2023 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament
The 2023 Southern Conference women's Basketball tournament was held March 2–5, 2023, at the Harrah's Cherokee Center in Asheville, North Carolina. Chattanooga earns an automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.[1]
| 2023 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2022–23 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Site | Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville, North Carolina |
| Champions | Chattanooga (19th title) |
| Winning coach | Shawn Poppie (1st title) |
| MVP | Raven Thompson (Chattanooga) |
| Television | Nexstar, ESPN+ |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wofford | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 22 | – | 10 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chattanooga† | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 20 | – | 13 | .606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Tennessee State | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 26 | – | 10 | .722 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercer | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNC Greensboro | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Samford | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Furman | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Carolina | 2 | – | 12 | .143 | 9 | – | 21 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2023 SoCon Tournament winner As of March 19, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeds
Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
| Seed | School | Conf | Overall | Tiebreaker(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Wofford | 10–4 | 20–8 | |
| #2 | Chattanooga | 9–5 | 17–12 | 2–0 vs. East Tennessee State |
| #3 | East Tennessee State | 9–5 | 22–8 | 0–2 vs. Chattanooga |
| #4 | UNC Greensboro | 8–6 | 15–13 | 1–1 vs. Mercer 1–1 vs. Wofford |
| #5 | Mercer | 8–6 | 12–15 | 1–1 vs. UNC Greensboro 0–2 vs. Wofford |
| #6 | Samford | 7–7 | 13–16 | |
| #7 | Furman | 3–11 | 11–18 | |
| #8 | Western Carolina | 2–12 | 9–20 |
Schedule
All tournament games are streamed on ESPN+. The championship will be televised across the region on select Nexstar stations and simulcast on ESPN+.
| Session | Game | Time | Matchup | Television | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 2 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 11:00 AM | No. 1 Wofford 71 vs. No. 8 Western Carolina 56 | ESPN+ | ||
| 2 | 1:15 PM | No. 4 UNC Greensboro 63 vs. No. 5 Mercer 59 OT | ||||
| 2 | 3 | 3:30 PM | No. 2 Chattanooga 63 vs. No. 7 Furman 52 | |||
| 4 | 5:45 PM | No. 3 East Tennessee State 63 vs. No. 6 Samford 47 | ||||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 3 | ||||||
| 3 | 5 | 11:00 AM | No. 1 Wofford 68 vs. No. 4 UNC Greensboro 63 | ESPN+ | ||
| 6 | 1:15 PM | No. 2 Chattanooga 69 vs. No. 3 East Tennessee State 40 | ||||
| Championship Game – Sunday, March 5 | ||||||
| 4 | 7 | Noon | No. 1 Wofford 53 vs. No. 2 Chattanooga 63 | Nexstar | ||
| Game times in EST. Rankings denote tournament seeding. | ||||||
Bracket
- All times are Eastern.[2]
| Quarterfinals Thursday, March 2, 2023 ESPN+ | Semifinals Friday, March 3, 2023 ESPN+ | Championship Game Sunday, March 5, 2023 Nexstar | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Wofford | 71 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Western Carolina | 56 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Wofford | 68 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | UNC Greensboro | 63 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | UNC Greensboro | 63* | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Mercer | 59 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Wofford | 53 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Chattanooga | 63 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Chattanooga | 63 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Furman | 52 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Chattanooga | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | East Tennessee State | 40 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | East Tennessee State | 63 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Samford | 47 | ||||||||||||
* denotes overtime period
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