2022 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament

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.

2022 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2021–22
Teams	12
Site	Bojangles Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina
Champions	Longwood (1st title)
Winning coach	Griff Aldrich (1st title)
MVP	Isaiah Wilkins (Longwood)
Television	ESPN+, ESPN2
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2021–22 Big South men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
North
Longwood †	15	–	1		.938			26	–	7		.788
Campbell	8	–	8		.500			16	–	13		.552
High Point	7	–	9		.438			14	–	18		.438
Radford	7	–	9		.438			11	–	18		.379
North Carolina A&T	6	–	10		.375			12	–	20		.375
Hampton	5	–	11		.313			9	–	19		.321
South
Winthrop	14	–	2		.875			23	–	9		.719
Gardner–Webb	11	–	5		.688			18	–	13		.581
USC Upstate	10	–	6		.625			15	–	17		.469
UNC Asheville	8	–	8		.500			17	–	15		.531
Presbyterian	4	–	12		.250			12	–	20		.375
Charleston Southern	1	–	15		.063			6	–	25		.194
† 2022 Big South tournament winner

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

ESPN+

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.