2014 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament

2014 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2013–14
Teams8
SiteWalter Pyramid
Honda Center
Long Beach, CA
Anaheim, California
ChampionsCal State Northridge (1st title)
Winning coachJason Flowers (1st title)
TelevisionESPN3
FS PRIME/FCS Pacific
2013–14 Big West women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Cal State Northridge† 12 – 4   .750 18 – 15   .545
Cal Poly 11 – 5   .688 18 – 14   .563
Hawaii 10 – 6   .625 17 – 14   .548
UC Irvine 9 – 7   .563 17 – 15   .531
UC Davis 9 – 7   .563 15 – 16   .484
Long Beach State 8 – 8   .500 17 – 15   .531
Cal State Fullerton 8 – 8   .500 12 – 18   .400
UC Santa Barbara 3 – 13   .188 8 – 22   .267
UC Riverside 2 – 14   .125 6 – 23   .207
† 2014 Big West tournament winner
As of 10:03, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
Rankings from AP poll[1][2]

The 2014 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament took place March 11–15, 2014. The first two rounds took place at Walter Pyramid 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 2014 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.

Format

The top eight teams qualified for the 2014 Big West tournament. Seeds 1 & 2 received a double-bye while seeds 3 and 4 receive a single bye. The first round featured 5 vs. 8 and 6 vs. 7. The lowest remaining seed moved on to play seed 3 in the quarterfinals while the other winner moved on to play seed 4 in the quarterfinals. The lowest remaining seed from the quarterfinals moved on to play seed 1 in the semifinals while the other remaining seed played seed 2 in the semifinals.

Bracket

First round
Tuesday, March 11
ESPN3
Quarterfinals (Re-Seeded)
Wednesday, March 12
ESPN3
Semifinals (Re-Seeded)
Friday, March 14
ESPN3
Championship game
Saturday, March 15
FS PRIME/FCS Pacific
1 Cal State Northridge 78
4 UC Irvine 60
4 UC Irvine 74
5 UC Davis 58 5 UC Davis 70
8 UC Santa Barbara 57 1 Cal State Northridge 73
2 Cal Poly 58
2 Cal Poly 66
3 Hawaiʻi 52
3 Hawaiʻi 52
6 Long Beach State 64 6 Long Beach State 49
7 Cal State Fullerton 60

References

  1. ^ "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2013-14". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  2. ^ "2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Mar. 17)". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.