1989 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament

The 1989 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament took place March 7–10, 1989. A play-in game was hosted at the Gold Mine on the Long Beach State campus, while the remaining games were held at the Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, California. Long Beach State won their third straight tournament title and received the conference's automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.

1989 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	9
Site	Long Beach Arena Long Beach, California
First round site	Gold Mine Long Beach, California
Champions	Long Beach State (3rd title)
Winning coach	Joan Bonvicini (3rd title)
MVP	Penny Toler (Long Beach State)
Big West Conference women's basketball tournaments

1988–89 Big West Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 7 Long Beach State †	18	–	0		1.000			30	–	5		.857
No. 16 UNLV	13	–	5		.722			27	–	7		.794
Hawaii	13	–	5		.722			18	–	10		.643
San Diego State	12	–	6		.667			25	–	9		.735
Cal State Fullerton	12	–	6		.667			21	–	9		.700
Fresno State	9	–	9		.500			18	–	12		.600
UC Santa Barbara	4	–	14		.222			9	–	19		.321
UC Irvine	4	–	14		.222			9	–	20		.310
Pacific	4	–	14		.222			6	–	22		.214
San Jose State	1	–	17		.056			4	–	23		.148
† 1989 Big West tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Format

The top nine teams, out of ten, from the regular season standings qualified for the tournament.

The eight and nine seeds faced off in a play-in game. The remaining top seven teams were placed into the first round, with teams seeded and paired based on regular-season records.

Bracket

	Play-in Wednesday, March 7					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 8					Semifinals Friday, March 9					Championship game Saturday, March 10
	8	UC Irvine	60
	9	Pacific	49
						1	Long Beach State	91
						8	UC Irvine	59
											1	Long Beach State	81
											4	Cal State Fullerton	61
						4	Cal State Fullerton	68
						5	San Diego State	60
																1	Long Beach State	89
																2	UNLV	81
						3	Hawaii	71
						6	Fresno State	64
											3	Hawaii	65
											2	UNLV	78
						2	UNLV	86
						7	UC Santa Barbara	50

All-Tournament Team

• Shameil Coleman, Long Beach State
• Pauline Jordan, UNLV
• Genia Miller, Cal State Fullerton
• Judy Mosley, Hawaii
• Penny Toler, Long Beach State (MVP)
• Traci Waites, Long Beach State