2016 Summit League women's basketball tournament

2016 Summit League women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2015–16
Teams	8
Site	Denny Sanford Premier Center Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Champions	South Dakota State (7th title)
Winning coach	Aaron Johnston (7th title)
MVP	Macy Miller (South Dakota State)
Attendance	22,265
Television	Midco Sport Network ESPNU
Summit League women's basketball tournaments

2015–16 Summit League women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
South Dakota	15	–	1		.938			32	–	6		.842
South Dakota State †	13	–	3		.813			27	–	7		.794
IUPUI	11	–	5		.688			21	–	11		.656
Oral Roberts	10	–	6		.625			14	–	16		.467
Western Illinois	8	–	8		.500			16	–	16		.500
Omaha	7	–	9		.438			15	–	15		.500
IPFW	3	–	13		.188			7	–	23		.233
Denver	3	–	13		.188			5	–	25		.167
North Dakota State	2	–	14		.125			7	–	22		.241
† 2016 Summit League Tournament winner As of April 2, 2016 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Summit League women's basketball tournament was a post-season women's basketball tournament for The Summit League. The tournament took place March 5–8 at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The Top 8 teams in the final standings will qualify for the tournament. South Dakota State defeated South Dakota to win their second straight Summit League tournament title to receive an automatic bid into the 2016 NCAA tournament.

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker #1	Tiebreaker #2
1	South Dakota	15–1	23–6
2	South Dakota State	13–3	23–6
3	IUPUI	11–5	20–9
4	Oral Roberts	10–6	13–5
5	Western Illinois	8–8	15–14
6	Omaha	7–9	14–14
7	IPFW	3–13	6–23	1–1 vs. Denver	1-1 vs. Oral Roberts
8	Denver	3–13	5–24	1–1 vs. IPFW	0-2 vs. Oral Roberts

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Attendance
Quarterfinals – Saturday March 5, 2016
1	1	12:00 PM	#8 Denver vs #1 South Dakota	Midco Sport Network	3,209
	2	2:30 PM	#7 IPFW vs #2 South Dakota State
Quarterfinals – Sunday March 6, 2016
2	3	12:00 PM	#5 Western Illinois vs #4 Oral Roberts	Midco Sport Network	3,172
	4	2:30 PM	#6 Omaha vs #3 IUPUI
Semifinals – Monday March 7, 2016
3	5	12:00 PM	#1 South Dakota vs #4 Oral Roberts	Midco Sport Network	7,237
	6	2:30 PM	#2 South Dakota State vs #6 Omaha
Championship – Tuesday March 8, 2016
7	9	1:00 PM	#1 South Dakota vs. #2 South Dakota State	ESPNU	8,647
*Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Saturday/Sunday March 5–6 Midco Sport Network					Semifinals Monday March 7 Midco Sport Network					Championship game Tuesday March 8 ESPNU
	1	South Dakota	73
	8	Denver	54
						1	South Dakota	78
						4	Oral Roberts	61
	4	Oral Roberts	68
	5	Western Illinois	55
											1	South Dakota	55
											2	South Dakota State	61
	2	South Dakota State	80
	7	IPFW	60
						2	South Dakota State	76
						6	Omaha	58
	3	IUPUI	51
	6	Omaha	62

See also

• 2016 Summit League men's basketball tournament

External links

• The 2016 Summit League Women's Basketball Championship