Southland Basketball Tip-Off

The Southland Basketball Tip-off is an eight team in–season College basketball tournament consisting of Southland Conference teams. The tournament was founded in 2021, with the first tournament being held in January 2022 during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season and 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team that wins all three games will be crowned champions The three-day event, held at the Leonard E. Merrill Center in Katy, Texas, will provide three additional games on each team's schedule that will count as non-conference games, ahead of the league 14-game home-and-away conference schedule.[1] The bracket was chosen by blind lottery draw[2] by Southland Commissioner Tom Burnett. All games will be carried on ESPN+.

Southland Basketball Tip-Off
SportMen's & Women's college basketball
Founded2021
No. of teams8
CountryUSA
Venue(s)Leonard E. Merrill Center, Katy, Texas
Most recent
champion(s)		Southeastern Louisiana
TV partner(s)ESPN+
Official websiteSouthland Basketball Tip-Off Central

Brackets

* – Denotes overtime period

Men's
  5th Place Game
Saturday, January 8		 Consolation 2nd Round
Friday, January 7		 First Round
Thursday, January 6		 Semifinals
Friday, January 7		 Championship
Saturday, January 8
                                               
     Southeastern Louisiana   90   
     Houston Baptist   81   
   Houston Baptist   65         Southeastern Louisiana   83   
   New Orleans   81       McNeese State   78   
      New Orleans   82    
     McNeese State   92   
   New Orleans   80        Southeastern Louisiana   77 
   Northwestern State   79         Nicholls   72 
      Northwestern State   67      
     Texas A&M–CC   89   
 Northwestern State   83          Texas A&M–CC   75 
  7th Place Game      Incarnate Word   80       Nicholls   84      3rd Place Game
   Houston Baptist   50      Nicholls   87      McNeese State   54 
   Incarnate Word   60       Incarnate Word   56       Texas A&M–CC   67 
        

Women's

The 2022 edition of the Women's Southland Basketball Tip-Off, originally scheduled for January 3–5, 2022 was canceled due to COVID-19 protocols within multiple Southland programs.[3]

References
  1. "Southland Announces Brackets, Ticket Information for Basketball Tip-Off Event". Southland Conference. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
  2. "Southland enters new era, McNeese takes leadership role in shaping conference's future". AmericanPress.com. May 29, 2021.
  3. "Southland Conference Women's Basketball TipOff Event canceled". KPLCtv.com. Gray Media Group. January 2, 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
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