| Big South women's basketball tournament | |
| Optional Subheader: | Conference basketball championship |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Conference: | Big South Conference |
| Number Of Teams: | 10 |
| Format: | Single-elimination tournament |
| Years: | 1986–present |
| Current Champion: | Presbyterian (1st) |
| Most Championships: | Liberty (17) |
| Website: | Big South Women's Basketball |
The Big South Conference women's basketball tournament is the conference championship tournament in women's basketball for the Big South Conference. It is a single-elimination tournament involving all of the 10 league schools, and seeding is based on regular-season records with head-to-head match-up as a tie-breaker. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament.[1]
In the first round, the #7 seed faces off against the #10 and the #8 faces off against the #9. The #1 and #2 seeds play the winner of those games in the quarterfinals, while the #3 seed faces off against the #6 seed and the #4 seed faces off against the #5 seed.
The tournament has been held since 1986.
| style= colspan=5 | Big South Conference women's basketball tournament | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Champions | Score | Runner-Up | Venue | |
| 1987 | Radford (1) | 71–59 | Campbell | Dedmon Center (Radford, VA) | |
| 1988 | Radford (2) | 100–81 | Campbell | Carter Gymnasium (Buies Creek, NC) | |
| 1989 | Campbell (1) | 58–53 | Radford | Dedmon Center (Radford, VA) | |
| 1990 | Radford (3) | 69–65 | Campbell | Justice Center (Asheville, NC) | |
| 1991 | Radford (4) | 65–64 | Campbell | Dedmon Center (Radford, VA) | |
| 1992 | Radford (5) | 85–77 | Campbell | ||
| 1993 | Radford (6) | 62–57 | UNC Greensboro | ||
| 1994 | Radford (7) | 83–78 | UNC Greensboro | Spectator Gymnasium (Greensboro, NC) | |
| 1995 | Radford (8) | 68–63 | UNC Greensboro | Dedmon Center (Radford, VA) | |
| 1996 | Radford (9) | 85–83 | Winthrop | ||
| 1997 | Liberty (1) | 89–82 | UNC Greensboro | Vines Center (Lynchburg, VA) | |
| 1998 | Liberty (2) | 65–53 | UNC Asheville | ||
| 1999 | Liberty (3) | 68–55 | Coastal Carolina | Asheville Civic Center (Asheville, NC) | |
| 2000 | Liberty (4) | 74–64 | Coastal Carolina | ||
| 2001 | Liberty (5) | 52–47 | Elon | Roanoke Civic Center (Roanoke, VA) | |
| 2002 | Liberty (6) | 57–33 | Coastal Carolina | ||
| 2003 | Liberty (7) | 84–71 | High Point | Vines Center (Lynchburg, VA) | |
| 2004 | Liberty (8) | 54–41 | Birmingham-Southern | ||
| 2005 | Liberty (9) | 88–41 | UNC Asheville | ||
| 2006 | Liberty (10) | 53–50 | High Point | ||
| 2007 | UNC Asheville (1) | 67–57 | Radford | Justice Center (Asheville, NC) | |
| 2008 | Liberty (11) | 66–65 | Radford | ||
| 2009 | Liberty (12) | 51–50 | Gardner–Webb | Millis Center (High Point, NC) | |
| 2010 | Liberty (13) | 68–66 | Gardner–Webb | ||
| 2011 | Gardner–Webb (1) | 67–66 | Liberty | ||
| 2012 | Liberty (14) | 81–73 | High Point | ||
| 2013 | Liberty (15) | 54–45 | Longwood | HTC Center (Conway, SC) | |
| Winthrop (1) | 87–74 | High Point | |||
| Liberty (16) | 74–64 | High Point | |||
| 2016 | UNC Asheville (2) | 64–62 (OT) | Liberty | Kimmel Arena (Asheville, NC) | |
| 2017 | UNC Asheville (3) | 49–48 | Radford | Vines Center (Lynchburg, VA) | |
| 2018 | Liberty (17) | 60–42 | UNC Asheville | ||
| 2019 | Radford (10) | 57–45 | Campbell | Dedmon Center (Radford, VA) | |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic | ||||
| 2021 | High Point (1) | 62–46 | Campbell | Millis Center (High Point, NC) | |
| 2022 | Longwood (1) | 86–47 | Campbell | Bojangles Coliseum (Charlotte, NC) | |
| 2023 | Gardner-Webb (2) | 74–61 | High Point | ||
| 2024 | Presbyterian (1) | 60–37 | Radford | Qubein Center (High Point, NC) | |
| School | Titles | Years | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty | 17 | 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018 | |
| Radford | 10 | 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2019 | |
| UNC Asheville | 3 | 2007, 2016, 2017 | |
| Gardner–Webb | 2 | 2011, 2023 | |
| Campbell | 1 | 1989 | |
| Longwood | 1 | 2022 | |
| High Point | 1 | 2021 | |
| Presbyterian | 1 | 2024 | |
| Winthrop | 1 | 2014 |