2023 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament

2023 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2022–23
Teams	10
Site	Dollar Loan Center Henderson, Nevada
Champions	Hawai'i (4th title)
Winning coach	Laura Beeman (3rd title)
MVP	Daejah Phillips (Hawai'i)
Television	ESPN+
Big West Conference women's basketball tournaments

2022–23 Big West women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
UC Irvine	16	–	2		.889			25	–	7		.781
Long Beach State	17	–	3		.850			23	–	10		.697
Hawai'i†	13	–	7		.650			18	–	15		.545
UC Davis	12	–	7		.632			16	–	14		.533
UC Santa Barbara	12	–	8		.600			21	–	12		.636
UC San Diego*	10	–	10		.500			13	–	17		.433
Cal State Fullerton	9	–	11		.450			14	–	16		.467
Cal Poly	7	–	12		.368			10	–	18		.357
Cal State Northridge	6	–	14		.300			7	–	24		.226
Cal State Bakersfield	3	–	17		.150			8	–	23		.258
UC Riverside	3	–	17		.150			6	–	26		.188
* ineligible for the 2023 NCAA tournament due to transition period
† 2023 Big West tournament winner As of March 20, 2023

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. The women's championship was broadcast exclusively on ESPN's over-the-top service, ESPN+.

Seeds

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

Schedule and results

Game	Time	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+
*Game times in PST. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	First round March 7 ESPN+					Quarterfinals March 8 ESPN+					Semifinals March 10 ESPN+					Championship March 11 ESPN+
						1	UC Irvine	59
	8	Cal State Northridge	52			9	Cal State Bakersfield	61**
	9	Cal State Bakersfield	55								9	Cal State Bakersfield	66
											5	UC Santa Barbara	75
						4	UC Davis	36
						5	UC Santa Barbara	70
																5	UC Santa Barbara	59
																3	Hawai'i	61
						2	Long Beach State	55
	7	Cal Poly	54			10	UC Riverside	49
	10	UC Riverside	63								2	Long Beach State	62
											3	Hawai'i	67
						3	Hawai'i	82**
						6	Cal State Fullerton	75

Note: * denotes overtime