College basketball tournament
The 2023 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball championship for the Southland Conference . The tournament took place March 6–9, 2023.[ 1] [ 2] The tournament winner received an automatic invitation to the 2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament .
Seeds
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tie-breaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 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.[ 3]
Seed[ 4]
School
Conference
Tiebreaker
1
Southeastern Louisiana
14–4
2-0 vs. Texas A&M–Corpus Christi
2
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi
14–4
0-2 vs. Southeastern Louisiana
3
Lamar
12–6
4
Incarnate Word
10–8
1-1 vs. Texas A&M–Commerce; 1-3 vs. Southeastern Louisiana & Texas A&M–Corpus Christi
5
Texas A&M–Commerce
10–8
1-1 vs. Incarnate Word; 0-4 vs. Southeastern Louisiana & Texas A&M–Corpus Christi
6
McNeese
8–10
7
New Orleans
7–11
1-1 vs. Northwestern State; 1-3 vs. Southeastern Louisiana & Texas A&M–Corpus Christi
8
Northwestern State
7–11
1-1 vs. New Orleans; 0-4 vs. Southeastern Louisiana & Texas A&M–Corpus Christi
Schedule
Session
Game
Time*
Matchup#
Score
Television
First round – Monday, March 6, 2023
1
1
11:00 am
No. 5 Texas A&M–Commerce vs. No. 8 Northwestern State
79 –66
ESPN+
2
1:30 pm
No. 6 McNeese vs. No. 7 New Orleans
87 –82OT
Quarterfinals – Tuesday, March 7, 2023
2
3
11:00 am
No. 4 Incarnate Word vs. No. 5 Texas A&M–Commerce
62–65
ESPN+
4
1:30 pm
No. 3 Lamar vs. No. 6 McNeese
80 –75OT
Semifinals – Wednesday, March 9, 2023
3
5
11:00 am
No. 1 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 5 Texas A&M-Commerce
60 –58OT
ESPN+
6
1:30 pm
No. 2 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi vs. No. 3 Lamar
53–65
Championship – Thursday, March 9, 2023
4
7
4:00 pm
No. 1 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 3 Lamar
66 –57
ESPNU
*Game times in CDT . #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
First round Monday, March 6 ESPN+
Second round Tuesday, March 7 ESPN+
Semifinals Wednesday, March 8 ESPN+
Championship Thursday, March 9 ESPNU
1
Southeastern Louisiana
60*
5
Texas A&M-Commerce
58
4
Incarnate Word
62
5
Texas A&M–Commerce
79
5
Texas A&M–Commerce
65
8
Northwestern State
66
1
Southeastern Louisiana
66
3
Lamar
57
2
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi
53
3
Lamar
65
3
Lamar
80*
6
McNeese
87*
6
McNeese
75
7
New Orleans
82
* denotes number of overtime periods
Awards and honors
2023 Southland Conference Women's Basketball All-Tournament Team [ 5]
Haley Giaratano, Southeastern Louisiana (MVP )
Taylor Bell, Southeastern Louisiana
Akasha Davis, Lamar
Portia Adams, Lamar
DesiRay Kernal, Texas A&M–Commerce
See also
References