2023 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament explained

Year:2023
Conference:Southern Conference
Division:I
Gender:Women's
Teams:8
Arena:Harrah's Cherokee Center
City:Asheville, North Carolina
Champions:Chattanooga
Titlecount:19th
Coach:Shawn Poppie
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Raven Thompson
Mvpteam:Chattanooga
Television:Nexstar, ESPN+

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 earned an automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.[1]

Seeds

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

SeedSchoolConfOverallTiebreaker(s)
  1. 1
Wofford10–420–8
  1. 2
Chattanooga9–517–122–0 vs. East Tennessee State
  1. 3
East Tennessee State9–522–80–2 vs. Chattanooga
  1. 4
UNC Greensboro8–615–131–1 vs. Mercer
1–1 vs. Wofford
  1. 5
Mercer8–612–151–1 vs. UNC Greensboro
0–2 vs. Wofford
  1. 6
Samford7–713–16
  1. 7
Furman 3–1111–18
  1. 8
Western Carolina2–129–20

Schedule

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

SessionGameTimeMatchupTelevisionAttendance
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 2
1111:00 AMNo. 1 Wofford 71 vs. No. 8 Western Carolina 56ESPN+
21:15 PMNo. 4 UNC Greensboro 63 vs. No. 5 Mercer 59 OT
233:30 PMNo. 2 Chattanooga 63 vs. No. 7 Furman 52
45:45 PMNo. 3 East Tennessee State 63 vs. No. 6 Samford 47
Semifinals – Friday, March 3
3511:00 AMNo. 1 Wofford 68 vs. No. 4 UNC Greensboro 63ESPN+
61:15 PMNo. 2 Chattanooga 69 vs. No. 3 East Tennessee State 40
Championship Game – Sunday, March 5
47NoonNo. 1 Wofford 53 vs. No. 2 Chattanooga 63Nexstar
Game times in EST. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

* denotes overtime period

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://soconsports.com/sports/2021/9/20/2022BasketballChamps.aspx?path=mbball 2023 SoCon Basketball Championships
  2. https://soconsports.com/documents/2022/12/8//2023_BK_Brackets.pdf?id=6531 2023 SoCon Basketball Championships Bracket