2016 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2016 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament at KeyArena in Seattle, Washington from March 3–6, 2016. Oregon State defeated UCLA in the championship game to win their first Pac-12 Women's Tournament title in school history. With that win Oregon State received an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament.

Seeds Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken in the following order: Record between the tied teams Record against the highest-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the seedings as necessary Higher RPI

SeedSchoolConf (Overall)Tiebreaker#1Oregon State16–2 (25–4)1–0 vs. ASU#2Arizona State16–2 (25–5)0–1 vs. OSU#3UCLA14–4 (22–7)1–0 vs. STAN#4Stanford14–4 (24–6)0–1 vs. UCLA#5Washington11–7 (20–9)#6Oregon9–9 (20–9) #7Utah8–10 (16–13)#8USC6–12 (18–12)#9Washington State5–13 (14–15)#10California4–14 (13–16)#11Arizona3–15 (12–18)#12Colorado2–16 (7–22)

Schedule

Thursday-Sunday, March 3–6, 2016

The top four seeds received a first-round bye.

SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance First Round – Thursday, March 3 1 1 11:30 AM #7 Utah vs. #10 California Pac-12 Network 3,059 2 2:00 PM #6 Oregon vs. #11 Arizona 2 3 6:00 PM #8 USC vs. #9 Washington State 3,680 4 8:30 PM #5 Washington vs. #12 Colorado Quarterfinals – Friday, March 4 3 5 11:30 AM #2 Arizona State vs. #10 California Pac-12 Network 3,747 5 2:00 PM #3 UCLA vs. #11 Arizona 4 7 6:00 PM #1 Oregon State vs. #8 USC 5,789 8 8:30 PM #4 Stanford vs. #5 Washington Semifinals – Saturday, March 5 5 9 6:00 PM #10 California vs. #3 UCLA Pac-12 Network 6,543 10 8:30 PM #1 Oregon State vs. #5 Washington Championship Game – Sunday, March 6 6 11 6:00 PM #3 UCLA vs. #1 Oregon State ESPN 4,759 *Game Times in PT.

Bracket

All-Tournament Team Source: Name Pos. Year Team Kristine AnigweFFr.California Jordin CanadaGSo.UCLA Ruth HamblinCSr.Oregon State Kelsey PlumGJr.Washington Jamie WeisnerGSr.Oregon State Sydney WieseGSr.Oregon State

Most Outstanding Player Name Pos. Year TeamJamie Weisner G Sr.Oregon State

See also 2016 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament

Notes March 4, 2016 – Head coach Niya Butts coached her last game for the University of Arizona

References