2026 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament
| 2026 Southern Conference women's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2025–26 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Site | Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville, North Carolina |
| Champions | Samford (4th title) |
| Winning coach | Matt Wise (1st title) |
| Television | Nexstar, ESPN+, ESPNU |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chattanooga | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 20 | – | 11 | .645 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Tennessee State | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 18 | – | 13 | .581 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wofford | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 16 | – | 13 | .552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Furman | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 18 | – | 13 | .581 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercer | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Samford † | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 16 | – | 19 | .457 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNC Greensboro | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Carolina | 0 | – | 14 | .000 | 3 | – | 26 | .103 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2026 SoCon tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2026 Southern Conference women's Basketball tournament will take place March 5–8, 2026, at the Harrah's Cherokee Center in Asheville, North Carolina. Samford earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.[1]
Seeds
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.[2][3]
| Seed | School | Conf | Overall | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Chattanooga | 10−4 | 18−9 | 2−0 vs. Furman |
| #2 | East Tennessee State | 10−4 | 17−12 | 1−1 vs. Furman |
| #3 | Wofford | 10−4 | 16−12 | 0−2 vs. Furman |
| #4 | Furman | 9−5 | 17−12 | |
| #5 | Mercer | 7−7 | 17−12 | |
| #6 | Samford | 6−8 | 13−18 | |
| #7 | UNC Greensboro | 4−10 | 14−15 | |
| #8 | Western Carolina | 0−14 | 3−25 |
Schedule
All tournament games are streamed on ESPN+. The championship will be televised across the region on select Nexstar stations and simulcast on ESPNU.
| Session | Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 5 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 11:00 AM | No. 1 Chattanooga vs. No. 8 Western Carolina | 66−47 | ESPN+ |
| 2 | 1:15 PM | No. 2 East Tennessee State vs. No. 7 UNC Greensboro | 62−50 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 3:30 PM | No. 3 Wofford vs. No. 6 Samford | 57−59 | |
| 4 | 5:45 PM | No. 4 Furman vs. No. 5 Mercer | 66−45 | ||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 6 | |||||
| 3 | 5 | 11:00 AM | No. 1 Chattanooga vs. No. 4 Furman | 76−65 | ESPN+ |
| 6 | 1:15 PM | No. 2 East Tennessee State vs. No. 6 Samford | 48−57 | ||
| Championship Game – Sunday, March 8 | |||||
| 4 | 7 | 12:00 PM | No. 1 Chattanooga vs. No. 6 Samford | 67−72 | ESPNU |
| Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seeding. | |||||
Bracket
| Quarterfinals Thursday, March 5 ESPN+ | Semifinals Friday, March 6 ESPN+ | Championship Game Sunday, March 8 ESPNU | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Chattanooga | 66 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Western Carolina | 47 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Chattanooga | 76 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Furman | 65 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Furman | 66 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Mercer | 45 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Chattanooga | 67 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Samford | 72 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | East Tennessee State | 62 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | UNC Greensboro | 50 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | East Tennessee State | 48 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Samford | 57 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Wofford | 57 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Samford | 59 | ||||||||||||
Game times are in Eastern Time.
Rankings denote tournament seed.
Source: Southern Conference[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "2026 Ingles SoCon Basketball Championships". Retrieved February 28, 2026.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
WBBStandingswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Tie-Breaking Formulas for Basketball" (PDF). Southern Conference. Retrieved February 28, 2026.