| Year: | 2016 |
| Conference: | SEC |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Women's |
| Teams: | 14 |
| Arena: | Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena |
| City: | Jacksonville, FL |
| Champions: | South Carolina |
| Titlecount: | 2nd |
| Coach: | Dawn Staley |
| Coachcount: | 2nd |
| Mvp: | Tiffany Mitchell |
| Mvpteam: | South Carolina |
| Attendance: | 29,526 |
| Television: | SEC Network, ESPN, ESPNU |
The 2016 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida from March 2 through 6, 2016. South Carolina won the SEC Women's Tournament for the 2nd year in a row and earns an automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.
| Seed | School | Conference record | Overall record | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Carolina ‡ | 16–0 | 28–1 | |
| 2 | Texas A&M † | 11–5 | 21–8 | 1–0 vs. MISS STATE |
| 3 | Mississippi State † | 11–5 | 24–6 | 0–1 vs. TEXAS A&M |
| 4 | Florida † | 10–6 | 22–7 | 1–0 vs. KENTUCKY |
| 5 | Kentucky # | 10–6 | 21–6 | 0–1 vs. FLORIDA |
| 6 | Georgia # | 9–7 | 21–8 | |
| 7 | Tennessee # | 8–8 | 17–12 | 2–0 vs. AUBURN, MIZZOU |
| 8 | Missouri # | 8–8 | 21–8 | 1–1 vs. AUBURN, TENN |
| 9 | Auburn # | 8–8 | 18–11 | 0–2 vs. MIZZOU, TENN |
| 10 | Arkansas # | 7–9 | 12–17 | |
| 11 | Vanderbilt | 5–11 | 16–13 | |
| 12 | Alabama | 4–12 | 15–14 | |
| 13 | LSU | 3–13 | 9–20 | |
| 14 | Ole Miss | 2–14 | 10–19 | |
| ‡ – SEC regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. † – Received a double-bye in the conference tournament. # – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. Overall records include all games played in the SEC Tournament. |
| Game | Time* | Matchup# | Television | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Wednesday, March 2 | |||||
| 1 | 11:00 AM |
| SECN | 2,889 | |
| 2 | 1:30 PM |
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| Second round – Thursday, March 3 | |||||
| 3 | 12:00 PM |
| SECN | 2,245 | |
| 4 | 2:30 PM |
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| 5 | 6:00 PM |
| 3,094 | ||
| 6 | 8:30 PM |
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| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 4 | |||||
| 7 | 12:00 PM |
| SECN | 4,703 | |
| 8 | 2:30 PM |
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| 9 | 6:00 PM |
| 4,214 | ||
| 10 | 8:30 PM |
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| Semifinals – Saturday, March 5 | |||||
| 11 | 5:00 PM |
| ESPNU | 5,632 | |
| 12 | 7:30 PM |
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| Championship – Sunday, March 6 | |||||
| 13 | 2:30 PM |
| ESPN | 6,549 | |
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