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. 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.
Seeds 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. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 21 Nicholls 11–32 Southeastern Louisiana 10–4 1–1 vs New Orleans 2–0 vs Nicholls3 New Orleans 10–4 1–1 vs Southeastern Louisiana 1–1 vs Nicholls4 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 7–75 Houston Baptist 6–86 Northwestern State 5–97 McNeese State 4–108 Incarnate Word 3–11
Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendanceFirst round – Wednesday, March 9, 2022115:00 pmNo. 5 Houston Baptist vs. No. 8 Incarnate Word74–64ESPN+65027:30 pmNo. 6 Northwestern State vs. No. 7 McNeese State67–80Second round – Thursday, March 10, 2022235:00 pmNo. 4 Texas A&M-CC vs. No. 5 Houston Baptist75–60ESPN+47:30 pmNo. 3 New Orleans vs. No. 7 McNeese State82–78Semifinals – Friday, March 11, 2022355:00 pmNo. 1 Nicholls vs. No. 4 Texas A&M-CC64–71ESPN+67:30 pmNo. 2 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 3 New Orleans74–65Championship – Saturday, March 12, 2022478:30 pmNo. 4 Texas A&M-CC vs. No. 2 Southeastern Louisiana73–65ESPN21,252*Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
* denotes number of overtime periods
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