2016 America East Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2016 America East Women's Basketball Tournament is a tournament that began March 5 and concluded with the championship game on March 11 at SEFCU Arena. Albany defeated Maine in the championship to win their 5th consecutive American East Tournament title and earn an automatic trip NCAA Women's Tournament.
Seeds
Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.| Seed | School | Conf | Tiebreaker |
| #1 | Albany | 15–1 | 1–1 vs. Maine; higher RPI |
| #2 | Maine | 15–1 | 1–1 vs. Albany |
| #3 | Stony Brook | 8–8 | 2–2 vs. Binghamton, UMBC; 2–0 vs. Hartford |
| #4 | UMBC | 8–8 | 2–2 vs. Binghamton, Stony Brook; 4–4 in conference away games |
| #5 | Binghamton | 8–8 | 2–2 vs. UMBC, Stony Brook; 3–5 in conference away games |
| #6 | Hartford | 7–9 | |
| #7 | New Hampshire | 6–10 | |
| #8 | Vermont | 4–12 |