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 Year Champion Score Runner-up Location1984 UNLV 90–55 UC Irvine UNLV1985 UNLV 61–60 UC Irvine UC Irvine1986 UNLV 99–89 Long Beach State First Round at Long Beach StateL.A. Forum (Inglewood, California) 1987 Long Beach State 98–57 UNLV L.A. Forum (Inglewood, California)1988 Long Beach State 79–58 UNLV1989 Long Beach State 89–81 UNLV Opening qualifying game at Long Beach StateLong Beach Arena (Long Beach, California)1990 UNLV 67–64 Long Beach State Long Beach Arena (Long Beach, California)1991 Long Beach State 71–60 Cal State Fullerton1992 UCSB 68–60 Long Beach State1993 UCSB 80–77 Hawai'i 1994 UNLV 78–60 Hawai'i Thomas & Mack Center (Paradise, Nevada)1995 UC Irvine 65–53 Pacific1996 Hawai'i 68–64 Pacific Lawlor Events Center (Reno, Nevada)1997 UCSB 81–66 UC Irvine1998 UCSB 86–69 Boise State1999 UCSB 94–67 Long Beach State2000 UCSB 79–69 Long Beach State2001 UCSB 79–76 Long Beach State Anaheim Convention Center (Anaheim, California)2002 UCSB 64–53 Pacific2003 UCSB 68–50 Pacific2004 UCSB 68–51 Idaho2005 UCSB 74–66 Idaho2006 UC Riverside 59–58 UCSB2007 UC Riverside 70–67 UCSB2008 UCSB 74–59 UC Davis2009 UCSB 64–57 Cal Poly SLO2010 UC Riverside 71–67 UC Davis2011 UC Davis 66–49 Cal Poly Opening round at campus sites, semifinals and finals at Honda Center (Anaheim, California)2012 UCSB 63–54 Long Beach State2013 Cal Poly 63–49 Pacific Honda Center (Anaheim, California)2014 Cal State Northridge 73–58 Cal Poly2015 Cal State Northridge 67–60 Hawai'i First two rounds at Titan Gym, semifinals and finals at Honda Center (Anaheim, California)2016 Hawai'i 78–59 UC Davis First two rounds at Bren Events Center, semifinals and finals at Honda Center (Anaheim, California)2017 Long Beach State 56–55 UCSB First two rounds at Walter Pyramid, semifinals and finals at Honda Center (Anaheim, California)2018 Cal State Northridge 63–55 UC Davis First two rounds at Titan Gym, semifinals and finals at Honda Center (Anaheim, California)2019 UC Davis 58–50 Hawai'i First two rounds at Bren Events Center, semifinals and finals at Honda Center (Anaheim, California)2020Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.2021 UC Davis 61–42 UC Irvine Michelob Ultra Arena (Paradise, Nevada)2022 Hawai'i 59–48 UC Irvine Dollar Loan Center (Henderson, Nevada)2023 Hawai'i 61–59 UCSB 2024 UC Irvine 53–39 UC Davis 2025 UC San Diego 75–66 UC Davis Lee's Family Forum (Henderson, Nevada) 2026 UC San Diego 60–48 Hawai'i 2027 2028 2029 2030
Performance by school School Championships Championship Years UC Santa Barbara 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2012 UNLV 1984, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1994 Long Beach State 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 2017 Hawai'i 1996, 2016, 2022, 2023 Cal State Northridge 2014, 2015, 2018 UC Davis 2011, 2019, 2021 UC Riverside 2006, 2007, 2010 UC Irvine 1995, 2024 UC San Diego 2025, 2026 Cal Poly 2013 Cal State Fullerton Cal State Bakersfield
Teams in pink represent former conference members. UC Davis and Hawaii plan to leave in 2026 while UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara plan to leave in 2027.
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