The 2021 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament (officially known as the Air Force Reserve Big West Women's Basketball Championship due to sponsorship reasons) was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the 2020–21 season in the Big West Conference. The tournament was held March 9–13, 2021. The tournament winner received an automatic invitation to the 2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. UC Davis won the conference tournament championship game over UC Irvine, 61–42.
Seeds Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tie–breaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Only the top nine teams in the conference will qualify for the tournament. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 11UC Davis9–12UC Irvine11–43Long Beach State11–7 4CSU Bakersfield7–62–0 vs. Hawai'i5Hawai'i7–60–2 vs. CSUB6Cal Poly8–87UC Santa Barbara7–98 UC Riverside5–99Cal State Fullerton2–14
Schedule GameTime*MatchupScoreTelevisionFirst round – Tuesday, March 9, 2021112:00 p.m.No. 8 UC Riverside vs. No. 9 Cal State Fullerton51-55ESPN3Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 10, 2021211:00 a.m.No. 1 UC Davis vs. No. 9 Cal State Fullerton61-54ESPN332:00 p.m.No. 4 CSU Bakersfield vs. No. 5 Hawai'i67-8145:00 p.m.No. 2 UC Irvine vs. No. 7 UC Santa Barbara92-9058:00 p.m.No. 3 Long Beach State vs. No. 6 Cal Poly60-61Semifinals – Friday, March 12, 2021612:00 p.m.No. 5 Hawai'i vs. No. 1 UC Davis52-64ESPN373:00 p.m.No. 6 Cal Poly vs. No. 2 UC Irvine59-68 Championship – Saturday, March 13, 202185:00 p.m. No. 1 UC Davis vs. No. 2 UC Irvine61-42ESPN3 *All times Pacific. Rankings denote tournament seeding.2021 WBB BWT Bracket (PDF)
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See also 2021 Big West Conference men's basketball tournament Big West Conference women's basketball tournament
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