2022 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2021–22
Teams12
SiteBojangles Coliseum
Charlotte, North Carolina
ChampionsLongwood (1st title)
Winning coachGriff Aldrich (1st title)
MVPIsaiah Wilkins (Longwood)
TelevisionESPN+, ESPN2
2021–22 Big South men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
North
Longwood †15–1 .93826–7  .788
Campbell8–8 .50016–13  .552
High Point7–9 .43814–18  .438
Radford7–9 .43811–18  .379
North Carolina A&T6–10 .37512–20  .375
Hampton5–11 .3139–19  .321
South
Winthrop14–2 .87523–9  .719
Gardner–Webb11–5 .68818–13  .581
USC Upstate10–6 .62515–17  .469
UNC Asheville8–8 .50017–15  .531
Presbyterian4–12 .25012–20  .375
Charleston Southern1–15 .0636–25  .194
† 2022 Big South tournament winner

The 2022 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big South Conference for the 2021–22 season. It was held from March 2–6, 2022, with all tournament games played at the Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina. This was the first time since the 2016 edition that the tournament was held at a single neutral site location. The tournament winner, Longwood, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The defending champions were the Winthrop Eagles.

Seeds

With the addition of North Carolina A&T before the season, the conference increased its membership to 12 teams and split into divisions for the first time since 2013–14. The division winners were awarded the top two seeds,[1] with the rest of the teams being seeded by record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

The tiebreakers operate in the following order:[2]

  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.

UNC Asheville got a higher seeding than Campbell due to the head-to-head record. High Point got a higher seeding than Radford got a better top-to-bottom record through High Point's win against Winthrop.

Seed School Conference NET ranking[3]
(March 2, 2021)
1 Longwood 15–1 143rd
2 Winthrop 14–2 145th
3 Gardner–Webb 11–5 163rd
4 USC Upstate 10–6 271st
5 UNC Asheville 8–8 222nd
6 Campbell 8–8 223rd
7 High Point 7–9 255th
8 Radford 7–9 288th
9 North Carolina A&T 6–10 290th
10 Hampton 5–11 321st
11 Presbyterian 4–12 270th
12 Charleston Southern 1–15 351st

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup Score Channel
First round - Wednesday, March 2
Bojangles Coliseum
Charlotte, NC
1 11:30 am #8 Radford vs. #9 North Carolina A&T 71–78 ESPN+
2 2:00 pm #5 UNC Asheville vs. #12 Charleston Southern 78–79
3 6:00 pm #7 High Point vs. #10 Hampton 84–77
4 8:00 pm #6 Campbell vs. #11 Presbyterian 75–72
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 4
Bojangles Coliseum
5 12:00 pm #1 Longwood vs. #9 North Carolina A&T 79–65 ESPN+
6 2:00 pm #4 USC Upstate vs.#12 Charleston Southern 72–62
7 6:00 pm #2 Winthrop vs. #7 High Point 68–51
8 8:00 pm #3 Gardner–Webb vs. #6 Campbell 54–53
Semifinals - Saturday, March 5
Bojangles Coliseum
9 12:00 pm #1 Longwood vs. #4 USC Upstate 79–70 ESPN+
10 2:00 pm #2 Winthrop vs. #3 Gardner-Webb 76–67
Championship - Sunday, March 6
Bojangles Coliseum
11 12:00 pm #1 Longwood vs. #2 Winthrop 79–58 ESPN2
*Game times in ET

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, March 2
ESPN+ 		Quarterfinals
Friday, March 4
ESPN+ 		Semifinals
Saturday, March 5
ESPN+ 		Final
Sunday, March 6
ESPN2
1 Longwood 79*
8 Radford 71 9 North Carolina A&T 65
9 North Carolina A&T 78* 1 Longwood 79
4 USC Upstate 70
4 USC Upstate 72
5 UNC Asheville 78 12 Charleston Southern 62
12 Charleston Southern 79 1 Longwood 79
2 Winthrop 58
2 Winthrop 68
7 High Point 84* 7 High Point 51
10 Hampton 77 2 Winthrop 76
3 Gardner–Webb 67
3 Gardner–Webb 54
6 Campbell 75** 6 Campbell 53
11 Presbyterian 72

* denotes overtime period

Game summaries

First round

March 2
11:30 a.m.
No. 8 Radford 71, No. 9 North Carolina A&T 78 (OT)
Scoring by half: 27–33, 41–19 Overtime: 11–18
Pts: Jeffers (18)
Rebs: Mangum (10)
Asts: Jeffers (4)		 Pts: Watson (18)
Rebs: Watson (11)
Asts: Watson/Langley (3)
Bojangles Colisuem
Charlotte, NC
ESPN+
March 2
2:00 p.m.
No. 5 UNC Asheville 78, No. 12 Charleston Southern 79
Scoring by half: 42–36, 36–43
Pts: Thorpe (18)
Rebs: Jones (8)
Asts: Thorpe (5)		 Pts: Kelly (24)
Rebs: Kelly/Buskey (7)
Asts: Buskey (6)
Bojangles Coliseum
Charlotte, NC
ESPN+
March 2
6:00 p.m.
No. 7 High Point 84, No. 10 Hampton 77 (OT)
Scoring by half: 39–32, 28–43 Overtime: 13–6
Pts: Austin (24)
Rebs: Austin (16)
Asts: Wright (3)		 Pts: Dean (28)
Rebs: Garvin (13)
Asts: Dean (5)
Bojangles Coliseum
Charlotte, NC
ESPN+
March 2
8:00 p.m.
No. 6 Campbell 75, No. 11 Presbyterian 72 (OT)
Scoring by half: 31–24, 19–36 Overtime: 9–9; 11–8
Pts: Whitfield (16)
Rebs: Carralero (13)
Asts: Carralero (8)		 Pts: Hill (20)
Rebs: Hill (9)
Asts: Reddish (3)
Bojangles Coliseum
Charlotte, NC

References

  1. ↑ "2022 Hercules Tires Men's Basketball Championship (PDF) - Big South Conference" (PDF). bigsouthsports.com. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Basketball Tiebreaker Policy". bigsouthsports.com. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
  3. ↑ "NCAA Statistics - NET Ranking MBB 3/1/2022". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
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