2016 Big South Conference women's basketball tournament

2016 Big South Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2015–16
Teams11
SiteKimmel Arena
Asheville, North Carolina
ChampionsUNC Asheville (2nd title)
Winning coachBrenda Mock Kirkpatrick (1st title)
MVPChatori Major (UNC Asheville)
Attendance7,695
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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

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.

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

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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

References

  1. ^ "2016 Big South Women's Basketball Championship" (PDF). Retrieved March 7, 2016.