Big West Conference women's basketball tournament explained
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
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Year | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Tournament Site |
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1984 | UNLV | 90–55 | UC Irvine Anteaters | 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 | | 98–57 | UNLV | L.A. Forum |
1988 | | 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 | | 73–58 | Cal Poly | Honda Center |
2015 | | 67–60 | | First two rounds at Titan Gym, semifinals and finals at Honda Center |
2016 | | 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 | | 63–55 | UC Davis | First two rounds at Titan Gym, semifinals and finals at Honda Center |
2019 | | 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. |
| UC Davis | 61–42 | UC Irvine | Michelob Ultra Arena |
| | 59–48 | UC Irvine | Dollar Loan Center |
| | 61–59 | UCSB | Dollar Loan Center |
| | 53–39 | | Dollar Loan Center | |
Performance by school
Member | Winners | Winning Years |
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UCSB | | 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 |
Cal Poly | | 2013 | |
- Teams in bold represent current conference members
See also
References
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232356/http://www.bigwest.org//story.asp?story_id=15959