2022 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament

Not to be confused with 2022 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament.

2022 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2021–22
Teams	8
Site	Merrell Center Katy, Texas
Champions	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi (2nd title)
Winning coach	Steve Lutz (1st title)
MVP	Terrion Murdix (Texas A&M–Corpus Christi)
Television	ESPN+, ESPN2
Southland Conference men's basketball tournaments

2021–22 Southland Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Nicholls	11	–	3		.786			21	–	12		.636
Southeastern Louisiana	10	–	4		.714			19	–	15		.559
New Orleans	10	–	4		.714			18	–	14		.563
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi †	7	–	7		.500			23	–	12		.657
Houston Baptist	6	–	8		.429			11	–	18		.379
Northwestern State	5	–	9		.357			9	–	23		.281
McNeese State	4	–	10		.286			11	–	22		.333
Incarnate Word	3	–	11		.214			7	–	25		.219
† 2022 Southland tournament winner

The 2022 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2021–22 season in the Southland Conference. The tournament was held March 9–12, 2022, at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas.^[1] The tournament winner, the Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders, received the conference's automatic invitation to the 2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

Seeds

Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tie–breaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. All eight teams in the conference qualify 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 day following the conclusion of regular-season play.^[2]

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

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Score	Television
First round – Wednesday, March 9, 2022
1	1	5:00 pm	No. 5 Houston Baptist vs. No. 8 Incarnate Word	74–64	ESPN+
	2	7:30 pm	No. 6 Northwestern State vs. No. 7 McNeese State	67–80
Second round – Thursday, March 10, 2022
2	3	5:00 pm	No. 4 Texas A&M-CC vs. No. 5 Houston Baptist	75–60	ESPN+
	4	7:30 pm	No. 3 New Orleans vs. No. 7 McNeese State	82–78
Semifinals – Friday, March 11, 2022
3	5	5:00 pm	No. 1 Nicholls vs. No. 4 Texas A&M-CC	64–71	ESPN+
	6	7:30 pm	No. 2 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 3 New Orleans	74–65
Championship – Saturday, March 12, 2022
4	7	8:30 pm	No. 4 Texas A&M-CC vs. No. 2 Southeastern Louisiana	73–65	ESPN2
*Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 9 ESPN+					Second round Thursday, March 10 ESPN+					Semifinals Friday, March 11 ESPN+					Championship Saturday, March 12 ESPN2
											1	Nicholls	64
						4	Texas A&M-CC	75			4	Texas A&M-CC	71
	5	Houston Baptist	74			5	Houston Baptist	60								4	Texas A&M-CC	73
	8	Incarnate Word	64													2	Southeastern Louisiana	65
											2	Southeastern Louisiana	74
						3	New Orleans	82			3	New Orleans	65			Third place
	6	Northwestern State	67			7	McNeese State	78
	7	McNeese State	80

* 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.