“I think that’s probably the correct direction to go, to try to get to that end result,” said Beeman, who coached the Rainbow Wahine to the last two Big West tournament titles as the Nos. In that, she said it was a step in the right direction because it helps protect the league’s best regular-season teams, increasing the chances of a quality team making a run in the NCAAs and earning respect for the BWC for future years. I know a lot of formats have changed for a lot of tournaments here and there.”īeeman told Spectrum News she considered it from the standpoint of getting the league to multiple-bid status to the NCAA Tournament. “I have some experience with that with the (West Coast Conference) doing something similar, at least when I was at Saint Mary’s. “My take on it is, I think the new format rewards the higher seeds, which I think is a good thing,” Ganot told Spectrum News. It is new on the men’s side of Big West hoops, while the BWC women used that format up until 2019, at which point the conference expanded from nine to 11 teams and both sides began inviting all eligible teams to the tournament. Also Friday, the Big West announced its first baseball postseason tournament in 2025 will include five teams, and the conference will sponsor swimming and diving starting in 2024-25.
5 to 8, which must win four times in four days at Dollar Loan Center in Henderson, Nev. The path to an automatic NCAA berth gets tougher for teams seeded Nos.UH coaches Eran Ganot and Laura Beeman were in favor of the change.
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