Southland Conference Women's Basketball Tournament | |
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Conference Basketball Championship | |
Sport | College basketball |
Conference | Southland Conference |
Number of teams | 8 |
Format | Single-elimination tournament |
Current stadium | Leonard E. Merrell Center |
Current location | Katy, Texas |
Played | 1983, 1988-present |
Current champion | Northwestern State Lady Demons |
Most championships | Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks (15) |
Official website | Southland.org Women's Basketball |
The Southland Conference's Women’s Basketball Tournament began in 1983, with the winner of the tournament receiving the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship. There was no tournament from 1984-1987, but in 1988 the season-ending tradition returned for good, with a format much as in the men's tournament, with opening rounds at the home court of the higher seed, and a designated location thereafter.
Starting in 2007, both the men's and women's tournaments were played at the same neutral site, for all rounds.