The 2016

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women's basketball tournament took place March 8–12, 2016. The first two rounds occurred at

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while the semifinals and championship were at the

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. The winner of the tournament received the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.

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were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Cal Poly in the first round. The tournament was won by

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, who defeated

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in the championship game.

Format

The top eight teams qualified for the 2016 Big West tournament. Seeds 1 and 2 received a double-bye while seeds 3 and 4 received a single bye. The first round featured 5 vs. 8 and 6 vs. 7. The lowest seed from round 1 moved on to play seed 3 in the quarterfinals while the other winner moved on to play seed 4 in the quarterfinals. The semifinals once again had the lowest seed from the quarterfinals move on to play seed 1 while the other remaining seed played seed 2 in the semifinals.

Bracket

References

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