2022 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament


The 2022 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2021–22 season in the Southland Conference. The tournament was held March 9–12, 2022, at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas.[1] The tournament winner, the Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders, received the conference's automatic invitation to the 2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

2022 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2021–22
Teams8
SiteMerrell Center
Katy, Texas
ChampionsTexas A&M–Corpus Christi (2nd title)
Winning coachSteve Lutz (1st title)
MVPTerrion Murdix (Texas A&M–Corpus Christi)
TelevisionESPN+, ESPN2
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2023 →
2021–22 Southland Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Nicholls 11 3   .786 21 12   .636
Southeastern Louisiana 10 4   .714 19 15   .559
New Orleans 10 4   .714 18 14   .563
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 7 7   .500 23 12   .657
Houston Baptist 6 8   .429 11 18   .379
Northwestern State 5 9   .357 9 23   .281
McNeese State 4 10   .286 11 22   .333
Incarnate Word 3 11   .214 7 25   .219
2022 Southland tournament winner

Seeds

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Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tie–breaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. All eight teams in the conference qualify 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 day following the conclusion of regular-season play.[2]

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2
1 Nicholls 11–3
2 Southeastern Louisiana 10–4 1–1 vs New Orleans 2–0 vs Nicholls
3 New Orleans 10–4 1–1 vs Southeastern Louisiana 1–1 vs Nicholls
4 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 7–7
5 Houston Baptist 6–8
6 Northwestern State 5–9
7 McNeese State 4–10
8 Incarnate Word 3–11

Schedule

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Session Game Time* Matchup# Score Television
First round – Wednesday, March 9, 2022
1 1 5:00 pm No. 5 Houston Baptist vs. No. 8 Incarnate Word 74–64 ESPN+
2 7:30 pm No. 6 Northwestern State vs. No. 7 McNeese State 67–80
Second round – Thursday, March 10, 2022
2 3 5:00 pm No. 4 Texas A&M-CC vs. No. 5 Houston Baptist 75–60 ESPN+
4 7:30 pm No. 3 New Orleans vs. No. 7 McNeese State 82–78
Semifinals – Friday, March 11, 2022
3 5 5:00 pm No. 1 Nicholls vs. No. 4 Texas A&M-CC 64–71 ESPN+
6 7:30 pm No. 2 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 3 New Orleans 74–65
Championship – Saturday, March 12, 2022
4 7 8:30 pm No. 4 Texas A&M-CC vs. No. 2 Southeastern Louisiana 73–65 ESPN2
*Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

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First round
Wednesday, March 9
ESPN+
Second round
Thursday, March 10
ESPN+
Semifinals
Friday, March 11
ESPN+
Championship
Saturday, March 12
ESPN2
1Nicholls64
4Texas A&M-CC754Texas A&M-CC71
5Houston Baptist745Houston Baptist604Texas A&M-CC73
8Incarnate Word642Southeastern Louisiana65
2Southeastern Louisiana74
3New Orleans823New Orleans65Third place
6Northwestern State677McNeese State78
7McNeese State80

* denotes number of overtime periods

References

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  1. ^ "2022 Southland Basketball Tournament - Southland Conference". www.southland.org. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  2. ^ "Basketball Tie-Breaking Procedures". Southland Conference. Retrieved March 2, 2022.