2024 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2024 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament is the postseason women's basketball championship for the Southland Conference. The tournament is taking place at The Legacy Center on the campus of McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana March 11–14, 2024. The Legacy Center will be the home of the tournament through 2029. The tournament winner will receive an automatic invitation to the 2024 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. The top 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 were 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. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1 Lamar 17–1 Not needed2 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 14–4 Split head-to-head vs SLU. Lost both games vs. Lamar. Won both games vs. UIW.3 Southeastern Louisiana 14–4 Split head-to-head vs TAMUCC. Lost both games vs. Lamar. Split vs. UIW.4 Incarnate Word 12–6 Not needed.5 Texas A&M–Commerce 8–10 Split vs. New Orleans. Split vs. Lamar6 New Orleans 8–10 Split vs. Texas A&M–Commerce. Lost both games vs. Lamar.7 Nicholls 7–11 Split vs Northwestern State. Lost both games vs. Lamar. Split vs. TAMUCC8 Northwestern State 7–11 Split vs Northwestern State. Lost both games vs. Lamar. Lost both games vs TAMUCCDNQ McNeese 2–16 DNQ Houston Christian 1–17

Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionFirst round – Monday, March 11, 202411 11:00 amNo. 5 Texas A&M–Commerce vs. No. 8 Northwestern State65–57 ESPN+2 1:30 pmNo. 6 New Orleans vs. No. 7 Nicholls66–73Quarterfinals – Tuesday, March 12, 202423 11:00 amNo. 4 Incarnate Word vs. No. 5 Texas A&M–Commerce 57–66ESPN+4 1:30 pmNo. 3 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 7 Nicholls 75–57Semifinals – Wednesday, March 13, 202435 11:00 amNo. 1 Lamar vs. No. 5 Texas A&M–Commerce 83–58ESPN+61:30 pmNo. 2 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi vs. No. 3 Southeastern Louisiana60–59Championship – Thursday, March 14, 202447 4:00 pmNo. 1 Lamar vs. No. 2 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi61–68ESPNU*Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

* denotes number of overtime periods

First round

Second round

Semifinals

Championship

Awards and honors 2024 Southland Conference Women's Basketball All-Tournament Team Paige Allen, Texas A&M–Corpus Christi (MVP) Alecia Westbrook, Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Akasha Davis, Lamar Sabria Dean, Lamar

See also 2024 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament Southland Conference women's basketball tournament

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