Big South Conference women's basketball tournament

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Big South women's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
Big South Conference logo.svg
Sport Basketball
Conference Big South Conference
Number of teams10
Format Single-elimination tournament
Played1986–present
Current champion High Point (2nd)
Most championships Liberty (17)
Official website Big South Women's Basketball

The Big South Conference women's basketball tournament is the conference championship tournament in women's basketball for the Big South Conference. It is a single-elimination tournament involving all of the 10 league schools, and seeding is based on regular-season records with head-to-head match-up as a tie-breaker. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament. [1]

Contents

In the first round, the #7 seed faces off against the #10 and the #8 faces off against the #9. The #1 and #2 seeds play the winner of those games in the quarterfinals, while the #3 seed faces off against the #6 seed and the #4 seed faces off against the #5 seed.

The tournament has been held since 1986.

Results

Big South Conference women's basketball tournament
YearChampionsScoreRunner-UpVenue
1987 Radford (1)71–59 Campbell Dedmon Center (Radford, VA)
1988Radford (2)100–81Campbell Carter Gymnasium (Buies Creek, NC)
1989Campbell (1)58–53RadfordDedmon Center (Radford, VA)
1990Radford (3)69–65Campbell Justice Center (Asheville, NC)
1991Radford (4)65–64CampbellDedmon Center (Radford, VA)
1992Radford (5)85–77Campbell
1993Radford (6)62–57 UNC Greensboro
1994Radford (7)83–78UNC Greensboro Spectator Gymnasium (Greensboro, NC)
1995Radford (8)68–63UNC GreensboroDedmon Center (Radford, VA)
1996Radford (9)85–83 Winthrop
1997 Liberty (1)89–82UNC Greensboro Vines Center (Lynchburg, VA)
1998Liberty (2)65–53 UNC Asheville
1999Liberty (3)68–55 Coastal Carolina Asheville Civic Center (Asheville, NC)
2000Liberty (4)74–64Coastal Carolina
2001Liberty (5)52–47 Elon Roanoke Civic Center (Roanoke, VA)
2002Liberty (6)57–33Coastal Carolina
2003Liberty (7)84–71 High Point Vines Center (Lynchburg, VA)
2004Liberty (8)54–41 Birmingham-Southern
2005Liberty (9)88–41UNC Asheville
2006Liberty (10)53–50High Point
2007UNC Asheville (1)67–57Radford Justice Center (Asheville, NC)
2008Liberty (11)66–65Radford
2009Liberty (12)51–50 Gardner–Webb Millis Center (High Point, NC)
2010Liberty (13)68–66Gardner–Webb
2011Gardner–Webb (1)67–66Liberty
2012Liberty (14)81–73High Point
2013Liberty (15)54–45 Longwood HTC Center (Conway, SC)
2014 Winthrop (1)87–74High Point
2015 Liberty (16)74–64High Point
2016 UNC Asheville (2)64–62 (OT)Liberty Kimmel Arena (Asheville, NC)
2017 UNC Asheville (3)49–48RadfordVines Center (Lynchburg, VA)
2018 Liberty (17)60–42UNC Asheville
2019 Radford (10)57–45CampbellDedmon Center (Radford, VA)
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021 High Point (1)62–46CampbellMillis Center (High Point, NC)
2022 Longwood (1)86–47Campbell Bojangles Coliseum (Charlotte, NC)
2023 Gardner-Webb (2)74–61High Point
2024 Presbyterian (1)60–37 Radford Qubein Center (High Point, NC)
2025 High Point (2)59–53 Longwood Freedom Hall Civic Center (Johnson City, TN)

Champions

SchoolChampionshipsChampionship Years
Liberty 171997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018
Radford 101987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2019
UNC Asheville 32007, 2016, 2017
Gardner–Webb 22011, 2023
High Point 22021, 2025
Campbell 11989
Longwood 12022
Presbyterian 12024
Winthrop 12014

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). bigsouthsports.com. Big South Conference. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
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