Big West Conference women's basketball tournament

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Big West Conference women's basketball tournament
Sport College basketball
Conference Big West Conference
Number of teams10
Format Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium Dollar Loan Center
Current location Henderson, NV
Played1984–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.

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Tournament champions

Big West Conference women's basketball tournament
YearChampionScoreRunner-upTournament Site
1984 UNLV90–55UC IrvineUNLV [lower-alpha 1]
1985 UNLV61–60UC IrvineUC Irvine
1986 UNLV99–89Long Beach State L.A. Forum, first round at LBS
1987 Long Beach State 98–57UNLV L.A. Forum
1988 Long Beach State 79–58UNLV L.A. Forum
1989 Long Beach State89–81UNLV Long Beach Arena, opening qualifying game at LBS
1990 UNLV67–64Long Beach StateLong Beach Arena
1991Long Beach State71–60Cal State FullertonLong Beach Arena
1992UCSB68–60Long Beach StateLong Beach Arena
1993UCSB80–77Hawai'iLong Beach Arena
1994UNLV78–60Hawai'i Thomas & Mack Center
1995UC Irvine65–53Pacific Thomas & Mack Center
1996Hawai'i68–64Pacific Lawlor Events Center
1997UCSB81–66UC Irvine Lawlor Events Center
1998UCSB86–69Boise State Lawlor Events Center
1999UCSB94–67Long Beach State Lawlor Events Center
2000UCSB79–69Long Beach State Lawlor Events Center
2001UCSB79–76Long Beach State Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, California
2002UCSB64–53Pacific Anaheim Convention Center
2003UCSB68–50Pacific Anaheim Convention Center
2004UCSB68–51Idaho Anaheim Convention Center
2005UCSB74–66Idaho Anaheim Convention Center
2006UC Riverside59–58UCSB Anaheim Convention Center
2007UC Riverside70–67UCSB Anaheim Convention Center
2008UCSB74–59UC Davis Anaheim Convention Center
2009UCSB64–57Cal Poly SLO Anaheim Convention Center
2010UC Riverside71–67UC Davis Anaheim Convention Center
2011UC Davis66–49Cal PolyOpening round at campus sites, semifinals and finals at Honda Center
2012UCSB63–54Long Beach StateOpening round at campus sites, semifinals and finals at Honda Center
2013Cal Poly63–49Pacific Honda Center
2014 Cal State Northridge 73–58Cal 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 78–59UC DavisFirst two rounds at Bren Events Center, semifinals and finals at Honda Center
2017 Long Beach State56–55UCSBFirst two rounds at Walter Pyramid, semifinals and finals at Honda Center
2018 Cal State Northridge 63–55UC DavisFirst two rounds at Titan Gym, semifinals and finals at Honda Center
2019 UC Davis 58–50Hawai'iFirst two rounds at Bren Events Center, semifinals and finals at Honda Center
2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021 UC Davis61–42UC Irvine Michelob Ultra Arena
2022 Hawai'i 59–48UC Irvine Dollar Loan Center
2023 Hawai'i 61–59UCSB Dollar Loan Center
2024 UC Irvine 53–39 UC Davis Dollar Loan Center
  1. 1984 Tournament was played at location of highest remaining seed.

Performance by school

MemberWinnersWinning 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

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