The 2016 Summit League women's basketball tournament was a post-season women's basketball tournament for The Summit League. The tournament took place March 5–8 at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The Top 8 teams in the final standings will qualify for the tournament. South Dakota State defeated South Dakota to win their second straight Summit League tournament title to receive an automatic bid into the 2016 NCAA tournament.
Seeds SeedSchoolConferenceOverallTiebreaker #1Tiebreaker #21South Dakota15–123–62South Dakota State13–323–63IUPUI11–520–94Oral Roberts10–613–55Western Illinois8–815–146Omaha7–914–147IPFW3–136–231–1 vs. Denver1-1 vs. Oral Roberts8Denver3–135–241–1 vs. IPFW0-2 vs. Oral Roberts
Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance Quarterfinals – Saturday March 5, 20161112:00 PM#8 Denver vs #1 South DakotaMidco Sport Network3,20922:30 PM#7 IPFW vs #2 South Dakota State Quarterfinals – Sunday March 6, 20162312:00 PM#5 Western Illinois vs #4 Oral RobertsMidco Sport Network3,17242:30 PM#6 Omaha vs #3 IUPUI Semifinals – Monday March 7, 20163512:00 PM#1 South Dakota vs #4 Oral RobertsMidco Sport Network7,23762:30 PM#2 South Dakota State vs #6 Omaha Championship – Tuesday March 8, 2016791:00 PM#1 South Dakota vs. #2 South Dakota StateESPNU8,647 *Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed
Bracket
See also 2016 Summit League men's basketball tournament
References
External links The 2016 Summit League Women's Basketball Championship