2016 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament

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.

2016 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament
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
Big West Conference women's basketball tournaments

2015–16 Big West women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
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.

Format

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.

Bracket

	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