The 2016 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament, a part of the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season, took place March 10–13, 2016 at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas.
Only the Top 8 teams advanced to the Southland Conference tournament.
If a team ineligible for the NCAA Tourney finished in the top 8, their seed fell to the next eligible team.
Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word were ineligible for post-season play as they were in the third year of a 4-year transition from D2 to D1.
This chart shows all the teams records and standings and explains why teams advanced to the conference tourney or finished in certain tiebreaking positions.