2023 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2023 Big West Conference Women's basketball tournament is the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Big West Conference of the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It was held March 7–11, 2023, at the Dollar Loan Center in Henderson, Nevada. Hawai'i won the tournament, their fourth title, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA tournament.[1] The women's championship was broadcast exclusively on ESPN's over-the-top service, ESPN+.

2023 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2022–23
Teams10
SiteDollar Loan Center
Henderson, Nevada
ChampionsHawai'i (4th title)
Winning coachLaura Beeman (3rd title)
MVPDaejah Phillips (Hawai'i)
TelevisionESPN+
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2022–23 Big West women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
UC Irvine 16 2   .889 25 7   .781
Long Beach State 17 3   .850 23 10   .697
Hawai'i 13 7   .650 18 15   .545
UC Davis 12 7   .632 16 14   .533
UC Santa Barbara 12 8   .600 21 12   .636
UC San Diego* 10 10   .500 13 17   .433
Cal State Fullerton 9 11   .450 14 16   .467
Cal Poly 7 12   .368 10 18   .357
Cal State Northridge 6 14   .300 7 24   .226
Cal State Bakersfield 3 17   .150 8 23   .258
UC Riverside 3 17   .150 6 26   .188
* ineligible for the 2023 NCAA tournament due to transition period
2023 Big West tournament winner
As of March 20, 2023

Seeds

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Of the 11 conference teams, 10 are eligible for the tournament. UC San Diego is ineligible for the tournament, as it is in the third 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. Unlike previous years, reseeding teams after the quarterfinals will not take place for the 2023 tournament.

Seed School Record Tiebreaker
1 UC Irvine 16-2
2 Long Beach State 17-3
3 Hawai'i 13-7
4 UC Davis 12-7
5 UC Santa Barbara 12-8
6 Cal State Fullerton 9-11
7 Cal Poly 7-12
8 Cal State Northridge 6-14
9 Cal State Bakersfield 3-17 2-0 vs. UC Riverside
10 UC Riverside 3-17 0-2 vs. Cal State Bakersfield

Schedule and results

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Game Time [2] Matchup Score Television
First round – Tuesday, March 7
1 12:00 pm No. 8 Cal State Northridge vs. No. 9 Cal State Bakersfield 52-55 ESPN+
2 2:30 pm No. 7 Cal Poly vs. No. 10 UC Riverside 54-63
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 8
3 12:00 pm No. 1 UC Irvine vs No. 9 Cal State Bakersfield 59-612OT ESPN+
4 2:30 pm No. 4 UC Davis vs. No. 5 UC Santa Barbara 36-70
5 6:00 pm No. 2 Long Beach State vs No. 10 UC Riverside 55-49
6 8:30 pm No. 3 Hawai'i vs. No. 6 Cal State Fullerton 82-752OT
Semifinals – Friday, March 10
7 12:00 pm No. 9 Cal State Bakersfield vs No. 5 UC Santa Barbara 66-75 ESPN+
8 2:30 pm No. 2 Long Beach State vs No. 3 Hawai'i 62-67
Final – Saturday, March 11
9 3:00 pm No. 5 UC Santa Barbara vs No. 3 Hawai'i 59-61 ESPN+
*Game times in PST. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

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First round
March 7
ESPN+
Quarterfinals
March 8
ESPN+
Semifinals
March 10
ESPN+
Championship
March 11
ESPN+
1 UC Irvine 59
8 Cal State Northridge 52 9 Cal State Bakersfield 61**
9 Cal State Bakersfield 55 9 Cal State Bakersfield 66
5 UC Santa Barbara 75
4 UC Davis 36
5 UC Santa Barbara 70
5 UC Santa Barbara 59
3 Hawai'i 61
2 Long Beach State 55
7 Cal Poly 54 10 UC Riverside 49
10 UC Riverside 63 2 Long Beach State 62
3 Hawai'i 67
3 Hawai'i 82**
6 Cal State Fullerton 75

Note: * denotes overtime

References

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  1. ^ " bigwest.org. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
  2. ^ " bigwest.org. Retrieved 2023-02-28.