Southland Basketball Tip-Off | |
Sport: | Men's & Women's college basketball |
Founded: | 2021 |
Folded: | 2022 |
Teams: | 8 |
Country: | United States |
Venue: | Leonard E. Merrill Center, Katy, Texas |
Champion: | Southeastern Louisiana |
Tv: | ESPN+ |
Website: | Southland Basketball Tip-Off Central |
The Southland Basketball Tip-off was an eight team in–season college basketball tournament consisting of Southland Conference teams. The tournament was founded in 2021, and held in January 2022 during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season and 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team that won all three games was crowned champions. The three-day event, held at the Leonard E. Merrill Center in Katy, Texas, provided three additional games on each team's schedule that counted as non-conference games, ahead of the league's 14-game home-and-away conference schedule.[1] The bracket was chosen by blind lottery draw[2] by Southland Commissioner Tom Burnett. All games were carried on ESPN+. The tournament was not scheduled to be held during the 2022–23 season and was presumably a one-off event.
* – Denotes overtime period
The 2022 edition of the Women's Southland Basketball Tip-Off, originally scheduled for January 3–5, 2022 was canceled due to COVID-19 protocols within multiple Southland programs.[3]