2023 Big South Conference women's basketball tournament

2023 Big South Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2022–23
Teams10
SiteBojangles Coliseum
Charlotte, North Carolina
ChampionsGardner-Webb (2nd title)
Winning coachAlex Simmons (1st title)
TelevisionESPN+, ESPNU
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2022–23 Big South women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Gardner–Webb† 18 – 0   1.000 29 – 5   .853
High Point 13 – 5   .722 17 – 15   .531
Campbell 10 – 8   .556 16 – 15   .516
Presbyterian 9 – 9   .500 13 – 17   .433
Radford 9 – 9   .500 14 – 17   .452
Longwood 8 – 10   .444 9 – 21   .300
UNC Asheville 7 – 11   .389 12 – 19   .387
USC Upstate 7 – 11   .389 11 – 20   .355
Winthrop 6 – 12   .333 8 – 22   .267
Charleston Southern 3 – 15   .167 5 – 25   .167
† 2023 Big South tournament winner
As of March 17, 2023


The 2023 Big South women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament that will end the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season of the Big South Conference. It was held from March 1 through March 5 and played at Bojangles Coliseum. The tournament winner will receive the automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA tournament.

Seeds

All of the conference teams competed in the tournament. The top six teams received a first-round bye. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

The tiebreakers operate in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head record.
  2. Record against the top-ranked conference team not involved in the tie, going down the standings until the tie is broken. For this purpose, teams with the same conference record are considered collectively. If two teams were unbeaten or winless against an opponent but did not play the same number of games against that opponent, the tie is not considered broken.
Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2[1]
1 Gardner-Webb 18-0 26-4
2 High Point 13-5 15-13
3 Campbell 10-8 15-14
4 Radford 9-9 13-16 1-1 vs. Presbyterian 1-1 vs. High Point
5 Presbyterian 9-9 13-16 1-1 vs. Radford 0-2 vs. High Point
6 Longwood 8-10 9-20
7 USC Upstate 7-11 10-19 1-1 vs. UNC Asheville 2-2 vs. Radford/Presbyterian
8 UNC Asheville 7-11 11-18 1-1 vs. USC Upstate 1-3 vs. Radford/Presbyterian
9 Winthrop 6-12 8-21
10 Charleston Southern 3-15 5-27

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup Score Channel
Opening round - Wednesday, March 1
1 12:00 pm No. 8 UNC Asheville vs. No. 9 Winthrop 59–58 ESPN+
2 2:00 pm No. 7 USC Upstate vs. No. 10 Charleston Southern 65-48
Quarterfinals - Thursday, March 2
3 12:00 pm No. 1 Gardner-Webb vs. No. 8 UNC Asheville 82-58 ESPN+
4 2:00 pm No. 4 Radford vs. No. 5 Presbyterian 69-68
5 6:00 pm No. 2 High Point vs. No. 7 USC Upstate 50-43
6 8:00 pm No. 3 Campbell vs. No. 6 Longwood 62-43
Semifinals - Saturday, March 4
7 6:00 pm No. 1 Gardner-Webb vs. No. 4 Radford 89-81OT ESPN+
8 8:00 pm No. 2 High Point vs. No. 3 Campbell 69-50
Championship - Sunday, March 5
9 6:00 pm No. 1 Gardner-Webb vs. No. 2 High Point 74-61 ESPNU
*Game times in ET[2]

Bracket

[3]

First round
Wednesday, March 1
ESPN+ 		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 2
ESPN+ 		Semifinals
Saturday, March 4
ESPN+ 		Championship
Sunday, March 5
ESPNU
            
1 Gardner-Webb 82
8 UNC Asheville 54
8 UNC Asheville 59
9 Winthrop 58
1 Gardner-Webb 89*
4 Radford 81
4 Radford 59
5 Presbyterian 58
1 Gardner-Webb 74
2 High Point 61
2 High Point 50
7 USC Upstate 43
7 USC Upstate 65
10 Charleston Southern 48
2 High Point 69
3 Campbell 50
3 Campbell 62
6 Longwood 43

Note: * denotes overtime

References

  1. ^ https://bigsouthsports.com/news/2023/2/25/seedings-announced-for-2023-hercules-tires-womens-basketball-championship.aspx
  2. ^ "Big South Conference - 2023 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Big South Conference - 2023 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP".