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2016 Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

2016 Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
2016 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament Logo.jpg
2016 Tournament logo
Classification Division I
Season 2015–16
Teams 14
Site Bankers Life Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, IN
Champions Maryland (2nd title)
Winning coach Brenda Frese (2nd title)
MVP Shatori Walker-Kimbrough (Maryland)
Attendance 33,837
Television Big Ten Network, ESPN
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2015–16 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#5 Maryland 16 2   .889     31 4   .886
#9 Ohio State 15 3   .833     26 8   .765
#16 Michigan State 13 5   .722     25 9   .735
Indiana 12 6   .667     21 12   .636
Minnesota 11 7   .611     20 12   .625
Purdue 10 8   .556     20 12   .625
Michigan 9 9   .500     21 14   .600
Nebraska 9 9   .500     18 13   .581
Iowa 8 10   .444     19 14   .576
Rutgers 8 10   .444     19 15   .559
Penn State 6 12   .333     12 19   .387
Northwestern 4 14   .222     18 17   .514
Wisconsin 3 15   .167     7 22   .241
Illinois 2 16   .111     9 21   .300
2016 Big Ten Tournament winner
As of March 31, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was a postseason tournament was held from March 2–6, 2016 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Maryland won their 2nd Big Ten Women's Tournament and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament.

All 14 Big Ten schools participate in the tournament. Teams were seeded by 2015–16 Big Ten Conference season record. The top 10 teams received a first-round bye and the top 4 teams received a double bye.

Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season:

*Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.


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