2022 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament

2022 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2021–22
Teams	12
Site	Pensacola Bay Center Pensacola, Florida
Champions	UT Arlington (1st title)
Winning coach	Shereka Wright (1st title)
Television	ESPN+, ESPNU
Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournaments

2021–22 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Troy	13	–	2		.867			24	–	9		.727
UT Arlington †	11	–	4		.733			20	–	8		.714
Louisiana	9	–	4		.692			18	–	7		.720
Appalachian State	8	–	4		.667			14	–	12		.538
Little Rock	8	–	4		.667			17	–	10		.630
Texas State	9	–	6		.600			15	–	14		.517
Georgia Southern	8	–	6		.571			18	–	10		.643
Arkansas State	5	–	9		.357			12	–	16		.429
Coastal Carolina	4	–	9		.308			15	–	11		.577
Georgia State	4	–	9		.308			10	–	16		.385
South Alabama	2	–	10		.167			8	–	18		.308
Louisiana–Monroe	0	–	14		.000			4	–	25		.138
† 2022 Sun Belt Tournament winner As of March 19, 2022 Rankings from AP poll

The 2022 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for Sun Belt Conference during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. All tournament games were played at Pensacola Bay Center between March 2–7, 2022.  The winner, UT Arlington, received the Sun Belt's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA tournament.

Seeds

All 12 conference teams qualified for the tournament. The top four teams received a bye into the quarterfinals.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Troy	13–2
2	UT Arlington	11–4
3	Louisiana	9–4
4	Appalachian State	8–4	1–0 vs. Little Rock
5	Little Rock	8–4	0–1 vs. Appalachian State
6	Texas State	9–6
7	Georgia Southern	8–6
8	Arkansas State	5–9
9	Coastal Carolina	4–9	2–0 vs. Georgia State
10	Georgia State	4–9	0–2 vs. Coastal Carolina
11	South Alabama	2–10
12	Louisiana–Monroe	0–14

Schedule

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television
First round – Wednesday, March 2 – Pensacola Bay Center, Pensacola, FL
1	11:30 am	No. 8 Arkansas State vs. No. 9 Coastal Carolina	76-91	ESPN+
2	2:00 pm	No. 5 Little Rock vs. No. 12 Louisiana-Monroe	61-56
3	5:00 pm	No. 6 Texas State vs. No. 11 South Alabama	80-66
4	7:30 pm	No. 7 Georgia Southern vs. No. 10 Georgia State	88-79
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 4 – Pensacola Bay Center, Pensacola, FL
5	11:30 am	No. 1 Troy vs. No. 9 Coastal Carolina	99-77	ESPN+
6	2:00 pm	No. 4 Appalachian State vs. No. 5 Little Rock	58–70
7	5:00 pm	No. 3 Louisiana vs. No. 6 Texas State	71–46
8	7:30 pm	No. 2 UT Arlington vs. No. 7 Georgia Southern	85–76
Semifinals – Sunday, March 6 – Pensacola Bay Center, Pensacola, FL
9	11:30 am	No. 1 Troy vs. No. 5 Little Rock	62-59	ESPN+
10	2 pm	No. 2 UT Arlington vs. No. 3 Louisiana	75-65
Championship – Monday, March 7 – Pensacola Bay Center, Pensacola, FL
11	1 pm	No. 1 Troy vs. No. 2 UT Arlington	61-76	ESPNU
Game times in CT. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022 ESPN+					Quarterfinals Friday, March 4th, 2022 ESPN+					Semifinals Sunday, March 6th, 2022 ESPN+					Championship game Monday, March 7th, 2022 ESPN2
						1	Troy	99
	8	Arkansas State	76			9	Coastal Carolina	77
	9	Coastal Carolina	91								1	Troy	62
											5	Little Rock	59
						4	Appalachian State	58
	5	Little Rock	61			5	Little Rock	70
	12	Louisiana-Monroe	56													1	Troy	61
																2	UT Arlington	76
						3	Louisiana	71
	6	Texas State	80			6	Texas State	46
	11	South Alabama	66								2	UT Arlington	75
											3	Louisiana	65
						2	UT Arlington	85
	7	Georgia Southern	88			7	Georgia Southern	76
	10	Georgia State	79

See also

2022 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament