The 2017 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament, a part of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season, took place March 9–12, 2017 at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas. The winner of the tournament, the Central Arkansas Sugar Bears, received the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA tournament.
Seeds and regular season standings Only the Top 8 teams advanced to the Southland Conference tournament. The co-regular season champion Abilene Christian Wildcats were ineligible for the NCAA Tourney. Their seed fell to the next eligible team. Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word were ineligible for post-season play as they were in the final year of a 4-year transition from D2 to D1. They will be eligible for the Southland tourney in 2018. This chart shows all the teams records and standings and explains why teams advanced to the conference tourney or finished in certain tiebreaking positions. 2017 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament seedsSeedSchoolConference recordOverall record (end of regular season)Tiebreaker 1.Central Arkansas16-224–42.Lamar15-322-6 3.Stephen F. Austin14–423–6 4.New Orleans9-914-14 5.Texas A&M-CC8-1012-17 1-0 vs. McNeese State6.McNeese State8-1013–16 0-1 vs. TXAMCC7.Northwestern State7-1113-162-0 vs. Nicholls State/Incarnate Word 8.Nicholls State7-1110-19 Incarnate Word still in-eligible‡ – Southland Conference regular season champions.* – Received a first-round and second-round bye in the conference tournament.# – Received a first-round bye in the conference tournament. Overall record are as of the end of the regular season.
Schedule Source: SessionGameTime*Matchup#Television First round – Thursday, March 91111:00 am#5 Texas A&M-CC vs. #8 Nicholls StateESPN321:30 pm#6 McNeese State vs. #7 Northwestern State Quarterfinals – Friday, March 102311:00 am#4 New Orleans vs. #5 Texas A&M-CCESPN341:30 pm#3 Stephen F. Austin vs. #6 McNeese State Semifinals – Saturday, March 11351:00 pm#1 Central Arkansas vs. #5 Texas A&M CCESPN363:30 pm#2 Lamar vs. #3 SFA Championship – Sunday, March 124712:00 pm #1 Central Arkansas vs. #3 SFACBSSN *Game times in CST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
First round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Championship
Awards and honors Source: Tournament MVP: Maggie Proffitt, Central Arkansas
All-Tournament Team:
Maggie Proffitt, Central Arkansas
Stevi Parker, Stephen F. Austin Taylor Baudoin, Central Arkansas Taylor Ross, Stephen F. Austin Kassie Jones, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
See also 2017 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament Southland Conference women's basketball tournament
References
External links 2017 Southland Conference Men's and Women's Tournament Page