1986 Pacific Coast Athletic Association women's basketball tournament

June 2024 1986 Pacific Coast Athletic Association I Women's 150px Big West tournament Logo 8 Long Beach Arena Long Beach, California The Forum Inglewood, California 1985 women UNLV Rebels UNLV 3rd Jim Bolla and Sheila Strike 3rd Misty Thomas UNLV The 1986 Pacific Coast Athletic Association women's basketball tournament took place March 6–8, 1986. The quarterfinal round was played at Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, California, while the semifinals and championship were held at The Forum in Inglewood, California. 1985 women UNLV Rebels UNLV won the tournament title for the third straight time and received the conference's automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament. Format The top eight teams, out of ten, from the regular season standings qualified for the tournament. All eight participating teams were placed into the first round, with teams seeded and paired based on regular-season records. After the first round, teams were re-seeded so the highest-remaining team was paired with the lowest-remaining time in one semifinal with the other two teams slotted into the other semifinal. Bracket QuarterfinalsWednesday, March 6 Semifinals (Re-Seeded)Friday, March 7 Championship gameSaturday, March 8 1 Long Beach State 94 8 UC Santa Barbara 63 4 UC Irvine 56 5 San Diego State 73 3 Cal State Fullerton 78 6 Hawaii 69 2 UNLV 77 7 Pacific 70 1 Long Beach State 116 5 San Diego State 74 3 Cal State Fullerton 75 2 UNLV 80 1 Long Beach State 89 2 UNLV 99 2021-22 Big West Women's Basketball Record Book https://bigwest.org/documents/2023/1/19/2021_22_WBB_Record_Book.pdf 30 Big West Conference June 9, 2024 All-Tournament Team Cindy Brown, Long Beach State Dee Dee Duncan, San Diego State Robin Holmes, Cal State Fullerton Donya Moore, UNLV Misty Thomas, UNLV (MVP) References Pacific Coast Athletic Association women's basketball tournament Category:Big West Conference women's basketball tournament