| Year: | 2016 |
| Conference: | MEAC |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Women's |
| Teams: | 13 |
| Arena: | Norfolk Scope |
| City: | Norfolk, Virginia |
| Champions: | Hampton |
| Titlecount: | 6th |
| Coach: | Edward Joyner |
| Coachcount: | 3rd |
| Mvp: | Reginald Johnson |
| Mvpteam: | Hampton |
| Television: | ESPN3, ESPNU |
The 2016 MEAC women's basketball tournament took place March 7–12, 2016, at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia[1] The champion will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament.
All 13 tweams contested the tournament.[2]
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker 1 | Tiebreaker 2 | Tiebreaker 3 | Tiebreaker 4 | Tiebreaker 5 | Tiebreaker 6 | Tiebreaker 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bethune-Cookman | 12-4 | 1-1 vs. North Carolina A&T | 0-1 vs. Hampton | 1-0 vs. Coppin State | ||||
| 2 | 12–4 | 1-1 vs. Bethune-Cookman | 0-1 vs. Hampton | 0-1 vs. Coppin State | |||||
| 3 | Hampton | 11-5 | |||||||
| 4 | Coppin State | 10–6 | 2-1 vs. Morgan State/UMES | ||||||
| 5 | Morgan State | 10-6 | 2-2 vs. Coppin/UMES | ||||||
| 6 | Maryland Eastern Shore | 10-6 | 1-2 vs. Coppin/Morgan State | ||||||
| 7 | Florida A&M | 9-7 | |||||||
| 8 | Savannah State | 7–9 | 1-1 vs. South Carolina State | 0-1 vs. Bethune-Coookman | 0-2 vs. North Carolina A&T | 0-1 vs. Hampton | 1-0 vs. Coppin State | 0-1 vs. Morgan State | 1-0 vs. UMES |
| 9 | South Carolina State | 7-9 | 1-1 vs. Savannah State | 0-1 vs. Bethune-Coookman | 0-1 vs. North Carolina A&T | 0-1 vs. Hampton | 1-0 vs. Coppin State | 0-1 vs. Morgan State | 0-1 vs. UMES |
| 10 | Delaware State | 6–10 | |||||||
| 11 | Howard | 4-12 | |||||||
| 12 | North Carolina Central | 3-13 | 1-0 vs. Norfolk State | ||||||
| 13 | Norfolk State | 3-13 | 0-1 vs. North Carolina Central | ||||||
| † – MEAC regular season champions. Overall records are as of the end of the regular season. | |||||||||
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Monday, March 7 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 11:00 am |
| 78-54 | ESPN3 | |
| 2 | 1:00 pm |
| 52-42 | |||
| 3 | 3:00 pm |
| 68-51 | |||
| First round – Tuesday, March 8 | ||||||
| 2 | 4 | Noon |
| 61-53 | ESPN3 | |
| 5 | 2:00 pm |
| 79-74 | |||
| Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 9 | ||||||
| 3 | 6 | Noon |
| 56-48 | ESPN3 | |
| 7 | 2:00 pm |
| 67-50 | |||
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10 | ||||||
| 5 | 8 | Noon |
| 64-58 | ESPN3 | |
| 9 | 2:00 pm |
| 63-53 | |||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 11 | ||||||
| 6 | 10 | Noon |
| 81-62 | ESPN3 | |
| 11 | 2:00 pm |
| 63-54 | |||
| Championship – Saturday, March 12 | ||||||
| 8 | 12 | 6:00pm |
| 65-46 | ESPN3 | |
| ||||||
* denotes overtime period