2022 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2022 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the 2021–22 season in the Southland Conference. The tournament took place March 10–13, 2022.[1] The tournament winner received an automatic invitation to the 2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

2021–22 Southland Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Houston Baptist122 .8571611  .593
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi113 .7861910  .655
Southeastern Louisiana104 .7141611  .593
McNeese State86 .5711315  .464
Incarnate Word59 .3571317  .433
Northwestern State59 .3571214  .462
New Orleans311 .214518  .217
Nicholls212 .143422  .154
2022 Southland tournament winner

2022 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season202122
Teams8
SiteMerrell Center
Katy, Texas
ChampionsIncarnate Word (1st title)
Winning coachJeff Dow (1st title)
MVPTiana Gardner (Incarnate Word)
TelevisionESPN+, ESPN2

Seeds

Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tie-breaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. All eight teams in the conference qualified for the tournament. The top two seeds received double byes into the semifinals in the merit-based format. The No. 3 and No. 4 seeds received single byes to the quarterfinals. Tiebreakers used are 1) Head-to-head results, 2) comparison of records against individual teams in the conference starting with the top-ranked team(s) and working down and 3) NCAA NET rankings available on the day following the conclusion of regular-season play.[2]

Seed[3] School Conference Tiebreaker
1 Houston Baptist 12-2
2 Texas A&M-CC 11-3
3 Southeastern Louisiana 10–4
4 McNeese State 8-6
5 Incarnate Word 5-9 2-0 vs. Northwestern State
6 Northwestern State 5–9 0-2 vs. Incarnate Word
7 New Orleans 3-11
8 Nicholls 2-12

Schedule

First round – Thursday, March 10, 2022
1 1 11:00 am No. 5 Incarnate Word vs. No. 8 Nicholls 74–73 ESPN+
2 1:30 pm No. 6 Northwestern State vs. No. 7 New Orleans 48-57
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 11, 2022
2 3 11:00 am No. 4 McNeese vs. No. 5 Incarnate Word 63-90 ESPN+
4 1:30 pm No. 3 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 7 New Orleans 80-66
Semifinals – Saturday, March 12, 2022
3 5 1:00 pm No. 1 Houston Baptist vs. No. 5 Incarnate Word 33-54 ESPN+
6 3:30 pm No. 2 Texas A&M-CC vs. No. 3 Southeastern Louisiana 54-59*
Championship – Sunday, March 13, 2022
4 7 1:00 pm No. 5 Incarnate Word vs. No. 3 Southeastern Louisiana 56–52* CBSSN
*Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

First round
Thursday, March 10
ESPN+
Second round
Friday, March 11
ESPN+
Semifinals
Saturday, March 12
ESPN+
Championship
Sunday, March 13
CBSSN
1 Houston Baptist 33
5 Incarnate Word 54
4 McNeese 63
5 Incarnate Word 74 5 Incarnate Word 90
8 Nicholls 73 5 Incarnate Word 56*
3 Southeastern Louisiana 52
2 Texas A&M-CC 54
3 Southeastern Louisiana 59*
3 Southeastern Louisiana 80
6 Northwestern State 48 7 New Orleans 66
7 New Orleans 57

* denotes number of overtime periods

References

  1. "2022 Southland Basketball Tournament - Southland Conference". www.southland.org. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  2. "Basketball Tie-Breaking Procedures". Southland Conference. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  3. "2021-22 Southland Women's Basketball Standings".
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