2016 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2016 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament is part of the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season and was played in Moline, Illinois March 10–13, 2015, at the iWireless Center. The tournament's winner received the Missouri Valley Conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament.

2016 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201516
Teams10
SiteiWireless Center
Moline, Illinois
ChampionsMissouri State (10th title)
Winning coachKellie Harper (1st title)
MVPTyonna Snow (Missouri State)
TelevisionESPN3
2015–16 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Northern Iowa153 .8332411  .686
Missouri State144 .7782410  .706
Drake144 .7782310  .697
Southern Illinois126 .6672013  .606
Loyola-Chicago108 .5561416  .467
Indiana State99 .5001317  .433
Illinois State612 .333822  .267
Wichita State513 .278822  .267
Bradley414 .222922  .290
Evansville117 .056328  .097
2016 MVC tournament winner
As of March 24, 2016
Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

2016 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament seeds and results
Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker
1 ‡ - Northern Iowa 15–3 20–9
2 # - Drake 14–4 21–8 2–0 vs. Missouri State
3 # - Missouri State 14–4 21–9 0–2 vs. Drake
4 # - Southern Illinois 12–6 19–11
5 # - Loyola-Chicago 10–8 14–15
6 # - Indiana State 9–9 13–16
7 Illinois State 6–12 8–21
8 Wichita State 5–13 8–21
9 Bradley 4–14 8–21
10 Evansville 1–17 2–17
‡ – Missouri Valley Conference regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
# - Received a single-bye in the conference tournament.
Overall records include all games played in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament.

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
First round – Thursday, March 10
1 1 4:00 pm #9 Bradley vs #8 Wichita State ESPN3
2 7:00 pm #7 Illinois State vs #10 Evansville
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 11
2 3 12:00 pm #1 Northern Iowa vs #9 Bradley ESPN3
4 2:30 pm #5 Loyola-Chicago vs #4 Southern Illinois
3 5 6:00 pm #2 Drake vs #10 Evansville 1,525
6 8:30 pm #3 Missouri State vs #6 Indiana State
Semifinals – Saturday, March 12
4 7 1:30 pm #1 Northern Iowa vs #4 Southern Illinois ESPN3 2,241
8 4:00 pm #2 Drake vs #3 Missouri State
Final – Sunday, March 13
5 9 2:00 pm #1 Northern Iowa vs #3 Missouri State ESPN3 1,842
*Game Times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Tournament bracket

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First round
Thursday, March 10
ESPN3
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 11
ESPN3
Semifinals
Saturday, March 12
ESPN3
Championship
Sunday, March 13
ESPN3
            
1 Northern Iowa 46
9 Bradley 45
8 Wichita State 51
9 Bradley 56
1 Northern Iowa 67
4 Southern Illinois 43
4 Southern Illinois 73
5 Loyola-Chicago 64
1 Northern Iowa 58
3 Missouri State 71
2 Drake 89
10 Evansville 53
7 Illinois State 59
10 Evansville 61OT
2 Drake 61
3 Missouri State 65
3 Missouri State 70
6 Indiana State 45

See also

References

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