College basketball tournament
The 2016 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament at KeyArena in Seattle, Washington from March 3–6, 2016. Oregon State defeated UCLA in the championship game to win their first Pac-12 Women's Tournament title in school history. With that win Oregon State received an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament.
Seeds
Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken in the following order:
- Record between the tied teams
- Record against the highest-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the seedings as necessary
- Higher RPI
Seed
|
School
|
Conf (Overall)
|
Tiebreaker
|
#1
|
Oregon State
|
16–2 (25–4)
|
1–0 vs. ASU
|
#2
|
Arizona State
|
16–2 (25–5)
|
0–1 vs. OSU
|
#3
|
UCLA
|
14–4 (22–7)
|
1–0 vs. STAN
|
#4
|
Stanford
|
14–4 (24–6)
|
0–1 vs. UCLA
|
#5
|
Washington
|
11–7 (20–9)
|
|
#6
|
Oregon
|
9–9 (20–9)
|
|
#7
|
Utah
|
8–10 (16–13)
|
|
#8
|
USC
|
6–12 (18–12)
|
|
#9
|
Washington State
|
5–13 (14–15)
|
|
#10
|
California
|
4–14 (13–16)
|
|
#11
|
Arizona
|
3–15 (12–18)
|
|
#12
|
Colorado
|
2–16 (7–22)
|
|
Schedule
Thursday-Sunday, March 3–6, 2016
The top four seeds received a first-round bye.
Session
|
Game
|
Time*
|
Matchup#
|
Television
|
Attendance
|
First Round – Thursday, March 3
|
1
|
1
|
11:30 AM
|
#7 Utah vs. #10 California
|
Pac-12 Network
|
3,059
|
2
|
2:00 PM
|
#6 Oregon vs. #11 Arizona
|
2
|
3
|
6:00 PM
|
#8 USC vs. #9 Washington State
|
3,680
|
4
|
8:30 PM
|
#5 Washington vs. #12 Colorado
|
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 4
|
3
|
5
|
11:30 AM
|
#2 Arizona State vs. #10 California
|
Pac-12 Network
|
3,747
|
5
|
2:00 PM
|
#3 UCLA vs. #11 Arizona
|
4
|
7
|
6:00 PM
|
#1 Oregon State vs. #8 USC
|
5,789
|
8
|
8:30 PM
|
#4 Stanford vs. #5 Washington
|
Semifinals – Saturday, March 5
|
5
|
9
|
6:00 PM
|
#10 California vs. #3 UCLA
|
Pac-12 Network
|
6,543
|
10
|
8:30 PM
|
#1 Oregon State vs. #5 Washington
|
Championship Game – Sunday, March 6
|
6
|
11
|
6:00 PM
|
#3 UCLA vs. #1 Oregon State
|
ESPN
|
4,759
|
*Game Times in PT.
|
Bracket
| First round Thursday, March 2 P12N
| | | Quarterfinals Friday, March 3 P12N
| | | Semifinals Saturday, March 4 P12N
| | | Championship Game Sunday, March 5 ESPN
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 1
| #8 Oregon State
| 63
| | | |
|
| |
| | | 8
| USC
| 53
| |
| 8
| USC
| 77
| |
| |
| 9
| Washington State
| 73
| |
| | 1
| #8 Oregon State
| 57
| |
|
| |
| | | 5
| Washington
| 55
| |
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| |
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| | 4
| #11 Stanford
| 65
| |
|
| |
| | | 5
| Washington
| 73
| |
| 5
| Washington
| 67
| |
| |
| 12
| Colorado
| 51
| |
| | 1
| #8 Oregon State
| 69
| |
|
| |
| | | 3
| #12 UCLA
| 57
| |
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| | 2
| #10 Arizona State
| 64
| |
|
| |
| | | 10
| California
| 75
| |
| 7
| Utah
| 63
| |
| |
| 10
| California
| 66OT
| |
| | 10
| California
| 67
| |
|
| |
| | | 3
| #12 UCLA
| 73OT
| |
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| | 3
| #12 UCLA
| 72
| |
|
| |
| | | 11
| Arizona
| 51
| |
| 6
| Oregon
| 68
| |
| |
| 11
| Arizona
| 74
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All-Tournament Team
Source:[1]
Most Outstanding Player
Name
|
Pos.
|
Year
|
Team
|
Jamie Weisner
|
G
|
Sr.
|
Oregon State
|
See also
2016 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament
Notes
- March 4, 2016 – Head coach Niya Butts coached her last game for the University of Arizona
References