2022 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament explained

Year:2022
Conference:Southern Conference
Division:I
Gender:Women's
Teams:8
Arena:Harrah's Cherokee Center
City:Asheville, North Carolina
Television:Nexstar, ESPN+

The 2022 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southern Conference (SoCon) for the 2021–22 season. All tournaments games were played at the Harrah's Cherokee Center in Asheville, North Carolina, from March 3 to 6, 2022. The winner of the tournament received the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

Seeds

Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

SeedSchoolConfOverallTiebreaker
  1. 1
Mercer13–120–6
  1. 2
Wofford11–316–12
  1. 3
Furman10–417–13
  1. 4
Samford7–712–16
  1. 5
UNC Greensboro5–99–183–1 vs. Chattanooga & East Tennessee State
  1. 6
Chattanooga5–97–222–2 vs. UNC Greensboro & East Tennessee State
  1. 7
East Tennessee State5–96–211–3 vs. UNC Greensboro & Chattanooga
  1. 8
Western Carolina0–147–22

Schedule

All tournament games are streamed on ESPN+. The championship is televised across the region on select Nexstar stations and simulcast on ESPN+.

SessionGameTimeMatchupTelevisionAttendance
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 3
11NoonNo. 1 Mercer 85 vs. No. 8 Western Carolina 46ESPN+
22:15 PMNo. 4 Samford 59 vs. No. 5 UNCG 40
235:00 PMNo. 2 Wofford vs. #7 ETSU
47:15 PMNo. 3 Furman vs. No. 6 Chattanooga
Semifinals – Friday, March 4
35NoonNo. 1 Mercer 65vs. No. 4 Samford 35ESPN+
62:15 PMNo. 2 Wofford 59 vs. No. 3 Furman 64
Championship Game – Sunday, March 6
47NoonNo. 1 Mercer 73 vs. No. 3 Furman 54ESPN+/Nexstar
Game times in EST. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://soconsports.com/sports/2021/9/20/2022BasketballChamps.aspx?path=mbball 2022 SoCon Basketball Championships