2016 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2016 Big South men's basketball tournament was held from March 3–6, 2016, at the Pope Convocation Center in Buies Creek, North Carolina on the campus of Campbell University. UNC Asheville won the tournament and received the Big South's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament.

Site Coastal Carolina was originally scheduled to host the basketball tournament for a fourth consecutive year, but, on August 30, 2015, the school announced that they would be joining the Sun Belt Conference effective July 1, 2016. Big South bylaws state that member schools leaving the conference with less than two years notice are not eligible to host championships.

Seeds All 11 conference teams were eligible for the tournament. The top five teams received a first round bye. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. SeedSchoolConferenceOverallTiebreaker 1 High Point 13–5 20–9 1–1 vs. Winthrop, 1–1 vs. Coastal Carolina, 1–0 vs. UNC Asheville 2 Winthrop 13–5 21–8 1–1 vs. High Point, 1–1 vs. Coastal Carolina, 1–1 vs. UNC Asheville 3 Coastal Carolina 12–6 18–10 2–0 vs. UNC Asheville 4 UNC Asheville 12–6 19–11 0–2 vs. Coastal Carolina 5 Liberty 10–8 13–18 2–0 vs. Gardner–Webb 6 Gardner–Webb 10–8 15–15 0–2 vs. Liberty 7 Radford 9–9 16–14 8 Longwood 5–13 9–22 1–0 vs. Charleston Southern, 0–2 vs. Presbyterian, 2–0 vs. Campbell 9 Charleston Southern 5–13 9–20 0–1 vs. Longwood, 1–1 vs. Campbell, 2–0 vs. Presbyterian 10 Presbyterian 5–13 10–19 1–1 vs. Campbell, 2–0 vs. Longwood, 0–2 vs. Charleston Southern 11 Campbell 5–13 12–17 1–1 vs. Presbyterian, 1–1 vs. Charleston Southern, 0–2 vs. Longwood ‡ – Big South regular season champions.† – Received a bye in the conference tournament.Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.

Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionScore First round - Thursday, March 311 2:00 pm #8 Longwood vs. #9 Charleston Southern BSN75–692 4:30 pm #7 Radford vs. #10 PresbyterianBSN64–653 7:00 pm #6 Gardner–Webb vs. #11 CampbellBSN79–69 Quarterfinals - Friday, March 424 12:00 pm #1 High Point vs. #8 LongwoodESPN389–785 2:00 pm#4 UNC Asheville vs. #5 LibertyESPN380–4936 6:00 pm#2 Winthrop vs. #10 PresbyterianESPN367–537 8:00 pm #3 Coastal Carolina vs. #6 Gardner–WebbESPN365–69 Semifinals - Saturday, March 548 1:00 pm #1 High Point vs. #4 UNC AshevilleESPN369–809 3:00 pm #2 Winthrop vs. #6 Gardner–WebbESPN389–62 Championship - Sunday, March 6510 2:30 pm #2 Winthrop vs. #4 UNC AshevilleESPN268–77 *Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

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