The 2021–22 Southland Conference women's basketball season is scheduled to begin with practices in October 2021 followed by the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November 2021. The conference is scheduled to begin in December 2021. This was the 35th season under the Southland Conference name.

The Southland Conference tournament is scheduled for March 9–13, 2022 at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas.

Pre-season

Preseason polls

Southland Conference Coaches' Poll

+Women's Basketball Preseason Poll (Coaches) Place Team Points First place votes 1. Southeastern Louisiana 168 13 2. Houston Baptist 148 1 3. Incarnate Word 147 — 4. Nicholls 136 1 5. Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 133 ― 6. McNeese State 110 ― 7. New Orleans 90 ― 8. Northwestern State 89 ― Source:

Southland Conference Preseason All-Conference

Preseason All-Southland First Team

+ Key Symbol Meaning 2020-21 All-Conference Team Member automatically earns a spot on the first team

NameSchool Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown (Last School) Timia Jefferson Houston Baptist Jr. G 5'9 Mansfield, TX (Timberview HS) Hailey Giaratano Southeastern Louisiana So. G 5'10 Ponchatoula, LA (Ponchatoula HS) Morgan Carrier Southeastern Louisiana Sr. G/F 5'9 New Iberia, LA (New Iberia HS) Divine Tanks McNeese State Jr. F 6'1 Lake Charles, LA (Barbe HS) Chelsea Cain Nicholls Jr. F 6'0 Prairieville, LA, (Dutchtown HS) Source:

Preseason All-Southland Second Team

NameSchool Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown (Last School) Kennedy Wilson Houston Baptist Jr. G 5'6 Mansfield, TX (Timberview HS) Jaaucklyn Moore Incarnate Word So. G 5'8 Round Rock, TX (Round Rock HS) Chyna Allen Nicholls Sr. G 5'7 Gulfport, MS (Jones College) Caitlyn Williams Southeastern Louisiana Sr. F 6'0 Brusly, LA (Brusly HS) Alecia Westbrook Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Jr. F/C 6'1 Kansas City, MO (Park Hill South HS) Source:

Midseason watchlists Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists.

WoodenNaismithLibermanDrysdale MillerMcClainLeslie Wade

Final watchlists Below is a table of notable year end watch lists.

WoodenNaismithLibermanDrysdale MillerMcClainLeslie Wade

Regular season

Records against other conferences 2021–22 records against non-conference foes as of (January 9, 2022):

Regular season Power 7 ConferencesRecordAmerican 0–5ACC 0–0Big East 0–1Big Ten 0–0Big 12 0–6Pac-12 0–2SEC 0–4Power 7 Conferences Total 0–18Other NCAA Division 1 ConferencesRecordAmerica East 1–0 A-10 0–0ASUN 0–0Big Sky 0–2Big South 0–0Big West 1–0CAA 0–0C-USA 0–5Horizon 0–0Ivy League 0–0MAAC 0–0MAC 0–0MEAC 0–0MVC 0–0Mountain West 0–2NEC 0–0OVC 0–0Patriot League 0–0SoCon 0–0Summit League 1–1SWAC 4–3Sun Belt 3–7WAC 1–12WCC 1–0Other Division I Total 12–32 Division II Total 2–0 Division III Total 7–0NCAA Division I Total 12–50NAIA ConferencesRecordAMC 0–0GCAC 1–0GPAC 0–0NSAA 0–0RRAC 4–0SAC 3–0SSAC 1–0NAIA Total 9–0NCCAA ConferencesRecordDivision I - Central 1–0NCCAA Total 1–0Other teamsRecordNon-NCAA, non-NAIA and non-NCCAA teams 1–0

Post Season Power 7 ConferencesRecordAmerican 0–0ACC 0–0Big East 0–0Big Ten 0–0Big 12 0–0Pac-12 0–0SEC 0–0Power 7 Conferences Total 0–0Other NCAA Division 1 ConferencesRecordAmerica East 0–0 A-10 0–0ASUN 0–0Big Sky 0–0Big South 0–0Big West 0–0CAA 0–0C-USA 0–0Horizon 0–0Ivy League 0–0MAAC 0–0MAC 0–0MEAC 0–0MVC 0–0Mountain West 0–0NEC 0–0OVC 0–0Patriot League 0–0SoCon 0–0Summit League 0–0SWAC 0–0Sun Belt 0–0WAC 0–0WCC 0–0Other Division I Total 0–0 NCAA Division I Total 0–0

Record against ranked non-conference opponents This is a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP Poll):

Date Visitor Home Site Significance Score Conference record Nov 9 No. 23 Texas A&M Reed Arena ● College Station, TX South Texas Showdown L 54–87 0–1 Nov 9 No. 25 Texas Frank Erwin Center ● Austin, TX ― L 36–131 0–2 Nov 15 New Orleans No. 6 Baylor Ferrell Center ● Waco, TX ― L 39–78 0–3 Dec 18 New Orleans No. 22 LSU Pete Maravich Assembly Center ● Baton Rouge, LA Canceled due to COVID-19 Dec 29 No. 10 Baylor Ferrell Center ● Waco, TX Canceled due to COVID-19

Team rankings are reflective of AP poll when the game was played, not current or final ranking

† denotes game was played on neutral site

Awards and honors

Players of the Week Throughout the conference regular season, the Southland Conference offices named one or two players of the week each Monday.

WeekPlayer of the WeekSchool Ref. Nov. 15Jordan ToddNorthwestern State Nov. 22Timia Jefferson Houston Baptist Nov. 29Alecia Westbrook Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Dec. 6Jiselle WoodsonNorthwestern State Dec. 13Candice ParramoreNorthwestern State Dec. 20Monette BoldenNorthwestern State Dec. 27Bryanna WashingtonNicholls Jan. 3DeArica PryorNew Orleans Jan. 10Alecia Westbrook (2)Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Jan. 17Chelsea CainNicholls Jan. 24Alecia Westbrook (3)Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Jan. 31Caitlyn WilliamsSoutheastern Feb. 7Caitlyn Williams (2)Southeastern Feb. 14Jordan Todd (2)Northwestern State TBD ― ― TBD ― ― TBD ― ― TBD ― ―

Totals per School

School TotalNorthwestern State 5Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 3Nicholls 2Southeastern 2Houston Baptist 1New Orleans 1

References