2016 Southland Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

2016 Southland Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2015–16
Teams	8
Site	Merrell Center Katy, Texas
Champions	Central Arkansas (1st title)
Winning coach	Sandra Rushing (1st title)
MVP	Angela Beadle (Sam Houston State)
Television	SLC Digital/ESPN3/CBSSN
Southland Conference Women's Basketball Tournaments

2015–16 Southland Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Abilene Christian*	17	–	1	.944	26	–	4	.867
Central Arkansas †	16	–	2	.889	28	–	4	.875
Northwestern State	13	–	5	.722	19	–	12	.613
Stephen F. Austin	12	–	6	.667	18	–	12	.600
McNeese State	11	–	7	.611	20	–	13	.606
Houston Baptist	9	–	9	.500	14	–	15	.483
Nicholls State	8	–	10	.444	10	–	19	.345
Sam Houston State	7	–	11	.389	14	–	18	.438
Lamar	7	–	11	.389	12	–	19	.387
Texas A&M-CC	6	–	12	.333	9	–	20	.310
New Orleans	5	–	13	.278	8	–	19	.296
Incarnate Word*	3	–	15	.167	6	–	23	.207
SE Louisiana	3	–	15	.167	4	–	25	.138

† 2016 Southland Tournament winner As of March 18, 2016 *ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transition; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Southland Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season, will take place March 10–13, 2016 at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas. The winner of the tournament will receive the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Tournament.

Seeds and regular season standings

Only the Top 8 teams advance to the Southland Conference Tournament. If a team ineligible for the NCAA Tourney should finish in the top 8, their seed will fall to the next eligible team. Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word are ineligible for post-season play as they are in the third year of a 4-year transition from D2 to D1.^[1]^[2] They won't be eligible for the Southland tourney until 2018. This chart shows all the teams records and standings and explains why teams advanced to the conference tourney or finished in certain tiebreaking positions.

Seed	School	Conference record	Overall record (end of regular season)	Tiebreaker
2015 Southland Conference Women's Basketball Tournament seeds
1.	Abilene Christian ‡*	17–1	26–3	D1 transitioning, ineligible for NCAA Tourney
2.	Central Arkansas *	16–2	26–3
3.	Northwestern State #	13–5	19–10
4.	Stephen F. Austin #	12–6	18–12
5.	McNeese State	11–7	19–11
6.	Houston Baptist	9–9	14–14
7.	Nicholls State	8–10	10–18
8.	Sam Houston State	7–11	16–12	2–0 vs. Lamar
9.	Lamar	7–11	11–18	0–2 vs. Sam Houston State
10.	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	6–12	9–20
11.	New Orleans	5–13	8–19
12.	Incarnate Word	3–15	6–23	1–0 vs. Southeast Louisiana, D1 transitioning, ineligible for NCAA Tourney
13.	Southeast Louisiana	3–15	4–25	0–1 vs. Incarnate Word
‡ – Southland Conference regular season champions. * – Will receive a first-round and second-round bye in the conference tournament. # – Will receive a first-round bye in the conference tournament. Overall record are as of the end of the regular season.

Schedule

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Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television
First round – Thursday, March 10
1	1	11:00 am	#5 Houston Baptist vs. #8 Lamar	SLC Digital
1	2	1:30 pm	#6 Nicholls State vs. #7 Sam Houston State	SLC Digital
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 11
2	3	11:00 am	#4 McNeese State vs. #8 Lamar	SLC Digital
2	4	1:30 pm	#3 Stephen F. Austin vs. #7 Sam Houston State	SLC Digital
Semifinals – Saturday, March 12
3	5	1:00 pm	#1 Central Arkansas vs. #4 McNeese State	ESPN3
3	6	3:30 pm	#2 Northwestern State vs. #7 Sam Houston State	ESPN3
Championship – Sunday, March 13
4	7	11:30 am	#1 Central Arkansas vs #7 Sam Houston State	CBSSN
*Game times in CST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

First Round Thursday, March 10 SLC Digital			Quarterfinals Friday, March 12 SLC Digital			Semifinals Saturday, March 13 ESPN3			Championship Game Sunday, March 14 CBSSN




						1	Central Arkansas	72
						4	McNeese State	64
			4	McNeese State	88
5	Houston Baptist	95	8	Lamar	78
8	Lamar	98^2OT							1	Central Arkansas	69
									7	Sam Houston State	62


						2	Northwestern State	71
						7	Sam Houston State	78
			3	Stephen F. Austin	70
7	Sam Houston State	73	7	Sam Houston State	78
6	Nicholls State	64

References

↑ Richards, Joey (August 20, 2012). "Abilene Christian offered Southland Conference/ Division I membership". Abilene Reporter.
↑ "Incarnate Word to join Southland during transition to D1". NCAA.com. 20 August 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
↑ "2016 Southland Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament" (PDF). Southland Conference. Retrieved March 11, 2016.

External links

2016 Southland Conference Men's and Women's Tournament Page

2016 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournaments
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