2016 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament

2016 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2015–16
Teams	8
Site	U.S. Cellular Center Asheville, North Carolina
Champions	Chattanooga (17th title)
Winning coach	Jim Foster (3rd title)
MVP	Alicia Payne (Chattanooga)
Television	ESPN3
Southern Conference women's basketball tournaments

2015–16 Southern Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Chattanooga †	12	–	2		.857			24	–	8		.750
Mercer*	12	–	2		.857			24	–	9		.727
Samford	11	–	3		.786			20	–	11		.645
East Tennessee State	8	–	6		.571			16	–	14		.533
Furman	7	–	7		.500			15	–	16		.484
Wofford	3	–	11		.214			9	–	20		.310
Western Carolina	3	–	11		.214			6	–	22		.214
UNC Greensboro	0	–	14		.000			8	–	22		.267
† 2016 SoCon Tournament winner As of March 18, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

The 2016 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament was held between Thursday, March 3 and Sunday, March 6 in Asheville, North Carolina, at the U.S. Cellular Center.

Seeds

Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conf (Overall)	Tiebreaker
#1	Mercer	12–2 (22–7)	1–1 vs. Chattanooga; 2–0 vs. Samford
#2	Chattanooga	12–2 (21–7)	1–1 vs. Mercer; 1–1 vs. Samford
#3	Samford	11–3 (19–10)
#4	East Tennessee State	8–6 (16–13)
#5	Furman	7–7 (14–15)
#6	Wofford	3–11 (9–19)	1–1 vs. Western Carolina; higher RPI
#7	Western Carolina	3–11 (6–21)	1–1 vs. Wofford
#8	UNC Greensboro	0–14 (8–21)

Schedule

All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Attendance
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 3
2	1	11:30 AM	#1 Mercer vs. #8 UNC Greensboro	ESPN3
	2	1:45 PM	#4 East Tennessee State vs. #5 Furman
3	6	4:00 PM	#2 Chattanooga vs. #7 Western Carolina		2,577
	3	6:15 PM	#3 Samford vs. #6 Wofford
Semifinals – Friday, March 4
4	4	11:00 AM	#1 Mercer vs. #5 Furman	ESPN3
	5	1:15 PM	#2 Chattanooga vs. #3 Samford
Championship Game – Sunday, March 6
6	10	1:00 PM	#1 Mercer vs. #2 Chattanooga	ESPN3	1,320
*Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Thursday, March 3, 2016					Semifinals Friday, March 4, 2016					Championship game Sunday, March 6, 2016
	1	Mercer	75
	8	UNC Greensboro	53
						1	Mercer	64
						5	Furman	50
	4	East Tennessee State	68
	5	Furman	71
											1	Mercer	57
											2	Chattanooga	65
	2	Chattanooga	74
	7	Western Carolina	56
						2	Chattanooga	49
						3	Samford	41
	3	Samford	63
	6	Wofford	43