1990 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament

College basketball tournament
1990 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams10
SiteLong Beach Arena
Long Beach, California
ChampionsUNLV (4th title)
Winning coachJoan Bonvicini (4th title)
MVPGeannine Jordan (UNLV)
← 1989
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1988–89 Big West Conference women's basketball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
UNLV † 17 – 1   .944 28 – 3   .903
Hawaii 16 – 2   .889 26 – 4   .867
Long Beach State 14 – 4   .778 25 – 9   .735
Fresno State 11 – 7   .611 21 – 12   .636
Cal State Fullerton 9 – 9   .500 14 – 14   .500
UC Santa Barbara 8 – 10   .444 13 – 15   .464
Pacific 7 – 11   .389 15 – 15   .500
San Diego State 6 – 12   .333 7 – 23   .233
San Jose State 2 – 16   .111 5 – 24   .172
UC Irvine 0 – 18   .000 1 – 27   .036
† 1990 Big West tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1990 Big West Conference women's basketball tournament took place March 7–10, 1990. All games were held at the Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, California. UNLV won their fourth tournament title and received the conference's automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.

Format

All ten teams from the regular season standings qualified for the tournament.

The opening round featured two games, matching the eight versus nine seeds and the seven versus ten seeds. The remaining top seven teams were placed into the quarterfinal round, with teams seeded and paired based on regular-season records.

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, March 7 		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 8 		Semifinals
Friday, March 9 		Championship game
Saturday, March 10
            
1 UNLV 102
9 San Jose State 67
8 San Diego State 59
9 San Jose State 81
1 UNLV 91
4 Fresno State 71
4 Fresno State 72
5 Cal State Fullerton 60
1 UNLV 67
3 Long Beach State 64
3 Long Beach State 89
6 UC Santa Barbara 59
3 Long Beach State 85
7 Pacific 83
2 Hawaii 63
7 Pacific 68
7 Pacific 71
10 UC Irvine 51

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All-Tournament Team

  • Tine Freil, Pacific
  • Geannine Jordan, UNLV (MVP)
  • Pauline Jordan, UNLV
  • Angie Lee, Long Beach State
  • Penny Moore, Long Beach State
  • Julie Szukalski, Pacific

References

  1. ^ "2021-22 Big West Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big West Conference. p. 30. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
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