2022 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2022 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southern Conference (SoCon) for the 2021–22 season. All tournaments games were played at the Harrah's Cherokee Center in Asheville, North Carolina, from March 3 to 6, 2022. The winner of the tournament received the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

2022 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2021–22
Teams	8
Site	Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville, North Carolina
Television	Nexstar, ESPN+
Southern Conference women's basketball tournaments

2021–22 Southern Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Mercer †	13	–	1		.929			23	–	7		.767
Wofford	11	–	3		.786			17	–	14		.548
Furman	10	–	4		.714			20	–	14		.588
Samford	7	–	7		.500			13	–	17		.433
UNC Greensboro	5	–	9		.357			9	–	19		.321
Chattanooga	5	–	9		.357			7	–	23		.233
East Tennessee State	5	–	9		.357			6	–	22		.214
Western Carolina	0	–	14		.000			7	–	23		.233
† 2022 SoCon Tournament winner

Seeds

Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conf	Overall	Tiebreaker
#1	Mercer	13–1	20–6
#2	Wofford	11–3	16–12
#3	Furman	10–4	17–13
#4	Samford	7–7	12–16
#5	UNC Greensboro	5–9	9–18	3–1 vs. Chattanooga & East Tennessee State
#6	Chattanooga	5–9	7–22	2–2 vs. UNC Greensboro & East Tennessee State
#7	East Tennessee State	5–9	6–21	1–3 vs. UNC Greensboro & Chattanooga
#8	Western Carolina	0–14	7–22

Schedule

All tournament games are streamed on ESPN+. The championship is televised across the region on select Nexstar stations and simulcast on ESPN+.

Session	Game	Time	Matchup	Television	Attendance
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 3
1	1	Noon	No. 1 Mercer 85 vs. No. 8 Western Carolina 46	ESPN+
	2	2:15 PM	No. 4 Samford 59 vs. No. 5 UNCG 40
2	3	5:00 PM	No. 2 Wofford vs. #7 ETSU
	4	7:15 PM	No. 3 Furman vs. No. 6 Chattanooga
Semifinals – Friday, March 4
3	5	Noon	No. 1 Mercer 65vs. No. 4 Samford 35	ESPN+
	6	2:15 PM	No. 2 Wofford 59 vs. No. 3 Furman 64
Championship Game – Sunday, March 6
4	7	Noon	No. 1 Mercer 73 vs. No. 3 Furman 54	ESPN+/Nexstar
Game times in EST. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

• All times are Eastern.

	Quarterfinals Thursday, March 3, 2022 ESPN+					Semifinals Friday, March 4, 2022 ESPN+					Championship game Sunday, March 6, 2022 ESPN+/Nexstar
	1	Mercer	85
	8	Western Carolina	46
						1	Mercer	65
						4	Samford	35
	4	Samford	59
	5	UNCG	40
											1	Mercer	73
											3	Furman	54
	2	Wofford	66
	7	ETSU	54
						2	Wofford	59
						3	Furman	64
	3	Furman	70*
	6	Chattanooga	63

See also

• 2022 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament