| Year: | 2016 |
| Conference: | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Women's |
| Teams: | 10 |
| Arena: | iWireless Center |
| City: | Moline, Illinois |
| Champions: | Missouri State |
| Titlecount: | 10th |
| Coach: | Kellie Harper |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mvp: | Tyonna Snow |
| Mvpteam: | Missouri State |
| Television: | ESPN3 |
The 2016 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament is part of the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season and was played in Moline, Illinois March 10–13, 2015, at the iWireless Center. The tournament's winner received the Missouri Valley Conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament.
| 2016 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament seeds and results | |||||||||
| Seed | School | Conf. | Over. | Tiebreaker | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ‡ - Northern Iowa | 15–3 | 20–9 | ||||||
| 2 |
| 14–4 | 21–8 | 2–0 vs. Missouri State | |||||
| 3 |
| 14–4 | 21–9 | 0–2 vs. Drake | |||||
| 4 |
| 12–6 | 19–11 | ||||||
| 5 |
| 10–8 | 14–15 | ||||||
| 6 |
| 9–9 | 13–16 | ||||||
| 7 | Illinois State | 6–12 | 8–21 | ||||||
| 8 | Wichita State | 5–13 | 8–21 | ||||||
| 9 | Bradley | 4–14 | 8–21 | ||||||
| 10 | Evansville | 1–17 | 2–17 | ||||||
| ‡ – Missouri Valley Conference regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. # - Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. Overall records include all games played in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament. | |||||||||
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Television | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Thursday, March 10 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 4:00 pm |
| ESPN3 | ||
| 2 | 7:00 pm |
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| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 11 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 12:00 pm |
| ESPN3 | ||
| 4 | 2:30 pm |
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| 3 | 5 | 6:00 pm |
| 1,525 | ||
| 6 | 8:30 pm |
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| Semifinals – Saturday, March 12 | ||||||
| 4 | 7 | 1:30 pm |
| ESPN3 | 2,241 | |
| 8 | 4:00 pm |
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| Final – Sunday, March 13 | ||||||
| 5 | 9 | 2:00 pm |
| ESPN3 | 1,842 | |
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