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The 2016 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament took place March 8–12, 2016. The first two rounds occurred at Bren Events Center while the semifinals and championship were at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The winner of the tournament received the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.
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| 2016 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2015–16 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Site | Bren Events Center Honda Center Irvine, CA Anaheim, CA |
| Champions | Hawai'i (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Laura Beeman (1st title) |
| MVP | Ashleigh Karaitiana (Hawaii) |
| Television | ESPN3 FS PRIME/FCS Pacific |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Riverside | 16 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 23 | – | 9 | .719 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Long Beach State | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 24 | – | 9 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hawaii † | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 21 | – | 11 | .656 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Davis | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Santa Barbara | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 12 | – | 20 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Northridge | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 7 | – | 24 | .226 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Irvine | 1 | – | 15 | .063 | 4 | – | 27 | .129 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Fullerton | 1 | – | 15 | .063 | 3 | – | 27 | .100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2016 Big West tournament winner As of March 19, 2016 Rankings from AP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CSUN were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Cal Poly in the first round. The tournament was won by Hawai'i, who defeated UC Davis in the championship game.[1]
The top eight teams qualified for the 2016 Big West tournament. Seeds 1 and 2 received a double-bye while seeds 3 and 4 received a single bye. The first round featured 5 vs. 8 and 6 vs. 7. The lowest seed from round 1 moved on to play seed 3 in the quarterfinals while the other winner moved on to play seed 4 in the quarterfinals. The semifinals once again had the lowest seed from the quarterfinals move on to play seed 1 while the other remaining seed played seed 2 in the semifinals.
| First round Tuesday, March 8 ESPN3 | Quarterfinals (Re-Seeded) Wednesday, March 9 ESPN3 | Semifinals (Re-Seeded) Friday, March 11 ESPN3 | Championship game Saturday, March 12 FS PRIME/FCS Pacific | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | UC Riverside | 72 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | UC Davis | 81 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | UC Davis | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | UC Santa Barbara | 62 | 5 | UC Santa Barbara | 67 | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | UC Irvine | 43 | 4 | UC Davis | 59 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Hawaii | 78 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Hawaii | 76 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Long Beach State | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Long Beach State | 54 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Cal Poly | 72 | 6 | Cal Poly | 52 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | CSUN | 51 | |||||||||||||||||
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