2024 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament
The 2024 Southern Conference women's Basketball tournament took place March 7-10, 2024, at the Harrah's Cherokee Center in Asheville, North Carolina. Chattanooga earned an automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.[1]
| 2024 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2023–24 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Site | Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville, North Carolina |
| Champions | Chattanooga (20th title) |
| Winning coach | Shawn Poppie (2nd title) |
| MVP | Jada Guinn (Chattanooga) |
| Television | Nexstar, ESPN+, ESPNU |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chattanooga † | 13 | – | 1 | .929 | 28 | – | 5 | .848 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNC Greensboro | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wofford | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercer | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Tennessee State | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Samford | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Furman | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Carolina | 1 | – | 13 | .071 | 6 | – | 24 | .200 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2024 SoCon tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeds
Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.[2]
| Seed | School | Conf | Overall | Tiebreaker(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Chattanooga | 13–1 | 25–4 | |
| #2 | UNC Greensboro | 8–6 | 19–10 | 1–1 vs. Chattanooga |
| #3 | Wofford | 8–6 | 16–12 | 2–0 vs. ETSU |
| #4 | Mercer | 8–6 | 14–16 | 1–1 vs. ETSU |
| #5 | East Tennessee State | 7–7 | 18–11 | |
| #6 | Samford | 6–8 | 14–15 | |
| #7 | Furman | 5–9 | 15–15 | |
| #8 | Western Carolina | 1–13 | 6–23 |
Schedule
All tournament games are streamed on ESPN+. The championship will be televised across the region on select Nexstar stations and simulcast on ESPN+.
| Session | Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 7 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 11:00 AM | No. 1 Chattanooga vs. No. 8 Western Carolina | 64–43 | ESPN+ |
| 2 | 1:15 PM | No. 2 UNC Greensboro vs. No. 7 Furman | 64–44 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 3:30 PM | No. 3 Wofford vs. No. 6 Samford | 66–45 | |
| 4 | 5:45 PM | No. 4 Mercer vs. No. 5 East Tennessee State | 67–52 | ||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 8 | |||||
| 3 | 5 | 11:00 AM | No. 1 Chattanooga vs No. 4 Mercer | 66–55 | ESPN+ |
| 6 | 1:15 PM | No. 2 UNC Greensboro vs No. 3 Wofford | 72–62 | ||
| Championship Game – Sunday, March 10 | |||||
| 4 | 7 | Noon | No. 1 Chattanooga vs No. 2 UNC Greensboro | 69–60 | ESPNU |
| Game times in EST. Rankings denote tournament seeding. | |||||
Bracket
- All times are Eastern.[3]
| Quarterfinals Thursday, March 7 ESPN+ | Semifinals Friday, March 8 ESPN+ | Championship Game Sunday, March 10 ESPNU | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Chattanooga | 64 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Western Carolina | 43 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Chattanooga | 66 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Mercer | 55 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Mercer | 67 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | East Tennessee State | 52 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Chattanooga | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | UNC Greensboro | 60 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | UNC Greensboro | 64 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Furman | 44 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | UNC Greensboro | 72 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Wofford | 62 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Wofford | 66 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Samford | 45 | ||||||||||||
* denotes overtime period
References
- 2024 SoCon Basketball Championships
- "Tie-Breaking Formula" (PDF). Southern Conference. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
- 2023 SoCon Basketball Championships Bracket
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