2016 ASUN women's basketball tournament

The 2016 ASUN women's basketball tournament was the 30th edition of the ASUN Conference championship. It took place March 4, 2016, through March 13, 2016, in several arenas. All games took place at the higher of the two teams competing with the addition of NJIT. The winner received an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament.

2016 ASUN women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2015–16
Teams	8
Site	campus sites
Champions	Jacksonville (1st title)
Winning coach	Yolett McPhee-McCuin (1st title)
MVP	Brandi Buie (Jacksonville)
Television	ESPN3
ASUN women's basketball tournaments

2015–16 Atlantic Sun women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Florida Gulf Coast	14	–	0		1.000			33	–	5		.868
Jacksonville †	11	–	3		.786			22	–	11		.667
USC Upstate	10	–	4		.714			22	–	12		.647
Stetson	9	–	5		.643			20	–	12		.625
Kennesaw State	6	–	8		.429			11	–	19		.367
North Florida	3	–	11		.214			7	–	23		.233
Lipscomb	2	–	12		.143			5	–	25		.167
NJIT	1	–	13		.071			4	–	26		.133
† 2016 Atlantic Sun tournament winner As of April 2, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

Format

The A-Sun Championship is a six-day single-elimination tournament. Eight teams will compete in the championship.

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker
1	Florida Gulf Coast	14–0	26–4
2	Jacksonville	11–3	19–10
3	USC Upstate	10–4	19–10
4	Stetson	9–5	18–10
5	Kennesaw State	6–8	11–18
6	North Florida	3–11	7–22
7	Lipscomb	2–12	5–24
8	NJIT	1–13	4–25
Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Attendance
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 4
1	7:00 PM	#8 NJIT at #1 Florida Gulf Coast	ESPN3	1,284
2	7:00 PM	#5 Kennesaw State at #4 Stetson		415
3	7:00 PM	#6 North Florida at #3 USC Upstate		217
4	7:00 PM	#7 Lipscomb at #2 Jacksonville		263
Semifinals – Wednesday, March 9
5	7:00 PM	#4 Stetson at #1 Florida Gulf Coast	ESPN3	1,505
6	7:00 PM	#3 USC Upstate at #2 Jacksonville		432
Championship – Sunday, March 13
7	2:00 PM	#2 Jacksonville at #1 Florida Gulf Coast	ESPN3	2,133
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals March 4 ESPN3					Semifinals March 9 ESPN3					Championship March 13 ESPN3
	1	Florida Gulf Coast	60
	8	NJIT	31
						1	Florida Gulf Coast	61
						4	Stetson	46
	4	Stetson	74
	5	Kennesaw State	56
											1	Florida Gulf Coast	54
											2	Jacksonville	56
	2	Jacksonville	80
	7	Lipscomb	51
						2	Jacksonville	67
						3	USC Upstate	56
	3	USC Upstate	76
	6	North Florida	50

See also

• 2016 Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament

External links

• Atlantic Sun Women's Basketball Championship Details Archived 2016-02-02 at the Wayback Machine