2016 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament

2016 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2015–16
Teams11
SiteCampbell University
Pope Convocation Center
Buies Creek, North Carolina
ChampionsUNC Asheville (5th title)
Winning coachNick McDevitt (1st title)
MVPDwayne Sutton (UNC Asheville)
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2015–16 Big South men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Winthrop 13 – 5   .722 23 – 9   .719
High Point 13 – 5   .722 21 – 11   .656
UNC Asheville † 12 – 6   .667 22 – 12   .647
Coastal Carolina 12 – 6   .667 21 – 12   .636
Gardner–Webb 10 – 8   .556 17 – 16   .515
Liberty 10 – 8   .556 13 – 19   .406
Radford 9 – 9   .500 16 – 15   .516
Campbell 5 – 13   .278 12 – 18   .400
Presbyterian 5 – 13   .278 11 – 20   .355
Longwood 5 – 13   .278 10 – 23   .303
Charleston Southern 5 – 13   .278 9 – 21   .300
† 2016 Big South tournament winner

The 2016 Big South men's basketball tournament was held from March 3–6, 2016, at the Pope Convocation Center in Buies Creek, North Carolina on the campus of Campbell University. UNC Asheville won the tournament and received the Big South's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament.

Site

Coastal Carolina was originally scheduled to host the basketball tournament for a fourth consecutive year, but, on August 30, 2015, the school announced that they would be joining the Sun Belt Conference effective July 1, 2016.[1] Big South bylaws state that member schools leaving the conference with less than two years notice are not eligible to host championships.[2]

Seeds

All 11 conference teams were eligible for the tournament. The top five teams received a first round bye. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker
1 High Point 13–5 20–9 1–1 vs. Winthrop, 1–1 vs. Coastal Carolina, 1–0 vs. UNC Asheville
2 Winthrop 13–5 21–8 1–1 vs. High Point, 1–1 vs. Coastal Carolina, 1–1 vs. UNC Asheville
3 Coastal Carolina 12–6 18–10 2–0 vs. UNC Asheville
4 UNC Asheville 12–6 19–11 0–2 vs. Coastal Carolina
5 Liberty 10–8 13–18 2–0 vs. Gardner–Webb
6 Gardner–Webb 10–8 15–15 0–2 vs. Liberty
7 Radford 9–9 16–14
8 Longwood 5–13 9–22 1–0 vs. Charleston Southern, 0–2 vs. Presbyterian, 2–0 vs. Campbell
9 Charleston Southern 5–13 9–20 0–1 vs. Longwood, 1–1 vs. Campbell, 2–0 vs. Presbyterian
10 Presbyterian 5–13 10–19 1–1 vs. Campbell, 2–0 vs. Longwood, 0–2 vs. Charleston Southern
11 Campbell 5–13 12–17 1–1 vs. Presbyterian, 1–1 vs. Charleston Southern, 0–2 vs. Longwood
‡ – Big South regular season champions.
† – Received a bye in the conference tournament.
Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Score
First round - Thursday, March 3
1 1 2:00 pm #8 Longwood vs. #9 Charleston Southern BSN 75–69
2 4:30 pm #7 Radford vs. #10 Presbyterian BSN 64–65
3 7:00 pm #6 Gardner–Webb vs. #11 Campbell BSN 79–69
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 4
2 4 12:00 pm #1 High Point vs. #8 Longwood ESPN3 89–78
5 2:00 pm #4 UNC Asheville vs. #5 Liberty ESPN3 80–49
3 6 6:00 pm #2 Winthrop vs. #10 Presbyterian ESPN3 67–53
7 8:00 pm #3 Coastal Carolina vs. #6 Gardner–Webb ESPN3 65–69
Semifinals - Saturday, March 5
4 8 1:00 pm #1 High Point vs. #4 UNC Asheville ESPN3 69–80
9 3:00 pm #2 Winthrop vs. #6 Gardner–Webb ESPN3 89–62
Championship - Sunday, March 6
5 10 2:30 pm #2 Winthrop vs. #4 UNC Asheville ESPN2 68–77
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

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Bracket

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First round
Thursday, March 3 		Quarterfinals
Friday, March 4 		Semifinals
Saturday, March 5 		Championship
Sunday, March 6
            
1 High Point 89
8 Longwood 78
8 Longwood 75
9 Charleston Southern 69
1 High Point 69
4 UNC Asheville 80
4 UNC Asheville 80
5 Liberty 49
4 UNC Asheville 77
2 Winthrop 68
2 Winthrop 67
10 Presbyterian 53
7 Radford 64
10 Presbyterian 65
2 Winthrop 82
6 Gardner–Webb 69
3 Coastal Carolina 65
6 Gardner–Webb 69
6 Gardner–Webb 79
11 Campbell 69

References

  1. ^ "Coastal Carolina University to join Sun Belt in 2016". Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  2. ^ "Big South Announces Changes to 2016 Basketball Championships". Big South Conference. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "2016 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). Retrieved January 15, 2016.