| Year: | 2024 |
| Conference: | Southland Conference |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Women's |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Arena: | The Legacy Center |
| City: | Lake Charles, Louisiana |
| Champions: | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi |
| Titlecount: | 1st |
| Coach: | Royce Chadwick |
| Coachcount: | 7th |
| Mvp: | Paige Allen |
| Mvpteam: | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi |
| Television: | ESPN+, ESPNU |
The 2024 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament is the postseason women's basketball championship for the Southland Conference. The tournament is taking place at The Legacy Center on the campus of McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana March 11–14, 2024.[1] [2] The Legacy Center will be the home of the tournament through 2029.[3] The tournament winner will receive an automatic invitation to the 2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.
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 were 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.[4]
| Seed[5] | School | Conference | Tiebreaker | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lamar | 17–1 | Not needed | |
| 2 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 14–4 | Split head-to-head vs SLU. Lost both games vs. Lamar. Won both games vs. UIW. | |
| 3 | Southeastern Louisiana | 14–4 | Split head-to-head vs TAMUCC. Lost both games vs. Lamar. Split vs. UIW. | |
| 4 | Incarnate Word | 12–6 | Not needed. | |
| 5 | Texas A&M–Commerce | 8–10 | Split vs. New Orleans. Split vs. Lamar | |
| 6 | New Orleans | 8–10 | Split vs. Texas A&M–Commerce. Lost both games vs. Lamar. | |
| 7 | Nicholls | 7–11 | Split vs Northwestern State. Lost both games vs. Lamar. Split vs. TAMUCC | |
| 8 | Northwestern State | 7–11 | Split vs Northwestern State. Lost both games vs. Lamar. Lost both games vs TAMUCC | |
| DNQ | McNeese | 2–16 | ||
| DNQ | Houston Christian | 1–17 |
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Monday, March 11, 2024 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 11:00 am | No. 5 Texas A&M–Commerce vs. No. 8 Northwestern State | 65–57 | ESPN+ | |
| 2 | 1:30 pm | No. 6 New Orleans vs. No. 7 Nicholls | 66–73 | |||
| Quarterfinals – Tuesday, March 12, 2024 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 11:00 am | No. 4 Incarnate Word vs. No. 5 Texas A&M–Commerce | 57–66 | ESPN+ | |
| 4 | 1:30 pm | No. 3 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 7 Nicholls | 75–57 | |||
| Semifinals – Wednesday, March 13, 2024 | ||||||
| 3 | 5 | 11:00 am | No. 1 Lamar vs. No. 5 Texas A&M–Commerce | 83–58 | ESPN+ | |
| 6 | 1:30 pm | No. 2 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi vs. No. 3 Southeastern Louisiana | 60–59 | |||
| Championship – Thursday, March 14, 2024 | ||||||
| 4 | 7 | 4:00 pm | No. 1 Lamar vs. No. 2 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 61–68 | ESPNU | |
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* denotes number of overtime periods
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