2016 Patriot League Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2016 Patriot League Women's Basketball Tournament was held March 5, 7, 11 and 12 at campus sites of the higher seed. Army defeated Loyola to win their 3rd Patriot League title and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament.
Seeds
Teams are seeded by conference record, with ties broken in the following order:- Head-to-head record between the teams involved in the tie
- Record against the highest-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the seedings as necessary
- Higher RPI entering the tournament, as published by College Basketball News
| Seed | School | Conference | Overall | Tiebreaker |
| 1 | Army | 17–1 | 26–2 | Higher RPI as of March 3 |
| 2 | Bucknell | 17–1 | 23–6 | |
| 3 | Loyola | 11–7 | 14–15 | |
| 4 | Lehigh | 10–8 | 17–12 | 1–1 vs. Holy Cross, 2–0 vs. Loyola |
| 5 | Holy Cross | 10–8 | 14–15 | 1–1 vs. Lehigh, 0–2 vs. Loyola |
| 6 | Navy | 9–9 | 15–14 | |
| 7 | American | 5–13 | 7–22 | |
| 8 | Colgate | 4–14 | 6–22 | 2–0 vs. Lafayette |
| 9 | Lafayette | 4–14 | 6–22 | 0–2 vs. Colgate |
| 10 | Boston University | 3–15 | 3–26 |