# 2016 Big South Conference women's basketball tournament

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 |
| 1 | 2 | 4:30 pm | #7 Charleston Southern vs. #10 Longwood | BSN | 1,489 |
| 1 | 3 | 7:00 pm | #6 High Point vs. #11 Winthrop | BSN | 1,489 |
| Quarterfinals - Friday, March 11 ||||||
| 2 | 4 | 12:00 pm | #1 UNC Asheville vs. #8 Campbell | ESPN3 | 1,217 |
| 2 | 5 | 2:00 pm | #4 Gardner-Webb vs. #5 Presbyterian | ESPN3 | 1,217 |
| 3 | 6 | 6:00 pm | #2 Liberty vs. #7 Charleston Southern | ESPN3 | 1,206 |
| 3 | 7 | 8:00 pm | #3 Radford vs. #6 High Point | ESPN3 | 1,206 |
| Semifinals - Saturday, March 12 ||||||
| 4 | 8 | 2:00 pm | #1 UNC Asheville vs #5 Presbyterian | ESPN3 | 1,891 |
| 4 | 9 | 4:00 pm | #2 Liberty vs #3 Radford | ESPN3 | 1,891 |
| 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

| First round March 10, 2014 | First round March 10, 2014 | First round March 10, 2014 | Quarterfinals March 11, 2014 | Quarterfinals March 11, 2014 | Quarterfinals March 11, 2014 | Semifinals March 12, 2014 | Semifinals March 12, 2014 | Semifinals March 12, 2014 | Championship March 13, 2014 | Championship March 13, 2014 | Championship March 13, 2014 |
| | | | 1 | UNC Asheville | 70 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Campbell | 42 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Campbell | 67 | 8 | Campbell | 42 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Coastal Carolina | 64 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Coastal Carolina | 64 | | | | 1 | UNC Asheville | 65 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Presbyterian | 55 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Gardner-Webb | 51 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Presbyterian | 58 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | UNC Asheville | 64$^{2OT}$ |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Liberty | 62 |
| | | | 2 | Liberty | 68 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Charleston Southern | 53 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Charleston Southern | 72 | 7 | Charleston Southern | 53 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Longwood | 50 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Longwood | 50 | | | | 2 | Liberty | 51 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Radford | 41 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Radford | 72 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | High Point | 57 | | | | | | |
| 6 | High Point | 73 | 6 | High Point | 57 | | | | | | |
| 11 | Winthrop | 55 | | | | | | | | | |