2016 Southern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2016 Southern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was held between Thursday, March 3 and Sunday, March 6 in Asheville, North Carolina, at the U.S. Cellular Center.
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 | Mercer | 12–2 | 1–1 vs. Chattanooga; 2–0 vs. Samford |
| #2 | Chattanooga | 12–2 | 1–1 vs. Mercer; 1–1 vs. Samford |
| #3 | Samford | 11–3 | |
| #4 | East Tennessee State | 8–6 | |
| #5 | Furman | 7–7 | |
| #6 | Wofford | 3–11 | 1–1 vs. Western Carolina; higher RPI |
| #7 | Western Carolina | 3–11 | 1–1 vs. Wofford |
| #8 | UNC Greensboro | 0–14 |