2014 Southland Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

2014 Southland Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2013–14
Teams	8
Site	Merrell Center Katy, Texas
Champions	Northwestern State
MVP	Trudy Armstead (Northwestern State)
Television	SLC Digital/ESPN3/CBSSN
Southland Conference Women's Basketball Tournaments «2013  2015»

2013–14 Southland Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Lamar***	13	–	5		.722			18	–	13		.581
Stephen F. Austin	13	–	5		.722			23	–	13		.639
Central Arkansas	12	–	6		.667			18	–	12		.600
Northwestern State†	11	–	7		.611			21	–	13		.618
Nicholls State	11	–	7		.611			17	–	14		.548
Texas A&M-CC	11	–	7		.611			18	–	12		.600
Abilene Christian*	8	–	6		.571			18	–	12		.600
McNeese State	10	–	8		.556			19	–	14		.576
Oral Roberts	8	–	10		.444			9	–	20		.310
Houston Baptist	8	–	10		.444			12	–	17		.414
Sam Houston State	8	–	10		.444			13	–	16		.448
Southeastern Louisiana	7	–	11		.389			8	–	22		.267
Incarnate Word*	2	–	12		.143			8	–	19		.296
New Orleans**	0	–	18		.000			0	–	29		.000
† 2014 Southland Tournament winner As of March 22, 2014 *ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transition **ineligible for postseason play due to APR penalties ***Southland Tournament #1 seed; Rankings from AP Poll[1][2]

The 2014 Southland Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season, took place March 13–16, 2014 at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas. The winner of the tournament, the Northwestern State Lady Demons, received the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Tournament.

Seeds & Regular Season Standings

Only the Top 8 teams advanced to the Southland Conference Tournament. If a team ineligible for the NCAA Tourney finished in the top 8, their seed fell to the next eligible team. Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word were ineligible for post-season play as they were in the first year of a 4-year transition from D2 to D1.^[3][4] They won't be eligible for the Southland tourney until 2018. New Orleans was ineligible due to low APR scores.^[5] This chart shows all the teams records and standings and explains why teams advanced to the conference tourney or finished in certain tiebreaking positions. This was the final season Oral Roberts was part of the Southland field. They returned to the Summit League for the 2014-15 athletic season.^[6][7]

2014 Southland Conference Women's Basketball Tournament seeds
Seed	School	Conference Record	Overall Record (End of Regular Season)	Tiebreaker
1.	Lamar	13-5	18-11	1-0 vs. Central Arkansas
2.	Stephen F. Austin	13-5	19-11	1-1 vs. Central Arkansas
3.	Central Arkansas	12-6	18-11
4.	Northwestern State	11-7	18-12	2-0 vs. Nich & A&M-CC
5.	Nicholls State	11-7	16-13	2-1 vs. NW St & A&M-CC
6.	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	11-7	18-11	1-2 vs. NW St & Nich
7.	Abilene Christian	8-6	18-12	D1 transitioning, ineligible for NCAA Tourney
8.	McNeese State	10-8	17-12
9.	Oral Roberts	8-10	9-19	2-1 vs. SHSU & HBU
10.	Houston Baptist	8-10	12-17	1-1 vs. ORU & SHSU
11.	Sam Houston State	8-10	13-16	1-2 vs. ORU & HBU
12.	Southeastern Louisiana	7-11	8-22
13.	Incarnate Word	2-12	8-19	D1 transitioning, ineligible for NCAA Tourney
14.	New Orleans	0-18	0-29	Low APR, ineligible for NCAA Tourney

Bracket

	First Round Thursday, March 13 SLC Digital					Quarterfinals Friday, March 14 SLC Digital					Semifinals Saturday, March 15 ESPN3					Championship Game Sunday, March 16 CBSSN
											1	Lamar	60
											4	Northwestern State	61
						4	Northwestern State	69
	5	Nicholls State	77			5	Nicholls State	65
	8	Oral Roberts	66													4	Northwestern State	62
																2	Stephen F. Austin	44
											2	Stephen F. Austin	80
											7	McNeese State	54
						3	Central Arkansas	62
	6	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	73			7	McNeese State	66
	7	McNeese State	78

References

1. "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2013-14". ESPN. Retrieved 11 Apr 2014.
2. "2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Mar. 17)". ESPN. Retrieved 11 Apr 2014.
3. Richards, Joey (August 20, 2012). "Abilene Christian offered Southland Conference/ Division I membership". Abilene Reporter.
4. "Incarnate Word to join Southland during transition to D1". NCAA.com. 20 August 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
5. "NCAA report card: All Pitt teams pass". University of Pittsburgh University Times. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
6. "Oral Roberts will Return to Summit League in 2014". CBS Sports. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
7. "Oral Roberts will return to Summit League in 2014". prestosports. Retrieved 23 October 2012.