2023 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament explained

Year:	2023
Conference:	Southland Conference
Division:	I
Gender:	Women's
Teams:	8
Arena:	The Legacy Center
City:	Lake Charles, Louisiana
Champions:	Southeastern Louisiana
Titlecount:	1st
Coach:	Ayla Guzzardo
Coachcount:	1st
Mvp:	Hailey Giaratano
Mvpteam:	Southeastern Louisiana
Television:	ESPN+, ESPNU

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	87–82^OT
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	80–75^OT
Semifinals – Wednesday, March 9, 2023
3	5	11:00 am	No. 1 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 5 Texas A&M-Commerce	60–58^OT	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

* 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

• 2023 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament
• Southland Conference women's basketball tournament

References

1. Web site: Richard Morin . When do NCAA basketball conference tournaments start? College hoops dates to know . 2023 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC . March 1, 2023 . February 24, 2023.
2. Web site: 2023 Jersey Mike's Southland Conference Basketball Championships pres. by Louisiana Travel. October 25, 2023. www.southland.org. en.
3. Web site: Basketball Tie-Breaking Procedures. Southland Conference. March 2, 2022.
4. Web site: 2022-23 Southland Women's Basketball Standings.
5. Web site: Let's Dance! Second-Half Surge Sends SLU to First-Ever NCAA Tournament Berth . Southeastern Louisiana Athletics . November 26, 2023 . March 9, 2023.