Seeding Scenarios Ahead of Southland Women’s Basketball Regular-Season Finales
Women’s Seeding ScenariosFRISCO, Texas – Heading into the final weekend of regular-season play, the remaining seeding scenarios for the 2020 Hercules Tires Southland Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament have been laid out in the above link.A detailed description for the eight programs that have already secured a spot in the tournament can be found in the document. Saturday’s six matchups will help finalize the field’s order before tournament action gets underway next week.The tournament, which features the top eight teams from the regular season in each bracket, begins Thursday, March 12, in Katy, Texas, at the Leonard E. Merrell Center. This year’s tourney will mark the 13th consecutive year the Southland Tournament is in Katy.Although the eight-team field has been solidified, the top-four spots are still up in the air and cannot be named until Saturday’s results have been determined. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi currently sits in the driver’s seat with a 16-3 record and can clinch the outright regular-season title with a win at home over Houston Baptist.Joining the Islanders in Katy will be Abilene Christian, UIW, New Orleans, Nicholls, Sam Houston State, Southeastern Louisiana and Stephen F. Austin. The eight-team field was finalized Wednesday evening with the Colonels and the Lady Lions claiming the final two spots.The No. 3 and 4 seeds will receive an opening-round bye, while the top-two seeds will be granted a double bye into the semifinals. With eight teams vying for a tournament title, only one will guide its way through the single-elimination tournament and secure the Southland’s automatic qualifier to the 2020 NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship.Saturday’s Southland Conference Women’s Basketball ScheduleNorthwestern State at Central Arkansas – 1 p.m. CTHouston Baptist at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi – 1 p.m.McNeese at Lamar – 2 p.m. (ESPN3)Abilene Christian at UIW – 2 p.m.Sam Houston State at Stephen F. Austin – 2 p.m. (ESPN3)Southeastern Louisiana at New Orleans – 4 p.m.