| Year: | 2015 |
| Conference: | Southland Conference |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Women's |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Arena: | Merrell Center |
| City: | Katy, Texas |
| Champions: | Northwestern State |
| Titlecount: | 3 |
| Coach: | Brooke Stoehr and Brad Stoehr |
| Coachcount: | 2 |
| Mvp: | Beatrice Attura |
| Mvpteam: | Northwestern State |
| Attendance: | 4,286 |
| Television: | SLC Digital/ESPN3/CBSSN |
The 2015 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament, a part of the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season, took place March 11–14, 2015 at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas.[1] The winner of the tournament received the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA tournament.
Only the Top 8 teams advanced to the Southland Conference tournament. If a team ineligible for the NCAA Tourney finished in the top 8, their seed would fall to the next eligible team. Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word were ineligible for post-season play as they were in the second year of a 4-year transition from D2 to D1.[2] [3] They were not eligible for the Southland tourney until 2018. This chart shows all the teams records and standings and explains why teams advanced to the conference tourney or finished in certain tiebreaking positions.
| 2015 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament seeds | ||||||
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Overall Record (End of Regular Season) | Tiebreaker | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Stephen F. Austin‡* | 16–2 | 23–6 | |||
| 2. | Lamar* | 14–4 | 17–12 | |||
| 3. | Nicholls State# | 13–5 | 17–12 | |||
| 4. | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi# | 12–6 | 16–13 | |||
| 5. | McNeese State | 11–7 | 17–12 | |||
| 6. | Northwestern State | 10–8 | 15–14 | 1–1 vs. Nicholls State | ||
| 7. | Central Arkansas | 10–8 | 17–13 | 0–2 vs. Nicholls State | ||
| 8. | Abilene Christian | 9–9 | 17–12 | D1 transitioning, ineligible for NCAA Tourney | ||
| 9. | Houston Baptist | 6–12 | 12–17 | |||
| 10. | New Orleans | 6–12 | 8–19 | Low APR, ineligible for NCAA Tourney | ||
| 11. | Sam Houston State | 5–13 | 6–22 | |||
| 12. | Southeastern Louisiana | 3–15 | 7–22 | |||
| 13. | Incarnate Word | 2–16 | 5–24 | D1 transitioning, ineligible for NCAA Tourney | ||
| ‡ – Southland Conference regular season champions. * – Received a first-round and second-round bye in the conference tournament. # – Received a first-round bye in the conference tournament. Overall record are as of the end of the regular season. | ||||||
Source: [4]
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Television | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Thursday, March 12 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 11:00 am |
| SLC Digital | ||
| 2 | 1:30 pm |
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| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 13 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 11:00 am |
| SLC Digital | ||
| 4 | 1:30 pm |
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| Semifinals – Saturday, March 14 | ||||||
| 3 | 5 | 1:00 pm |
| ESPN3 | ||
| 6 | 3:30 pm |
| ESPN3 | |||
| Championship – Sunday, March 15 | ||||||
| 4 | 7 | 12:00 pm |
| CBSSN | ||
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Source: [6]
Tournament MVP: Beatrice Attura – Northwestern State
All-Tournament Teams: