The 2016 Big Ten women's basketball tournament was a postseason tournament was held from March 2âÂÂ6, 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 2015âÂÂ16 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:
<small>*Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.</small>