Big West Conference - Basketball

The Big West is an NCAA Division I intercollegiate athletic conference that has been an NCAA member since 1969. It administers men’s and women’s basketball regular seasons, standings, statistics, awards and postseason championships for its member institutions. The 2026 Credit Union 1 Big West Basketball Championships featured 16 teams and 14 games in Henderson, Nevada, determining the conference’s automatic qualifiers for the NCAA Division I tournaments. The 2027 men’s and women’s championships are scheduled for 10–13 March at Lee’s Family Forum in Henderson, with the top eight teams in each competition qualifying. In 2026–27 the conference sponsors 19 sports and has 12 full members after adding Cal Baptist, Sacramento State and Utah Valley. This profile concerns the conference organiser, not a member university, team or single championship.