# 2022 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2022 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the 2021–22 season in the Southland Conference. The tournament took place March 10–13, 2022. The tournament winner received an automatic invitation to the 2022 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. All 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.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker |
| 1 | Houston Baptist | 12-2 | |
| 2 | Texas A&M-CC | 11-3 | |
| 3 | Southeastern Louisiana | 10–4 | |
| 4 | McNeese State | 8-6 | |
| 5 | Incarnate Word | 5-9 | 2-0 vs. Northwestern State |
| 6 | Northwestern State | 5–9 | 0-2 vs. Incarnate Word |
| 7 | New Orleans | 3-11 | |
| 8 | Nicholls | 2-12 | |

## Schedule

| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup$^#$ | Score | Television |
| First round – Thursday, March 10, 2022 ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 11:00 am | No. 5 Incarnate Word vs. No. 8 Nicholls | 74–73 | ESPN+ |
| 1 | 2 | 1:30 pm | No. 6 Northwestern State vs. No. 7 New Orleans | 48-57 | ESPN+ |
| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 11, 2022 ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 11:00 am | No. 4 McNeese vs. No. 5 Incarnate Word | 63-90 | ESPN+ |
| 2 | 4 | 1:30 pm | No. 3 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 7 New Orleans | 80-66 | ESPN+ |
| Semifinals – Saturday, March 12, 2022 ||||||
| 3 | 5 | 1:00 pm | No. 1 Houston Baptist vs. No. 5 Incarnate Word | 33-54 | ESPN+ |
| 3 | 6 | 3:30 pm | No. 2 Texas A&M-CC vs. No. 3 Southeastern Louisiana | 54-59* | ESPN+ |
| Championship – Sunday, March 13, 2022 ||||||
| 4 | 7 | 1:00 pm | No. 5 Incarnate Word vs. No. 3 Southeastern Louisiana | 56–52* | CBSSN |
| *Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. ||||||

## Bracket

| First round Thursday, March 10 ESPN+ | First round Thursday, March 10 ESPN+ | First round Thursday, March 10 ESPN+ | Second round Friday, March 11 ESPN+ | Second round Friday, March 11 ESPN+ | Second round Friday, March 11 ESPN+ | Semifinals Saturday, March 12 ESPN+ | Semifinals Saturday, March 12 ESPN+ | Semifinals Saturday, March 12 ESPN+ | Championship Sunday, March 13 CBSSN | Championship Sunday, March 13 CBSSN | Championship Sunday, March 13 CBSSN |
| | | | | | | 1 | Houston Baptist | 33 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Incarnate Word | 54 | | | |
| | | | 4 | McNeese | 63 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Incarnate Word | 74 | 5 | Incarnate Word | 90 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Nicholls | 73 | | | | | | | 5 | Incarnate Word | 56* |
| | | | | | | | | | 3 | Southeastern Louisiana | 52 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Texas A&M-CC | 54 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Southeastern Louisiana | 59* | | | |
| | | | 3 | Southeastern Louisiana | 80 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Northwestern State | 48 | 7 | New Orleans | 66 | | | | | | |
| 7 | New Orleans | 57 | | | | | | | | | |
* denotes number of overtime periods