2022 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2022 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Big West Conference of the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It was held March 8–12, 2022, at the Dollar Loan Center in Henderson, Nevada. The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA tournament.

2022 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2021–22
Teams	10
Site	Dollar Loan Center Henderson, Nevada
Champions	Hawai'i (3rd title)
Winning coach	Laura Beeman (2nd title)
MVP	Amy Atwell (Hawaii)
Television	ESPN+
Big West Conference women's basketball tournaments

2021–22 Big West women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Hawaiʻi †	13	–	3		.813			20	–	10		.667
UC Irvine	14	–	4		.778			21	–	12		.636
Long Beach State	12	–	6		.667			19	–	9		.679
UC Riverside	10	–	6		.625			14	–	11		.560
UC San Diego*	10	–	8		.556			13	–	14		.481
UC Santa Barbara	9	–	8		.529			15	–	12		.556
UC Davis	8	–	8		.500			15	–	13		.536
Cal State Fullerton	5	–	12		.294			11	–	18		.379
Cal State Northridge	5	–	12		.294			9	–	19		.321
Cal State Bakersfield	3	–	11		.214			5	–	20		.200
Cal Poly	2	–	13		.133			3	–	22		.120
* ineligible for the 2022 NCAA tournament due to transition period
† 2022 Big West tournament winner

Hawaii won its third title, and its second since rejoining the Big West, for their seventh NCAA Tournament appearance.

Seeds

Of the 11 conference teams, 10 are eligible for the tournament. UC San Diego remains ineligible for the Big West tournament, as they are in the second year of the four-year transition required for teams transferring to Division I from Division II, despite their games counting in the standings, unlike their men’s counterparts.

For this year only, teams were seeded by winning percentage within the conference due to unpredictabilities with COVID-19, with normal additional tiebreakers in place, if necessary. Unlike previous years until 2020, reseeding teams after the quarterfinals does not take place.

Seed	School	Record	Tiebreaker
1	Hawai'i	13–3
2	UC Irvine	14-4
3	Long Beach State	12-6
4	UC Riverside	10-6
5	UC Santa Barbara	9-8
6	UC Davis	8-8
7	Cal State Fullerton	5–12	2-0 vs. Cal State Northridge
8	Cal State Northridge	5-12	0-2 vs. Cal State Fullerton
9	Cal State Bakersfield	3-11
10	Cal Poly	2–13

Schedule and results

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television
First round – Tuesday, March 8
1	12:00 pm	No. 8 CSUN vs. No. 9 CSU Bakersfield	62-63*	ESPN+
2	2:30 pm	No. 7 Cal State Fullerton vs. No. 10 Cal Poly	70-64
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 9
3	12:00 pm	No. 1 Hawai'i vs. No. 9 CSU Bakersfield	48-47	ESPN+
4	2:30 pm	No. 4 UC Riverside vs. No. 5 UC Santa Barbara	46-42
5	6:00 pm	No. 2 UC Irvine vs. No. 7 Cal State Fullerton	80-68
6	8:30 pm	No. 3 Long Beach State vs. No. 6 UC Davis	45-55
Semifinals – Friday, March 11
7	12:00 pm	No. 1 Hawai'i vs. No. 4 UC Riverside	69-55	ESPN+
8	2:30 pm	No. 2 UC Irvine vs. No. 6 UC Davis	84-75*
Final – Saturday, March 12
9	5:00 pm	No. 1 Hawai'i vs. No. 2 UC Irvine	59-48	ESPN+
*Game times in PST. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	First round March 8 ESPN+					Quarterfinals March 9 ESPN+					Semifinals March 11 ESPN+					Championship March 12 ESPN+
						1	Hawai'i	48
						9	Cal State Bakersfield	47
	8	Cal State Northridge	62
	9	Cal State Bakersfield	63
											1	Hawaii	69
											4	UC Riverside	55
						4	UC Riverside	46
						5	UC Santa Barbara	42
																1	Hawaii	59
																2	UC Irvine	48
						2	UC Irvine	80
						7	Cal State Fullerton	68
	7	Cal State Fullerton	70
	10	Cal Poly	64
											2	UC Irvine	84*
											6	UC Davis	75
						3	Long Beach State	45
						6	UC Davis	55