2020 Big West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2020 Big West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament that was scheduled to take place from March 10–14, 2020, at two venues in the Los Angeles area. The first two rounds were scheduled for the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, California, while the semifinals and championship were to be held at the Honda Center in Anaheim. The winner of the Big West Tournament would have received the conference's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.[1] On March 10 it was announced the tournament will be played without spectators, in an effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.[2] On March 12, the NCAA announced that the tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[3]

2020 Big West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2019–20
Teams	8
First round site	Walter Pyramid Long Beach, California
Quarterfinals site	Walter Pyramid Long Beach, California
Semifinals site	Honda Center Anaheim, California
Finals site	Honda Center Anaheim, California
Television	ESPN3
Big West Conference Women's Basketball Tournaments

2019–20 Big West women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
UC Davis	11	–	3		.786			16	–	11		.593
Cal State Fullerton	8	–	6		.571			16	–	11		.593
Hawaii	8	–	6		.571			14	–	13		.519
UC Santa Barbara	8	–	7		.533			13	–	15		.464
UC Irvine	7	–	7		.500			11	–	17		.393
Long Beach State	6	–	8		.429			11	–	16		.407
Cal State Northridge	6	–	8		.429			11	–	17		.393
Cal Poly	6	–	9		.400			9	–	17		.346
UC Riverside	4	–	10		.286			8	–	20		.286
† 2020 Big West Tournament winner As of February 6, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker
1	UC Davis	12–4	17–12
2	UC Santa Barbara	9–7	14–15	2–0 vs. Irvine
3	UC Irvine	9–7	13–17	1–1 vs. Hawaii
4	Hawaii	9–7	15–14
5	Long Beach State	8–8	13–16
6	Cal State Fullerton	8–8	16–13
7	Cal State Northridge	7–9	12–18
8	Cal Poly	6–10	9–18

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Score	Television
First round – Tuesday, March 10
1	1	6:00 PM	#5 Long Beach State vs. #8 Cal Poly	48–59	ESPN3
	2	8:30 PM	#6 Cal State Fullerton vs. #7 Northridge	67–52
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 11
2	3	6:00 PM	#3 UC Irvine vs. #8 Cal Poly	49–70	ESPN3
	4	8:30 PM	#4 Hawaii vs. #6 Cal State Fullerton	72–59
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
3	5		#1 UC Davis vs. #8 Cal Poly	Cancelled
	6		#2 UC Santa Barbara vs. #4 Hawaii	Cancelled
Championship Game – Saturday, March 14
4	7		Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner	Cancelled
*Game Times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First Round March 10					Quarterfinals March 11					Semifinals March 13					Championship March 14
						3	UC Irvine	49
	5	Long Beach State	48			8	Cal Poly	70
	8	Cal Poly	59
						4	Hawaii	72
	6	Cal State Fullerton	67			6	Cal State Fullerton	59
	7	Cal State Northridge	52

References

1. "Big West Conference women's basketball tournament features field of confident teams". OC Register. March 9, 2020. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
2. Big West Basketball Tournament To Be Played Without Spectators
3. "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns". NCAA.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.