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
ChampionsHawaii (1st title)
Winning coachLaura Beeman (1st title)
MVPAshleigh Karaitiana (Hawaii)
TelevisionESPN3
FS PRIME/FCS Pacific
2015–16 Big West women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
UC Riverside16–0 1.000  23–9  .719
Long Beach State12–4 .750  24–9  .727
Hawaii †12–4 .750  21–11  .656
UC Davis10–6 .625  19–12  .613
UC Santa Barbara8–8 .500  12–20  .375
Cal Poly7–9 .438  15–16  .484
Cal State Northridge5–11 .313  7–24  .226
UC Irvine1–15 .063  4–27  .129
Cal State Fullerton1–15 .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.

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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