| Sport | Men's & Women's college basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 |
| Ceased | 2022 |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Country | United States |
| Venue(s) | Leonard E. Merrill Center, Katy, Texas |
| Last champion(s) | Southeastern Louisiana |
| TV partner(s) | ESPN+ |
| Official website | Southland Basketball Tip-Off Central |
The Southland Basketball Tip-off was an eight team in–season college basketball tournament consisting of Southland Conference teams. The tournament was founded in 2021, and 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 won all three games was crowned champions. The three-day event, held at the Leonard E. Merrill Center in Katy, Texas, provided three additional games on each team's schedule that counted as non-conference games, ahead of the league's 14-game home-and-away conference schedule.[1] The bracket was chosen by blind lottery draw[2] by Southland Commissioner Tom Burnett. All games were carried on ESPN+. The tournament was not scheduled to be held during the 2022–23 season and was presumably a one-off event.
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 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7th Place Game | Northwestern State | 83 | Texas A&M–CC | 75 | 3rd Place Game | |||||||||||||
| Incarnate Word | 80 | Nicholls | 84 | |||||||||||||||
| 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
- ↑ "Southland Announces Brackets, Ticket Information for Basketball Tip-Off Event". Southland Conference. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
- ↑ "Southland enters new era, McNeese takes leadership role in shaping conference's future". AmericanPress.com. May 29, 2021.
- ↑ "Southland Conference Women's Basketball TipOff Event canceled". KPLCtv.com. Gray Media Group. January 2, 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.