The 2016 Patriot League women's basketball tournament was held March 5, 7, 11 and 12 at campus sites of the higher seed. Army defeated Loyola (MD) to win their third Patriot League title and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament.

Seeds Teams are seeded by conference record, with ties broken in the following order: Head-to-head record between the teams involved in the tie Record against the highest-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the seedings as necessary Higher RPI entering the tournament, as published by College Basketball News

SeedSchoolConferenceOverallTiebreaker1Army17–126–2 Higher RPI as of March 32Bucknell17–123–63Loyola (MD)11–714–154Lehigh10–817–121–1 vs. Holy Cross, 2–0 vs. Loyola5Holy Cross10–814–151–1 vs. Lehigh, 0–2 vs. Loyola6Navy9–915–147American5–137–228Colgate4–146–222–0 vs. Lafayette9Lafayette4–146–220–2 vs. Colgate10Boston University3–153–26

Schedule GameTime*MatchupTelevisionAttendance First round – Saturday, March 512:00 PM#10 Boston University at #7 AmericanPLN17724:00 PM#9 Lafayette at #8 Colgate717 Quarterfinals – Monday, March 737:30 PM#8 Colgate at #1 ArmyPLN64147:00 PM#5 Holy Cross at #4 Lehigh47057:00 PM#6 Navy at #3 Loyola (MD)53267:00 PM#7 American at #2 Bucknell661 Semifinals – Friday, March 1175:00 PM#4 Lehigh at #1 ArmyPLN87:30 PM#3 Loyola (MD) at #2 Bucknell768 Championship – Saturday, March 1296:00 pm#3 Loyola (MD) at #1 ArmyCBSSN1,121 *Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team.

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