The long road to the 2025-26 Pacific West Conference women's basketball tournament will begin soon. 

That destination this year is San Diego, March 5-7, at Point Loma Nazarene University. You can see the 2025-26 full women's basketball schedule, including all 13 PacWest teams, by clicking here.

There will be a smattering of scrimmages and exhibition games in October, but the official tip off for Division II teams is November 14-16 (one week later than last year). 

That opening weekend will be jammed packed with action. PacWest teams will play a pair of games each at crossover tournaments against teams from the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) and the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC). Those host sites include Merced, Honolulu, Fairbanks, Atherton, Santa Barbara, La Mirada and San Marcos. 

Conference play officially begins the week of December 2-6. The first games will tip off that Wednesday when Menlo travels to Azusa Pacific and Chaminade visits Hawaii Pacific. 

All that action points to the conference tournament in March. The top six teams in the final regular season standings will qualify for the tournament. Point Loma, the host, is the defending regular season and conference tournament champion. 

When you can't get to a game in person, you can watch any of the 13 PacWest teams on the PacWest Network. 

COMING NEXT WEEK: PacWest Coaches Preseason Poll.