Southern Conference women's basketball tournament | |
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Conference Basketball Championship | |
Sport | College basketball |
Conference | Southern Conference |
Number of teams | 8 |
Format | Single-elimination tournament |
Current stadium | Kimmel Arena, Asheville Civic Center |
Current location | Asheville, North Carolina |
Played | 1984–present |
Last contest | 2016 |
Current champion | Chattanooga |
Most championships | Chattanooga (17) |
TV partner(s) | ESPN3 |
Official website | Southern Conference |
The Southern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament has been played every year since the 1983–1984 academic year. The winner of the tournament is guaranteed an automatic berth into the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship.
Top-seed Chattanooga defeated 2-seed Samford, 72–67, to win the 2010 Southern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament. In 2011, Samford defeated Appalachian State, 57-54, to earn their first ever NCAA tournament bid.
¹No longer a conference member