2018 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament

2018 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2017–18
Teams	8
First round site	Titan Gym Fullerton, CA
Quarterfinals site	Titan Gym Fullerton, CA
Semifinals site	Honda Center Anaheim, CA
Finals site	Honda Center Anaheim, CA
Champions	Cal State Northridge (3rd title)
Winning coach	Jason Flowers (3rd title)
MVP	Tessa Boagni (Cal State Fullerton)
Attendance	3,069
Television	ESPN3 Prime Ticket
Big West Conference women's basketball tournaments

2017–18 Big West women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
UC Davis	14	–	2		.875			28	–	7		.800
Cal Poly	11	–	5		.688			17	–	12		.586
UC Irvine	10	–	6		.625			18	–	13		.581
UC Santa Barbara	9	–	7		.563			12	–	17		.414
Cal State Northridge †	8	–	8		.500			19	–	16		.543
UC Riverside	6	–	10		.375			11	–	22		.333
Long Beach State	6	–	10		.375			8	–	23		.258
Hawaii	5	–	11		.313			12	–	18		.400
Cal State Fullerton	3	–	13		.188			8	–	21		.276
† 2018 Big West tournament winner As of 25 March 2018 Rankings from AP poll

The 2018 Big West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament did take place March 6–10, 2018 at two venues in the Los Angeles area. The first two rounds were scheduled for Titan Gym in Fullerton, California, while the semifinals and championship were held at the Honda Center in Anaheim. Cal State Northridge, the winner of the Big West Tournament did receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker
1	UC Davis	14–1	24–4
2	Cal Poly	10–5	16–11
3	UC Irvine	9–6	15–12
4	UCSB	9–7	12–16
5	Cal Northridge	8–7	15–14
6	UC Riverside	5–10	8–21
7	Long Beach State	5–10	7–22
8	Hawaii	5–10	12–16

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 6
1	1	6:00 PM	#5 Cal State Northridge vs. #8 Hawaii	ESPN3	427
	2	8:30 PM	#6 UC Riverside vs. #7 Long Beach State
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 7
2	3	6:00 PM	#3 UC Irvine vs. #6 UC Riverside	ESPN3	502
	4	8:30 PM	#4 UC Santa Barbara vs. #5 Cal State Northridge
Semifinals – Friday, March 9
3	5	12:00 PM	#1 UC Davis vs. #6 UC Riverside	ESPN3	867
	6	2:30 PM	#2 Cal Poly vs. #5 Cal State Northridge
Championship Game – Saturday, March 10
4	7	4:00 PM	#1 UC Davis vs. #5 Cal State Northridge	Prime Ticket	1,273
*Game Times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First Round (Re-Seeded) Tuesday, March 6 ESPN3					Quarterfinals (Re-Seeded) Wednesday, March 7 ESPN3					Semifinals (Re-Seeded) Friday, March 9 ESPN3					Championship Game Saturday, March 10 Prime Ticket
											2	Cal Poly	50
											5	Cal State Northridge	73
						4	UC Santa Barbara	63
	5	Cal State Northridge	62			5	Cal State Northridge	72
	8	Hawaii	57													1	UC Davis	55
																5	Cal State Northridge	63
											1	UC Davis	49
											6	UC Riverside	46
						3	UC Irvine	74
	6	UC Riverside	79			6	UC Riverside	86
	7	Long Beach State	66

See also

• 2018 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

External links

• 2018 Big West Women's Basketball Championship