2021 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament explained

Year:2021
Conference:Big West Conference
Division:I
Gender:Women's
Teams:9
Arena:Michelob Ultra Arena
City:Paradise, Nevada
Champions:UC Davis
Titlecount:3rd
Coachcount:3rd
Television:ESPN3

The 2021 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament (officially known as the Air Force Reserve Big West Women's Basketball Championship due to sponsorship reasons) was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the 2020–21 season in the Big West Conference. The tournament was held March 9–13, 2021.[1] The tournament winner received an automatic invitation to the 2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. UC Davis won the conference tournament championship game over UC Irvine, 61–42.[2]

Seeds

Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tie–breaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Only the top nine teams in the conference will qualify for the tournament.

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1
1UC Davis9–1
2UC Irvine11–4
3Long Beach State11–7
4CSU Bakersfield7–62–0 vs. Hawai'i
5Hawai'i7–60–2 vs. CSUB
6Cal Poly8–8
7UC Santa Barbara7–9
8 UC Riverside5–9
9Cal State Fullerton2–14

Schedule

GameTime*MatchupScoreTelevision
First round – Tuesday, March 9, 2021
112:00 p.m.No. 8 UC Riverside vs. No. 9 Cal State Fullerton51-55ESPN3
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 10, 2021
211:00 a.m.No. 1 UC Davis vs. No. 9 Cal State Fullerton61-54ESPN3
32:00 p.m.No. 4 CSU Bakersfield vs. No. 5 Hawai'i67-81
45:00 p.m.No. 2 UC Irvine vs. No. 7 UC Santa Barbara92-90
58:00 p.m.No. 3 Long Beach State vs. No. 6 Cal Poly60-61
Semifinals – Friday, March 12, 2021
612:00 p.m.No. 5 Hawai'i vs. No. 1 UC Davis52-64ESPN3
73:00 p.m.No. 6 Cal Poly vs. No. 2 UC Irvine59-68
Championship – Saturday, March 13, 2021
85:00 p.m.No. 1 UC Davis vs. No. 2 UC Irvine61-42ESPN3
  • All times Pacific. Rankings denote tournament seeding.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Viva Las Vegas! Seeds Set For 2021 Women's Basketball Championship . bigwest.org . March 8, 2021 . en.
  2. Web site: College Basketball: UC Davis women beat UCI for second straight Big West title . napavalleyregister.com . March 14, 2021 . en.
  3. https://bigwest.org/documents/2021/3/7//21_WB_Bracket.pdf?id=4601 2021 WBB BWT Bracket