| Year: | 2023 |
| Conference: | Big West Conference |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Women's |
| Teams: | 10 |
| Arena: | Dollar Loan Center |
| City: | Henderson, Nevada |
| Champions: | Hawai'i |
| Titlecount: | 4th |
| Coach: | Laura Beeman |
| Coachcount: | 3rd |
| Mvp: | Daejah Phillips |
| Mvpteam: | Hawai'i |
| Television: | ESPN+ |
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+.
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 |
| 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+ | |
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Note: * denotes overtime