2016 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament explained

Year:	2016
Conference:	Southern Conference
Division:	I
Gender:	Women's
Teams:	8
Arena:	U.S. Cellular Center
City:	Asheville, North Carolina
Champions:	Chattanooga
Titlecount:	17th
Coach:	Jim Foster
Coachcount:	3rd
Mvp:	Alicia Payne
Mvpteam:	Chattanooga
Television:	ESPN3

The 2016 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament was held between Thursday, March 3 and Sunday, March 6 in Asheville, North Carolina, at the U.S. Cellular Center.^[1]

Seeds

Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conf (Overall)	Tiebreaker
1	Mercer	12–2 (22–7)	1–1 vs. Chattanooga; 2–0 vs. Samford
2	Chattanooga	12–2 (21–7)	1–1 vs. Mercer; 1–1 vs. Samford
3	Samford	11–3 (19–10)
4	East Tennessee State	8–6 (16–13)
5	Furman	7–7 (14–15)
6	Wofford	3–11 (9–19)	1–1 vs. Western Carolina; higher RPI
7	Western Carolina	3–11 (6–21)	1–1 vs. Wofford
8	UNC Greensboro	0–14 (8–21)

Schedule

All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 3
2	1	11:30 AM	1 Mercer vs. #8 UNC Greensboro	ESPN3
	2	1:45 PM	4 East Tennessee State vs. #5 Furman
3	6	4:00 PM	2 Chattanooga vs. #7 Western Carolina		2,577
	3	6:15 PM	3 Samford vs. #6 Wofford
Semifinals – Friday, March 4
4	4	11:00 AM	1 Mercer vs. #5 Furman	ESPN3
	5	1:15 PM	2 Chattanooga vs. #3 Samford
Championship Game – Sunday, March 6
6	10	1:00 PM	1 Mercer vs. #2 Chattanooga	ESPN3	1,320
Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2016 Southern Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Championships . January 19, 2015 . Southern Conference.