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2024 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament

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2024 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2023–24
Teams8
SiteDollar Loan Center
Henderson, Nevada
ChampionsUC Irvine (2nd title)
Winning coachTamara Inoue (1st title)
MVPDéja Lee (UC Irvine)
TelevisionESPN+
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2025 →
2023–24 Big West women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Hawai'i 17 3   .850 20 12   .625
UC Irvine 16 4   .800 23 9   .719
UC Riverside 13 7   .650 18 14   .563
Cal Poly 13 7   .650 17 14   .548
UC Davis 13 7   .650 20 14   .588
UC Santa Barbara 10 10   .500 16 15   .516
UC San Diego* 8 12   .400 12 19   .387
Long Beach State 8 12   .400 15 18   .455
Cal State Fullerton 6 14   .300 10 21   .323
Cal State Bakersfield 5 15   .250 8 21   .276
Cal State Northridge 1 19   .050 3 27   .100
* ineligible for the 2024 NCAA tournament due to transition period
2024 Big West tournament winner

The 2024 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament will be the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Big West Conference of the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It will be held March 13–16, 2024, at the Dollar Loan Center in Henderson, Nevada. The winner will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA tournament.

Seeds

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In June 2023, the Big West Conference board of directors voted to reduce the tournament field from 10 teams to 8 teams. In the new format, the top two seeds receive automatic berths in the semifinals, the next two seeds are placed in the quarterfinals, and the remaining four seeds play each other in the first round. Big West commissioner Dan Butterly stated that the decision was made to improve the regular season champion's odds of winning the tournament and thus receiving the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.[1]

Of the 11 conference teams, 10 are eligible for tournament spots. UC San Diego is ineligible for the tournament, as it is in the final year of the four-year transition required for teams transferring to Division I from Division II. Teams are seeded based on their performance within the conference, and teams with identical conference records are seeded using a tiebreaker system.

As is the case since 2020, reseeding teams does not occur at any point before the semifinals.

Seed School Record Tiebreaker
1 Hawai'i 17–3
2 UC Irvine 16–4
3 UC Riverside 13–7 2–0 vs. Cal Poly, 1–1 vs. UC Davis
4 Cal Poly 13–7 2–0 vs. UC Davis, 0–2 vs. UC Riverside
5 UC Davis 13–7 1–1 vs. UC Riverside, 0–2 vs. Cal Poly
6 UC Santa Barbara 10–10
7 Long Beach State 8–12
8 Cal State Fullerton 6–14
DNQ Cal State Bakersfield 5–15
DNQ Cal State Northridge 1–19

Schedule and results

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Game Time[2] Matchup Score Television
First round – Wednesday, March 13
1 Noon No. 5 UC Davis vs. No. 8 Cal State Fullerton 81–56 ESPN+
2 2:30 PM No. 6 UC Santa Barbara vs. No. 7 Long Beach State 75–90
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14
3 Noon No. 3 UC Riverside vs. No. 7 Long Beach State 75–83OT ESPN+
4 2:30 PM No. 4 Cal Poly vs. No. 5 UC Davis 48–56
Semifinals – Friday, March 15
5 Noon No. 1 Hawai'i vs. No.5 UC Davis 48–51 ESPN+
6 2:30 PM No. 2 UC Irvine vs. No. 7 Long Beach State 69–57
Final – Saturday, March 16
7 3:00 PM No. 5 UC Davis vs. No. 2 UC Irvine 39-53 ESPN+
*Game times in PDT. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

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First Round
Wednesday, March 13
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 14
Semifinals
Friday, March 15
Championship
Saturday, March 16
1Hawai'i48
4Cal Poly485UC Davis51
5UC Davis815UC Davis565UC Davis39
8Cal State Fullerton562UC Irvine53
2UC Irvine69
3UC Riverside757Long Beach State57Third place
6UC Santa Barbara757Long Beach State83*
7Long Beach State90

Note: * denotes overtime

References

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  1. ^ "Big West Board of Directors Approves New Initiatives at Annual Spring Meeting". Big West Conference. June 9, 2023. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
  2. ^ "2024 Hercules Tires Big West Women's Basketball Championship". Big West Conference. September 28, 2023. Retrieved February 14, 2024.