College basketball tournament
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)
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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
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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.
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Bracket
| Quarterfinals Thursday, March 3, 2016
| | | Semifinals Friday, March 4, 2016
| | | Championship game Sunday, March 6, 2016
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1
| Mercer
| 75
| | | |
|
| 8
| UNC Greensboro
| 53
| |
| | 1
| Mercer
| 64
| |
|
| |
| | | 5
| Furman
| 50
| |
| 4
| East Tennessee State
| 68
| |
| |
| 5
| Furman
| 71
| |
| | 1
| Mercer
| 57
| |
|
| |
| | | 2
| Chattanooga
| 65
| |
| 2
| Chattanooga
| 74
| | |
| |
| 7
| Western Carolina
| 56
| |
| | 2
| Chattanooga
| 49
| |
|
| |
| | | 3
| Samford
| 41
| |
| 3
| Samford
| 63
| |
| |
| 6
| Wofford
| 43
| |
References