The annual tournament began on March 16 and ended on April 2, with the championship game televised on CBS Sports Network.
[1] All games were played on the campus sites of participating schools.
The 2016 Postseason WNIT field will consist of 32 automatic invitations – one from each conference – and 32 (or more) at-large teams.
A team that fulfills these qualities, and accepts, will earn the WNIT automatic berth for its conference, regardless of overall record.
NC State and Arkansas qualified as invitees from the ACC and SEC respectively but each declined to participate.