2016 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament

{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference tournament

| Year=2016

| Conference=Big South Conference

| Division=I

| Gender=Men's

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| Teams=11

| Arena = Campbell University
Pope Convocation Center

| City = Buies Creek, North Carolina

| Champions=UNC Asheville

| TitleCount=5th

| Coach=Nick McDevitt

| CoachCount=1st

| MVP=Dwayne Sutton

| MVPTeam=UNC Asheville

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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.{{cite web|title=Coastal Carolina University to join Sun Belt in 2016|url=http://www.coastal.edu/newsarticles/print.php?id=4075|accessdate=3 December 2015}} Big South bylaws state that member schools leaving the conference with less than two years notice are not eligible to host championships.{{cite web|title=Big South Announces Changes to 2016 Basketball Championships|url=http://www.bigsouthsports.com/entries/big-south-announces-changes-to-2016-basketball-championships|publisher=Big South Conference|accessdate=3 December 2015|archive-date=8 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208123041/http://www.bigsouthsports.com/entries/big-south-announces-changes-to-2016-basketball-championships|url-status=dead}}

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.

class="wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:95%;text-align:center" !Seed !School !Conference !Overall !Tiebreaker
1	align=left\| High Point	13–5	20–9	align=left\| 1–1 vs. Winthrop, 1–1 vs. Coastal Carolina, 1–0 vs. UNC Asheville
2	align=left\| Winthrop	13–5	21–8	align=left\| 1–1 vs. High Point, 1–1 vs. Coastal Carolina, 1–1 vs. UNC Asheville
3	align=left\| Coastal Carolina	12–6	18–10	align=left\| 2–0 vs. UNC Asheville
4	align=left\| UNC Asheville	12–6	19–11	align=left\| 0–2 vs. Coastal Carolina
5	align=left\| Liberty	10–8	13–18	align=left\| 2–0 vs. Gardner–Webb
6	align=left\| Gardner–Webb	10–8	15–15	align=left\| 0–2 vs. Liberty
7	align=left\| Radford	9–9	16–14	align=left\|
8	align=left\| Longwood	5–13	9–22	align=left\| 1–0 vs. Charleston Southern, 0–2 vs. Presbyterian, 2–0 vs. Campbell
9	align=left\| Charleston Southern	5–13	9–20	align=left\| 0–1 vs. Longwood, 1–1 vs. Campbell, 2–0 vs. Presbyterian
10	align=left\| Presbyterian	5–13	10–19	align=left\| 1–1 vs. Campbell, 2–0 vs. Longwood, 0–2 vs. Charleston Southern
11	align=left\| Campbell	5–13	12–17	align=left\| 1–1 vs. Presbyterian, 1–1 vs. Charleston Southern, 0–2 vs. Longwood
colspan=5 align=left\|‡ – Big South regular season champions. † – Received a bye in the conference tournament. Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.

Schedule

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" !Session !Game !Time* !Matchup^# !Television !Score
colspan=6\| First round - Thursday, March 3
rowspan=3 align=center\|1 \| align=center\|1 \| 2:00 pm \| #8 Longwood vs. #9 Charleston Southern \|[http://www.bigsouthsports.com/video BSN] \|75–69
align=center\|2 \| 4:30 pm \| #7 Radford vs. #10 Presbyterian \|BSN \|64–65
align=center\|3 \| 7:00 pm \| #6 Gardner–Webb vs. #11 Campbell \|BSN \|79–69
colspan=6\| Quarterfinals - Friday, March 4
rowspan=2 align=center\|2 \| align=center\|4 \| 12:00 pm \| #1 High Point vs. #8 Longwood \|ESPN3 \|89–78
align=center\|5 \| 2:00 pm \|#4 UNC Asheville vs. #5 Liberty \|ESPN3 \|80–49
rowspan=2 align=center\|3 \| align=center\|6 \| 6:00 pm \|#2 Winthrop vs. #10 Presbyterian \|ESPN3 \|67–53
align=center\|7 \| 8:00 pm \| #3 Coastal Carolina vs. #6 Gardner–Webb \|ESPN3 \|65–69
colspan=6\| Semifinals - Saturday, March 5
rowspan=2 align=center\|4 \| align=center\|8 \| 1:00 pm \| #1 High Point vs. #4 UNC Asheville \|ESPN3 \|69–80
align=center\|9 \| 3:00 pm \| #2 Winthrop vs. #6 Gardner–Webb \|ESPN3 \|89–62
colspan=6\| Championship - Sunday, March 6
align=center\|5 \| align=center\|10 \| 2:30 pm \| #2 Winthrop vs. #4 UNC Asheville \|ESPN2 \|68–77
colspan=6\| *Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

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!Session

!Game

!Time*

!Matchup^#

!Television

!Score

colspan=6| First round - Thursday, March 3

rowspan=3 align=center|1

| align=center|1

| 2:00 pm

| #8 Longwood vs. #9 Charleston Southern

|[http://www.bigsouthsports.com/video BSN]

|75–69

align=center|2

| 4:30 pm

| #7 Radford vs. #10 Presbyterian

|BSN

|64–65

align=center|3

| 7:00 pm

| #6 Gardner–Webb vs. #11 Campbell

|BSN

|79–69

colspan=6| Quarterfinals - Friday, March 4

rowspan=2 align=center|2

| align=center|4

| 12:00 pm

| #1 High Point vs. #8 Longwood

|ESPN3

|89–78

align=center|5

| 2:00 pm

|#4 UNC Asheville vs. #5 Liberty

|ESPN3

|80–49

rowspan=2 align=center|3

| align=center|6

| 6:00 pm

|#2 Winthrop vs. #10 Presbyterian

|ESPN3

|67–53

align=center|7

| 8:00 pm

| #3 Coastal Carolina vs. #6 Gardner–Webb

|ESPN3

|65–69

colspan=6| Semifinals - Saturday, March 5

rowspan=2 align=center|4

| align=center|8

| 1:00 pm

| #1 High Point vs. #4 UNC Asheville

|ESPN3

|69–80

align=center|9

| 3:00 pm

| #2 Winthrop vs. #6 Gardner–Webb

|ESPN3

|89–62

colspan=6| Championship - Sunday, March 6

align=center|5

| align=center|10

| 2:30 pm

| #2 Winthrop vs. #4 UNC Asheville

|ESPN2

|68–77

colspan=6| *Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

{{cite web |url=http://big-south.s3.amazonaws.com/sports/brackets/41/bracket.pdf?1446663632 |title=2016 Big South Conference Men’s Basketball Championship |accessdate=January 15, 2016}}

Bracket

{{4RoundBracket-Byes

|RD1=First round
Thursday, March 3

|RD2=Quarterfinals
Friday, March 4

|RD3=Semifinals
Saturday, March 5

|RD4=Championship
Sunday, March 6

| RD1-seed03 =8

| RD1-team03 =Longwood

| RD1-score03 =75

| RD1-seed04 =9

| RD1-team04 =Charleston Southern

| RD1-score04 =69

| RD1-seed11 =7

| RD1-team11 =Radford

| RD1-score11 =64

| RD1-seed12 =10

| RD1-team12 =Presbyterian

| RD1-score12 =65

| RD1-seed15 =6

| RD1-team15 =Gardner–Webb

| RD1-score15 =79

| RD1-seed16 =11

| RD1-team16 =Campbell

| RD1-score16 =69

| RD2-seed01 =1

| RD2-team01 =High Point

| RD2-score01 = 89

| RD2-seed02 =8

| RD2-team02 =Longwood

| RD2-score02 =78

| RD2-seed03 =4

| RD2-team03 =UNC Asheville

| RD2-score03 =80

| RD2-seed04 =5

| RD2-team04 =Liberty

| RD2-score04 =49

| RD2-seed05 =2

| RD2-team05 =Winthrop

| RD2-score05 =67

| RD2-seed06 =10

| RD2-team06 =Presbyterian

| RD2-score06 =53

| RD2-seed07 =3

| RD2-team07 =Coastal Carolina

| RD2-score07 =65

| RD2-seed08 =6

| RD2-team08 =Gardner–Webb

| RD2-score08 =69

| RD3-seed01 =1

| RD3-team01 =High Point

| RD3-score01 =69

| RD3-seed02 =4

| RD3-team02 =UNC Asheville

| RD3-score02 =80

| RD3-seed03 =2

| RD3-team03 =Winthrop

| RD3-score03 =82

| RD3-seed04 =6

| RD3-team04 =Gardner–Webb

| RD3-score04 =69

| RD4-seed01 =4

| RD4-team01 =UNC Asheville

| RD4-score01 =77

| RD4-seed02 =2

| RD4-team02 =Winthrop

| RD4-score02 =68

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References

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