2016 Big West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

2016 Big West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2015–16
Teams	8
Site	Bren Events Center Honda Center Irvine, CA Anaheim, CA
Champions	Hawaii (1st title)
Winning coach	Laura Beeman (1st title)
MVP	Ashleigh Karaitiana (Hawaii)
Television	ESPN3 FS PRIME/FCS Pacific
Big West Conference Women's Basketball Tournaments

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

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.

CSUN were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Cal Poly in the first round.

Format

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

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

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