2021 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament

2021 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament
2021 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2020–21
Teams	9
Site	Michelob Ultra Arena; Paradise, Nevada
Champions	UC Davis (3rd title)
Winning coach	Jennifer Gross (3rd title)
Television	ESPN3
	Big West Conference women's basketball tournaments ← 2020 2022 →

2020–21 Big West women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
UC Davis †	9	–	1	.900	13	–	3	.813
UC Irvine	11	–	4	.733	15	–	9	.625
Long Beach State	11	–	7	.611	12	–	9	.571
Hawaiʻi	7	–	6	.538	9	–	8	.529
Cal State Bakersfield	7	–	6	.538	9	–	9	.500
Cal Poly	8	–	8	.500	13	–	11	.542
UC Santa Barbara	7	–	9	.438	7	–	14	.333
UC San Diego*	6	–	9	.400	6	–	9	.400
UC Riverside	5	–	9	.357	7	–	12	.368
Cal State Fullerton	2	–	14	.125	4	–	18	.182
* ineligible for the 2021 NCAA tournament due to transition period

† 2021 Big West tournament winner As of February 1, 2025 Rankings from AP poll NOTE: Cal State Northridge will not play in the 2020–21 season due to COVID-19 concerns.

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.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker 1
1	UC Davis	9–1
2	UC Irvine	11–4
3	Long Beach State	11–7
4	CSU Bakersfield	7–6	2–0 vs. Hawai'i
5	Hawai'i	7–6	0–2 vs. CSUB
6	Cal Poly	8–8
7	UC Santa Barbara	7–9
8	UC Riverside	5–9
9	Cal State Fullerton	2–14

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Score	Television
First round – Tuesday, March 9, 2021
1	12:00 p.m.	No. 8 UC Riverside vs. No. 9 Cal State Fullerton	51-55	ESPN3
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 10, 2021
2	11:00 a.m.	No. 1 UC Davis vs. No. 9 Cal State Fullerton	61-54	ESPN3
3	2:00 p.m.	No. 4 CSU Bakersfield vs. No. 5 Hawai'i	67-81
4	5:00 p.m.	No. 2 UC Irvine vs. No. 7 UC Santa Barbara	92-90
5	8:00 p.m.	No. 3 Long Beach State vs. No. 6 Cal Poly	60-61
Semifinals – Friday, March 12, 2021
6	12:00 p.m.	No. 5 Hawai'i vs. No. 1 UC Davis	52-64	ESPN3
7	3:00 p.m.	No. 6 Cal Poly vs. No. 2 UC Irvine	59-68	ESPN3
Championship – Saturday, March 13, 2021
8	5:00 p.m.	No. 1 UC Davis vs. No. 2 UC Irvine	61-42	ESPN3
*All times Pacific. ^#Rankings denote tournament seeding.^[3]

Bracket

First round Tuesday, March 9			Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 10			Semifinals Friday, March 12			Championship Saturday, March 13

			1	UC Davis	61
8	UC Riverside	51	9	Cal State Fullerton	54
9	Cal State Fullerton	55				1	UC Davis	64
						5	Hawai'i	52
			4	CSU Bakersfield	67
			5	Hawai'i	81
									1	UC Davis	61
									2	UC Irvine	42
			7	UC Santa Barbara	90
			2	UC Irvine	92
						2	UC Irvine	68
						6	Cal Poly	59
			3	Long Beach State	60
			6	Cal Poly	61

References

^ "Viva Las Vegas! Seeds Set For 2021 Women's Basketball Championship". bigwest.org. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
^ "College Basketball: UC Davis women beat UCI for second straight Big West title". napavalleyregister.com. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
^ 2021 WBB BWT Bracket (PDF)

[1] "Viva Las Vegas! Seeds Set For 2021 Women's Basketball Championship". bigwest.org. Retrieved March 8, 2021.

[2] "College Basketball: UC Davis women beat UCI for second straight Big West title". napavalleyregister.com. Retrieved March 14, 2021.

[3] 2021 WBB BWT Bracket (PDF)

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2021 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament

Seeds

Schedule

Bracket

See also

References

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