2016 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament


The 2016 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament took place March 8–12, 2016. The first two rounds occurred at Bren Events Center while the semifinals and championship were at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The winner of the tournament received the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.

2016 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2015–16
Teams8
SiteBren Events Center
Honda Center
Irvine, CA
Anaheim, CA
ChampionsHawai'i (2nd title)
Winning coachLaura Beeman (1st title)
MVPAshleigh Karaitiana (Hawaii)
TelevisionESPN3
FS PRIME/FCS Pacific
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2015–16 Big West women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
UC Riverside 16 0   1.000 23 9   .719
Long Beach State 12 4   .750 24 9   .727
Hawaii 12 4   .750 21 11   .656
UC Davis 10 6   .625 19 12   .613
UC Santa Barbara 8 8   .500 12 20   .375
Cal Poly 7 9   .438 15 16   .484
Cal State Northridge 5 11   .313 7 24   .226
UC Irvine 1 15   .063 4 27   .129
Cal State Fullerton 1 15   .063 3 27   .100
2016 Big West tournament winner
As of March 19, 2016
Rankings from AP poll

CSUN were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Cal Poly in the first round. The tournament was won by Hawai'i, who defeated UC Davis in the championship game.[1]

Format

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The top eight teams qualified for the 2016 Big West tournament. Seeds 1 and 2 received a double-bye while seeds 3 and 4 received a single bye. The first round featured 5 vs. 8 and 6 vs. 7. The lowest seed from round 1 moved on to play seed 3 in the quarterfinals while the other winner moved on to play seed 4 in the quarterfinals. The semifinals once again had the lowest seed from the quarterfinals move on to play seed 1 while the other remaining seed played seed 2 in the semifinals.

Bracket

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First round
Tuesday, March 8
ESPN3
Quarterfinals (Re-Seeded)
Wednesday, March 9
ESPN3
Semifinals (Re-Seeded)
Friday, March 11
ESPN3
Championship game
Saturday, March 12
FS PRIME/FCS Pacific
1 UC Riverside 72
4 UC Davis 81
4 UC Davis 71
5 UC Santa Barbara 62 5 UC Santa Barbara 67
8 UC Irvine 43 4 UC Davis 59
2 Hawaii 78
2 Hawaii 76
3 Long Beach State 60
3 Long Beach State 54
6 Cal Poly 72 6 Cal Poly 52
7 CSUN 51

References

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  1. ^ D'Hippolito, Joseph (March 12, 2016). "Hawaii's size too much for UC Davis women in Big West title game". The Sacramento Bee. Retrieved February 5, 2024.