The 2016

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was held from March 8–12, 2016, in

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, at

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. Southern Miss did not participate in the tournament due to a self-imposed a postseason ban for pending NCAA violations.

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won the tournament, receiving the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds

Only 13 conference teams were eligible for the tournament. As a result, the top 11 teams received a bye to the Second Round of the tournament. The top 4 teams received a double bye to the Quarterfinals of the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Schedule

Bracket

References

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Seeds

Schedule

Bracket

See also

References