Year: | 2024 |
Conference: | Southern Conference |
Division: | I |
Gender: | Women's |
Teams: | 8 |
Arena: | Harrah's Cherokee Center |
City: | Asheville, North Carolina |
Champions: | Chattanooga |
Titlecount: | 20th |
Coach: | Shawn Poppie |
Coachcount: | 2nd |
Mvp: | Jada Guinn |
Mvpteam: | Chattanooga |
Television: | Nexstar, ESPN+, ESPNU |
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]
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) | |
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| Chattanooga | 13–1 | 25–4 | ||
| UNC Greensboro | 8–6 | 19–10 | 1–1 vs. Chattanooga | |
| Wofford | 8–6 | 16–12 | 2–0 vs. ETSU | |
| Mercer | 8–6 | 14–16 | 1–1 vs. ETSU | |
| East Tennessee State | 7–7 | 18–11 | ||
| Samford | 6–8 | 14–15 | ||
| Furman | 5–9 | 15–15 | ||
| Western Carolina | 1–13 | 6–23 |
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 | |
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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. |
* denotes overtime period