Southland Basketball Tip-Off Explained

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.

Brackets

* – Denotes overtime period

Women's

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Southland Announces Brackets, Ticket Information for Basketball Tip-Off Event. Southland Conference. November 21, 2021. en.
  2. Web site: Southland enters new era, McNeese takes leadership role in shaping conference's future . AmericanPress.com . May 29, 2021.
  3. Web site: Southland Conference Women's Basketball TipOff Event canceled . KPLCtv.com . Gray Media Group . 5 January 2022 . January 2, 2022.