2020 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament explained

Year:	2020
Conference:	Big West Conference
Division:	I
Gender:	Women's
Teams:	8
1Stroundarena:	Walter Pyramid
1Stroundcity:	Long Beach, California
Quarterarena:	Walter Pyramid
Quartercity:	Long Beach, California
Semiarena:	Honda Center
Semicity:	Anaheim, California
Finalarena:	Honda Center
Finalcity:	Anaheim, California
Television:	ESPN3

The 2020 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament that was scheduled to take place March 10–14, 2020, at two venues in the Los Angeles area. The first two rounds were scheduled for the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, California, while the semifinals and championship were to be held at the Honda Center in Anaheim. The winner of the Big West tournament would have received the conference's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.^[1] On March 10 it was announced the tournament will be played without spectators, in an effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.^[2] On March 12, the NCAA announced that the tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.^[3]

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker
1	UC Davis	12–4	17–12
2	UC Santa Barbara	9–7	14–15	2–0 vs. Irvine
3	UC Irvine	9–7	13–17	1–1 vs. Hawaii
4	Hawaii	9–7	15–14
5	Long Beach State	8–8	13–16
6	Cal State Fullerton	8–8	16–13
7	Cal State Northridge	7–9	12–18
8	Cal Poly	6–10	9–18

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Score	Television
First round – Tuesday, March 10
1	1	6:00 PM	5 Long Beach State vs. #8 Cal Poly	48–59	ESPN3
	2	8:30 PM	6 Cal State Fullerton vs. #7 Northridge	67–52
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 11
2	3	6:00 PM	3 UC Irvine vs. #8 Cal Poly	49–70	ESPN3
	4	8:30 PM	4 Hawaii vs. #6 Cal State Fullerton	72–59
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
3	5		1 UC Davis vs. #8 Cal Poly	Cancelled
	6		2 UC Santa Barbara vs. #4 Hawaii	Cancelled
Championship Game – Saturday, March 14
4	7		Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner	Cancelled
Game Times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Big West Conference women's basketball tournament features field of confident teams. March 9, 2020. OC Register. en-US. March 10, 2020.
2. https://bigwest.org/news/2020/3/10/general-big-west-basketball-tournament-to-be-played-without-spectators.aspx Big West Basketball Tournament To Be Played Without Spectators
3. Web site: NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns. NCAA.com. March 12, 2020. March 12, 2020.