| Year: | 2024 |
| Conference: | Big West Conference |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Women's |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Arena: | Dollar Loan Center |
| City: | Henderson, Nevada |
| Champions: | UC Irvine |
| Titlecount: | 2nd |
| Coach: | Tamara Inoue |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mvp: | Déja Lee |
| Mvpteam: | UC Irvine |
| Television: | ESPN+ |
The 2024 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament will be the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Big West Conference of the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It will be held March 13–16, 2024, at the Dollar Loan Center in Henderson, Nevada. The winner will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA tournament.
In June 2023, the Big West Conference board of directors voted to reduce the tournament field from 10 teams to 8 teams. In the new format, the top two seeds receive automatic berths in the semifinals, the next two seeds are placed in the quarterfinals, and the remaining four seeds play each other in the first round. Big West commissioner Dan Butterly stated that the decision was made to improve the regular season champion's odds of winning the tournament and thus receiving the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.[1]
Of the 11 conference teams, 10 are eligible for tournament spots. UC San Diego is ineligible for the tournament, as it is in the final 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.
As is the case since 2020, reseeding teams does not occur at any point before the semifinals.
| Seed | School | Record | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawai'i | 17–3 | |
| 2 | UC Irvine | 16–4 | |
| 3 | UC Riverside | 13–7 | 2–0 vs. Cal Poly, 1–1 vs. UC Davis |
| 4 | Cal Poly | 13–7 | 2–0 vs. UC Davis, 0–2 vs. UC Riverside |
| 5 | UC Davis | 13–7 | 1–1 vs. UC Riverside, 0–2 vs. Cal Poly |
| 6 | UC Santa Barbara | 10–10 | |
| 7 | Long Beach State | 8–12 | |
| 8 | Cal State Fullerton | 6–14 | |
| DNQ | Cal State Bakersfield | 5–15 | |
| DNQ | Cal State Northridge | 1–19 | |
| Game | Time[2] | Matchup | Score | Television | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Wednesday, March 13 | |||||
| 1 | Noon | No. 5 UC Davis vs. No. 8 Cal State Fullerton | 81–56 | ESPN+ | |
| 2 | 2:30 PM | No. 6 UC Santa Barbara vs. No. 7 Long Beach State | 75–90 | ||
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14 | |||||
| 3 | Noon | No. 3 UC Riverside vs. No. 7 Long Beach State | 75–83OT | ESPN+ | |
| 4 | 2:30 PM | No. 4 Cal Poly vs. No. 5 UC Davis | 48–56 | ||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 15 | |||||
| 5 | Noon | No. 1 Hawai'i vs. No.5 UC Davis | 48–51 | ESPN+ | |
| 6 | 2:30 PM | No. 2 UC Irvine vs. No. 7 Long Beach State | 69–57 | ||
| Final – Saturday, March 16 | |||||
| 7 | 3:00 PM | No. 5 UC Davis vs. No. 2 UC Irvine | 39-53 | ESPN+ | |
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Note: * denotes overtime