The 2016 SWAC women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The tournament was held from March 8–12, 2016 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas The champion received the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. Alabama State won the conference tournament championship game over Southern University, 55–51.
Seeds All 10 SWAC teams participated in the Tournament. Alcorn State was ineligible for NCAA postseason play due to APR violations. Had Alcorn State won the tournament, the SWAC's bid would have been awarded to the highest remaining seed still in the field. The top 6 teams received a bye into the Quarterfinals.
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. SeedSchoolConference Tiebreaker 1Alabama State14–42Texas Southern14–43Southern14–4 4Grambling State13–5 5Prairie View A&M9–9 6Jackson State8–10 7 Alcorn State8–10 8Arkansas-Pine Bluff6–12 9Alabama A&M3–15 10Mississippi Valley State1–17
Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevision First round – Tuesday, March 811 12:00 pm#7 Alcorn State vs. #10 Mississippi Valley State62–43SWAC Digital Network2 6:00 pm#8 Arkansas-Pine Bluff vs. #9 Alabama A&M74–82 Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 923 12:00 pm#2 Southern vs. #7 Alcorn State 61–57SWAC Digital Network4 6:00 pm#1 Alabama State vs. #8 Alabama A&M87–72 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 1035 12:00 pm#3 Texas Southern vs #6 Jackson State65–47SWAC Digital Network6 6:00 pm#4 Grambling State vs. #5 Prairie View A&M60–56 Semifinals – Friday, March 114712:00 pm#2 Southern vs. #3 Texas Southern62–54SWAC Digital Network86:00 pm#1 Alabama State vs. #4 Grambling State64–50 Championship – Saturday, March 12592:00 pm#1 Alabama State vs. #2 Southern55–51ESPN3*Game times in Central Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding. Bracket
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