49	Pacific	Honda Center
2014	Cal State Northridge	73–58	Cal Poly	Honda Center
2015	Cal State Northridge	67–60	Hawai'i	First two rounds at Titan Gym, semifinals and finals at Honda Center
2016	Hawai'i	78–59	UC Davis	First two rounds at Bren Events Center, semifinals and finals at Honda Center
2017	Long Beach State	56–55	UCSB	First two rounds at Walter Pyramid, semifinals and finals at Honda Center
2018	Cal State Northridge	63–55	UC Davis	First two rounds at Titan Gym, semifinals and finals at Honda Center
2019	UC Davis	58–50	Hawai'i	First two rounds at Bren Events Center, semifinals and finals at Honda Center
2020	Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021	UC Davis	61–42	UC Irvine	Michelob Ultra Arena
2022	Hawai'i	59–48	UC Irvine	Dollar Loan Center
2023	Hawai'i	61–59	UCSB	Dollar Loan Center
2024	UC Irvine	53–39	UC Davis	Dollar Loan Center

1984 Tournament was played at location of highest remaining seed.

Performance by school

Member	Winners	Winning Years
UCSB	14	1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2012
UNLV	5	1984, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1994
Long Beach State	5	1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 2017
Hawai'i	4	1996, 2016, 2022, 2023
Cal State Northridge	3	2014, 2015, 2018
UC Davis	3	2011, 2019, 2021
UC Riverside	3	2006, 2007, 2010
UC Irvine	2	1995, 2024
Cal Poly	1	2013

Teams in bold represent current conference members

References

https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232356/http://www.bigwest.org//story.asp?story_id=15959

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Teams	Cal Poly Mustangs Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners Cal State Fullerton Titans Cal State Northridge Matadors Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Long Beach State Beach UC Davis Aggies UC Irvine Anteaters UC Riverside Highlanders UC San Diego Tritons UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
Championships & awards	Big West Conference women's basketball tournament Player of the Year Coach of the Year
Seasons	1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

NCAA women's college basketball tournaments

Division I

Early season	Acrisure Holiday Invitational Ball Dawgs Classic Battle 4 Atlantis Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Big 5 Classic Cancún Challenge Cayman Islands Classic Daytona Beach Invitational Emerald Coast Classic Fort Myers Tip-Off Goombay Splash Great Alaska Shootout Gulf Coast Showcase Holiday Hoops Classic Paradise Jam Players Era Festival San Juan Shootout Savannah Invitational Southland Basketball Tip-Off South Point Thanksgiving Shootout St Pete Showcase Tulane DoubleTree Classic Vancouver Showcase West Palm Beach Invitational Preseason WNIT
Conference postseason	ACC America East The American ASUN Atlantic 10 Big 12 Big East Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big West CAA Conference USA Horizon Ivy MAAC MEAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Mountain West Northeast Ohio Valley Pac-12 (on hiatus until 2027) Patriot SEC Southern Southland SWAC Sun Belt Summit WAC West Coast
Postseason	AIAW NCAA WBIT WNIT WBI

Division II

Conference postseason	CACC CCAA CIAA Carolinas East Coast Great American GLIAC GLVC G-MAC Great Northwest Gulf South Lone Star MIAA Mountain East Northeast-10 Northern Sun PacWest Peach Belt PSAC RMAC South Atlantic SIAC Sunshine State
Postseason	NCAA

Division III

Postseason	NCAA

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