2016 CAA women's basketball tournament

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{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference tournament

| Year = 2016

| Conference = CAA

| Division = I

| Gender = Women's

| Image =

| ImageSize = 200px

| Caption = Tournament Logo

| Teams = 10

| Arena = Show Place Arena

| City = Upper Marlboro, Maryland

| Champions = James Madison

| TitleCount = 9th

| Coach = Kenny Brooks

| CoachCount = 5th

| MVP = Jazmon Gwathmey

| MVPTeam = James Madison

| Attendance = 7,609

| OneTopScorer =

| TwoTopScorers =

| TopScorer =

| TopScorerTeam =

| TopScorer2 =

| TopScorer2Team =

| Points =

| Television = CSN, ASN, CAA.tv

}}

{{2015–16 CAA women's basketball standings}}

The 2016 Colonial Athletic Association women's basketball tournament was held March 9–12, 2016 at the Show Place Arena in Upper Marlboro, Maryland.

Seeds

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!Seed

!School

!Conference

!Overall

!Tiebreaker 1

!Tiebreaker 2

1

|align=left|James Madison ‡†

|17–1

|24–5

|

|

2

|align=left|Drexel †

|13–5

|17–12

|1–1 vs Elon

|

3

|align=left|Hofstra †

|13–5

|22–7

|0–2 vs Elon

|

4

|align=left|Elon †

|11–7

|18–11

|

|

5

|align=left|Delaware †

|10–8

|15–14

|1–1 vs Elon

|

6

|align=left|Northeastern †

|10–8

|15–14

|0–2 vs Elon

|

7

|align=left|William & Mary

|6–12

|15–14

|

|

8

|align=left|College of Charleston

|5–13

|10–19

|

|

9

|align=left|UNC Wilmington

|3–15

|7–22

|2–0 vs Towson

|

10

|align=left|Towson

|3–15

|6–23

|0–2 vs UNCW

|

colspan=6 align=left|‡ – CAA regular season champions.
† – Received a bye in the conference tournament.
Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.

Schedule

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!Session

!Game

!Time*

!Matchup#

!Television

!Attendance

colspan=6| First round – Wednesday, March 9, 2016
rowspan=2|1

|1

|12:00 pm

|#9 UNC Wilmington 62 vs. #8 College of Charleston 71

|rowspan=2|CAA.tv

|rowspan=2|509

2

|2:30 pm

|#10 Towson 71 vs. #7 William & Mary 65

colspan=6| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10, 2016
rowspan=2|2

|3

|12:00 pm

|#8 College of Charleston 50 vs. #1 James Madison 53

|rowspan=4|ASN

|rowspan=2|1,147

4

|2:30 pm

|#5 Delaware 57 vs #4 Elon 50

rowspan=2|3

|5

|5:00 pm

|#10 Towson 54 vs. #2 Drexel 71

|rowspan=2|1,147

6

|7:30 pm

|#6 Northeastern 65 vs #3 Hofstra 54

colspan=6| Semifinals – Friday, March 11, 2016
rowspan=2|4

|7

|1:30 pm

|#5 Delaware 47 vs. #1 James Madison 68

|rowspan=2|CSN

|rowspan=2|1,216

8

|4:00 pm

|#6 Northeastern 45 vs. #2 Drexel 58

colspan=6| Championship – Saturday, March 12, 2016
5

|9

|4:00 pm

|#2 Drexel 46 vs #1 James Madison 60

|rowspan=1|CSN

|rowspan=1|1,207

colspan=6| *Game times in ET.

Bracket

{{4RoundBracket-Byes

| RD1=First round
Wednesday, March 9
CAA.tv

| RD2=Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 10
ASN

| RD3=Semifinals
Friday, March 11
CSN

| RD4=Final
Saturday, March 12
CSN

| RD1-seed03=8

| RD1-team03=College of Charleston

| RD1-score03=71

| RD1-seed04=9

| RD1-team04=UNC Wilmington

| RD1-score04=62

| RD1-seed11= 7

| RD1-team11=William & Mary

| RD1-score11=65

| RD1-seed12= 10

| RD1-team12=Towson

| RD1-score12=71

| RD2-seed01= 1

| RD2-team01=James Madison

| RD2-score01=53

| RD2-seed02=8

| RD2-team02=College of Charleston

| RD2-score02=50

| RD2-seed03= 4

| RD2-team03=Elon

| RD2-score03=50

| RD2-seed04= 5

| RD2-team04=Delaware

| RD2-score04=57

| RD2-seed05= 2

| RD2-team05=Drexel

| RD2-score05=71

| RD2-seed06=10

| RD2-team06=Towson

| RD2-score06=54

| RD2-seed07= 6

| RD2-team07=Northeastern

| RD2-score07=65

| RD2-seed08= 3

| RD2-team08=Hofstra

| RD2-score08=54

| RD3-seed01=1

| RD3-team01=James Madison

| RD3-score01=68

| RD3-seed02=5

| RD3-team02=Delaware

| RD3-score02=47

| RD3-seed03=2

| RD3-team03=Drexel

| RD3-score03=58

| RD3-seed04=6

| RD3-team04=Northeastern

| RD3-score04=45

| RD4-seed01=1

| RD4-team01=James Madison

| RD4-score01=60

| RD4-seed02=2

| RD4-team02=Drexel

| RD4-score02=46

}}

See also

References

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