2023 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament

2023 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2022–23
Teams	8
Site	Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville, North Carolina
Champions	Chattanooga (19th title)
Winning coach	Shawn Poppie (1st title)
MVP	Raven Thompson (Chattanooga)
Television	Nexstar, ESPN+
Southern Conference women's basketball tournaments

2022–23 Southern Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Wofford	10	–	4		.714			22	–	10		.688
Chattanooga†	9	–	5		.643			20	–	13		.606
East Tennessee State	9	–	5		.643			26	–	10		.722
Mercer	8	–	6		.571			12	–	16		.429
UNC Greensboro	8	–	6		.571			16	–	14		.533
Samford	7	–	7		.500			13	–	17		.433
Furman	3	–	11		.214			11	–	19		.367
Western Carolina	2	–	12		.143			9	–	21		.300
† 2023 SoCon Tournament winner As of March 19, 2023

The 2023 Southern Conference women's Basketball tournament was held March 2–5, 2023, at the Harrah's Cherokee Center in Asheville, North Carolina. Chattanooga earned an automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

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(s)
#1	Wofford	10–4	20–8
#2	Chattanooga	9–5	17–12	2–0 vs. East Tennessee State
#3	East Tennessee State	9–5	22–8	0–2 vs. Chattanooga
#4	UNC Greensboro	8–6	15–13	1–1 vs. Mercer 1–1 vs. Wofford
#5	Mercer	8–6	12–15	1–1 vs. UNC Greensboro 0–2 vs. Wofford
#6	Samford	7–7	13–16
#7	Furman	3–11	11–18
#8	Western Carolina	2–12	9–20

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	Television	Attendance
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 2
1	1	11:00 AM	No. 1 Wofford 71 vs. No. 8 Western Carolina 56	ESPN+
	2	1:15 PM	No. 4 UNC Greensboro 63 vs. No. 5 Mercer 59 OT
2	3	3:30 PM	No. 2 Chattanooga 63 vs. No. 7 Furman 52
	4	5:45 PM	No. 3 East Tennessee State 63 vs. No. 6 Samford 47
Semifinals – Friday, March 3
3	5	11:00 AM	No. 1 Wofford 68 vs. No. 4 UNC Greensboro 63	ESPN+
	6	1:15 PM	No. 2 Chattanooga 69 vs. No. 3 East Tennessee State 40
Championship Game – Sunday, March 5
4	7	Noon	No. 1 Wofford 53 vs. No. 2 Chattanooga 63	Nexstar
Game times in EST. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

• All times are Eastern.

	Quarterfinals Thursday, March 2, 2023 ESPN+					Semifinals Friday, March 3, 2023 ESPN+					Championship Game Sunday, March 5, 2023 Nexstar
	1	Wofford	71
	8	Western Carolina	56
						1	Wofford	68
						4	UNC Greensboro	63
	4	UNC Greensboro	63*
	5	Mercer	59
											1	Wofford	53
											2	Chattanooga	63
	2	Chattanooga	63
	7	Furman	52
						2	Chattanooga	69
						3	East Tennessee State	40
	3	East Tennessee State	63
	6	Samford	47

* denotes overtime period

See also

• 2023 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament