2016 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

2016 NCAA Division III
women's basketball tournament

Teams	64
Finals site	Bankers Life Fieldhouse (championship) Capital University Performance Arena (semifinals) Indianapolis, Indiana (championship) Columbus, Ohio (semifinals)
Champions	Thomas More Saints (1st title)
Runner-up	Tufts Jumbos (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Amherst Lord Jeffs (6th Final Four) Wartburg (1st Final Four)
Winning coach	Jeff Hans (1st title)
MOP	Sydney Moss (Thomas More)
Attendance	36,186
NCAA Division III women's tournaments «2015 2017»

The 2016 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the 35th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.

Thomas More defeated Tufts in the championship game, 63–51, to claim the Saints' first Division III national title. While this was the second consecutive tournament win for Thomas More, the Saints' previous title from 2015 was vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions and does not count for official records.

The national semifinal rounds were hosted by Capital University at the Capital University Performance Arena in Columbus, Ohio, while the national championship game was held alone at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, also the site of the finals of that year's Division I and Division II tournaments.

Bracket

Final Four

	Final Four					National championship
	Thomas More		74
	Amherst		65
						Thomas More		63
						Tufts		51
	Tufts		63
	Wartburg		50

All-tournament team

• Hannah Hackley, Amherst
• Sydney Moss, Thomas More
• Abby Owings, Thomas More
• Michela North, Tufts
• Morgan Neuendorf, Wartburg

See also

• 2016 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2016 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 2016 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2016 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 2016 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament