2016 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament

2016 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2015–16
Teams	11
Site	Campbell University Pope Convocation Center Buies Creek, North Carolina
Champions	UNC Asheville (5th title)
Winning coach	Nick McDevitt (1st title)
MVP	Dwayne Sutton (UNC Asheville)
Big South Conference men's basketball tournaments

2015–16 Big South men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Winthrop	13	–	5		.722			23	–	9		.719
High Point	13	–	5		.722			21	–	11		.656
UNC Asheville †	12	–	6		.667			22	–	12		.647
Coastal Carolina	12	–	6		.667			21	–	12		.636
Gardner–Webb	10	–	8		.556			17	–	16		.515
Liberty	10	–	8		.556			13	–	19		.406
Radford	9	–	9		.500			16	–	15		.516
Campbell	5	–	13		.278			12	–	18		.400
Presbyterian	5	–	13		.278			11	–	20		.355
Longwood	5	–	13		.278			10	–	23		.303
Charleston Southern	5	–	13		.278			9	–	21		.300
† 2016 Big South tournament winner

The 2016 Big South men's basketball tournament was held from March 3–6, 2016, at the Pope Convocation Center in Buies Creek, North Carolina on the campus of Campbell University. UNC Asheville won the tournament and received the Big South's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament.

Site

Coastal Carolina was originally scheduled to host the basketball tournament for a fourth consecutive year, but, on August 30, 2015, the school announced that they would be joining the Sun Belt Conference effective July 1, 2016. Big South bylaws state that member schools leaving the conference with less than two years notice are not eligible to host championships.

Seeds

All 11 conference teams were eligible for the tournament. The top five teams received a first round bye. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker
1	High Point	13–5	20–9	1–1 vs. Winthrop, 1–1 vs. Coastal Carolina, 1–0 vs. UNC Asheville
2	Winthrop	13–5	21–8	1–1 vs. High Point, 1–1 vs. Coastal Carolina, 1–1 vs. UNC Asheville
3	Coastal Carolina	12–6	18–10	2–0 vs. UNC Asheville
4	UNC Asheville	12–6	19–11	0–2 vs. Coastal Carolina
5	Liberty	10–8	13–18	2–0 vs. Gardner–Webb
6	Gardner–Webb	10–8	15–15	0–2 vs. Liberty
7	Radford	9–9	16–14
8	Longwood	5–13	9–22	1–0 vs. Charleston Southern, 0–2 vs. Presbyterian, 2–0 vs. Campbell
9	Charleston Southern	5–13	9–20	0–1 vs. Longwood, 1–1 vs. Campbell, 2–0 vs. Presbyterian
10	Presbyterian	5–13	10–19	1–1 vs. Campbell, 2–0 vs. Longwood, 0–2 vs. Charleston Southern
11	Campbell	5–13	12–17	1–1 vs. Presbyterian, 1–1 vs. Charleston Southern, 0–2 vs. Longwood
‡ – Big South regular season champions. † – Received a bye in the conference tournament. Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Score
First round - Thursday, March 3
1	1	2:00 pm	#8 Longwood vs. #9 Charleston Southern	BSN	75–69
	2	4:30 pm	#7 Radford vs. #10 Presbyterian	BSN	64–65
	3	7:00 pm	#6 Gardner–Webb vs. #11 Campbell	BSN	79–69
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 4
2	4	12:00 pm	#1 High Point vs. #8 Longwood	ESPN3	89–78
	5	2:00 pm	#4 UNC Asheville vs. #5 Liberty	ESPN3	80–49
3	6	6:00 pm	#2 Winthrop vs. #10 Presbyterian	ESPN3	67–53
	7	8:00 pm	#3 Coastal Carolina vs. #6 Gardner–Webb	ESPN3	65–69
Semifinals - Saturday, March 5
4	8	1:00 pm	#1 High Point vs. #4 UNC Asheville	ESPN3	69–80
	9	3:00 pm	#2 Winthrop vs. #6 Gardner–Webb	ESPN3	89–62
Championship - Sunday, March 6
5	10	2:30 pm	#2 Winthrop vs. #4 UNC Asheville	ESPN2	68–77
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First round Thursday, March 3					Quarterfinals Friday, March 4					Semifinals Saturday, March 5					Championship Sunday, March 6
						1	High Point	89
						8	Longwood	78
	8	Longwood	75
	9	Charleston Southern	69
											1	High Point	69
											4	UNC Asheville	80
						4	UNC Asheville	80
						5	Liberty	49
																4	UNC Asheville	77
																2	Winthrop	68
						2	Winthrop	67
						10	Presbyterian	53
	7	Radford	64
	10	Presbyterian	65
											2	Winthrop	82
											6	Gardner–Webb	69
						3	Coastal Carolina	65
						6	Gardner–Webb	69
	6	Gardner–Webb	79
	11	Campbell	69