2016 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament

2016 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2015–16
Teams12
SiteKeyArena
Seattle, WA
ChampionsOregon State (1st title)
Winning coachScott Rueck (1st title)
MVPJamie Weisner (Oregon State)
Attendance27,577
TelevisionPac-12 Network, ESPN
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2015–16 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 Oregon State 16 2   .889 32 5   .865
No. 11 Arizona State 16 2   .889 26 7   .788
No. 13 Stanford 14 4   .778 27 8   .771
No. 10 UCLA 14 4   .778 26 9   .743
Washington 11 7   .611 26 11   .703
Oregon 9 9   .500 24 11   .686
Utah 8 10   .444 18 15   .545
USC 6 12   .333 19 13   .594
Washington State 5 13   .278 14 16   .467
California 4 14   .222 15 17   .469
Arizona 3 15   .167 13 19   .406
Colorado 2 16   .111 7 23   .233
2016 Pac-12 Tournament winner
As of April 3, 2016
Rankings from AP Poll


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
4 #11 Stanford 65
5 Washington 73
5 Washington 67
12 Colorado 51
1 #8 Oregon State 69
3 #12 UCLA 57
2 #10 Arizona State 64
10 California 75
7 Utah 63
10 California 66OT
10 California 67
3 #12 UCLA 73OT
3 #12 UCLA 72
11 Arizona 51
6 Oregon 68
11 Arizona 74

All-Tournament Team

Source:[1]

Name Pos. Year Team
Kristine Anigwe F Fr. California
Jordin Canada G So. UCLA
Ruth Hamblin C Sr. Oregon State
Kelsey Plum G Jr. Washington
Jamie Weisner G Sr. Oregon State
Sydney Wiese G Sr. Oregon State

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

  1. ^ "Pac-12 Women's Record Book" (PDF).