2016 Big South Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2016 Big South women's basketball tournament is a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Big South Conference that took place from March 10–13, 2015, at the Kimmel Arena in Asheville, North Carolina. All rounds after 1st were broadcast on ESPN3, 1st Round on Big South Network.

2016 Big South Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2015–16
Teams	11
Site	Kimmel Arena Asheville, North Carolina
Champions	UNC Asheville (2nd title)
Winning coach	Brenda Mock Kirkpatrick (1st title)
MVP	Chatori Major (UNC Asheville)
Attendance	7,695
Big South Conference women's basketball tournaments

2015–16 Big South women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
UNC Asheville †	16	–	4		.800			26	–	7		.788
Liberty	15	–	5		.750			20	–	13		.606
Gardner-Webb	13	–	7		.650			19	–	12		.613
Presbyterian	13	–	7		.650			18	–	13		.581
Radford	13	–	7		.650			18	–	13		.581
High Point	10	–	10		.500			12	–	19		.387
Charleston Southern	8	–	12		.400			14	–	17		.452
Campbell	7	–	13		.350			13	–	18		.419
Coastal Carolina	7	–	13		.350			12	–	18		.400
Longwood	5	–	15		.250			8	–	22		.267
Winthrop	3	–	17		.150			4	–	26		.133
† 2016 Big South tournament winner As of March 19, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

Format

All 11 teams were eligible for the tournament.

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker
1	UNC Asheville	16–4	23–6
2	Liberty	15–5	18–11
3	Radford	13–5	17–12	1–1 vs. Gardner-Webb, 2–0 vs. Presbyterian
4	Gardner-Webb	13–5	19–11	1–1 vs. Presbyterian, vs. 1–1 vs. Radford
5	Presbyterian	13–5	17–12	1–1 vs. Gardner-Webb, 0–2 vs. Radford
6	High Point	10–10	11–18
7	Charleston Southern	8–12	13–16
8	Campbell	7–13	13–16	2–0 vs. Coastal Carolina
9	Coastal Carolina	7–13	12–17	0–2 vs. Campbell
10	Longwood	5–15	8–21
11	Winthrop	3–17	4–25
‡ – Big South regular season champion. Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Attendance
First round - Thursday, March 10
1	1	2:00 pm	#8 Campbell vs. #9 Coastal Carolina	BSN	1,489
	2	4:30 pm	#7 Charleston Southern vs. #10 Longwood
	3	7:00 pm	#6 High Point vs. #11 Winthrop
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 11
2	4	12:00 pm	#1 UNC Asheville vs. #8 Campbell	ESPN3	1,217
	5	2:00 pm	#4 Gardner-Webb vs. #5 Presbyterian
3	6	6:00 pm	#2 Liberty vs. #7 Charleston Southern		1,206
	7	8:00 pm	#3 Radford vs. #6 High Point
Semifinals - Saturday, March 12
4	8	2:00 pm	#1 UNC Asheville vs #5 Presbyterian	ESPN3	1,891
	9	4:00 pm	#2 Liberty vs #3 Radford
Championship Game - Sunday, March 13
5	10	2:00 pm	#1 UNC Asheville vs. #2 Liberty	ESPN3	1,892

*Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First round March 10, 2014					Quarterfinals March 11, 2014					Semifinals March 12, 2014					Championship March 13, 2014
						1	UNC Asheville	70
						8	Campbell	42
	8	Campbell	67
	9	Coastal Carolina	64
											1	UNC Asheville	65
											5	Presbyterian	55
						4	Gardner-Webb	51
						5	Presbyterian	58
																1	UNC Asheville	642OT
																2	Liberty	62
						2	Liberty	68
						7	Charleston Southern	53
	7	Charleston Southern	72
	10	Longwood	50
											2	Liberty	51
											3	Radford	41
						3	Radford	72
						6	High Point	57
	6	High Point	73
	11	Winthrop	55

See also

• 2016 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament