Big West Conference women's 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

Big West Conference women's basketball tournament
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

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

See also

• Big West Conference men's basketball tournament

References

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