LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- The SCAC office today announced the men's bracket for the 2022 basketball tournament, which will be begin Friday, Feb. 25 in Sherman, Texas on the campus of Austin College. Men's Tournament Bracket | Official Tournament Website | Week 15 Men's Basketball Release

The seeds for this year's men's tournament are as follows:
1) St. Thomas (14-2 SCAC; 20-5 overall)
2) Trinity (13-3 SCAC; 21-4 overall)
3) Schreiner (12-4 SCAC; 14-11 overall)
4) Texas Lutheran (8-8 SCAC; 10-14 overall)
5) Centenary (7-9 SCAC; 12-12 overall)
6) Southwestern (6-10 SCAC; 9-16 overall)

University of St. Thomas, the defending SCAC tournament champion, enters this year's event as the No. 1 seed with a 14-2 conference mark. The Celts, who also won the regular season title in their first season in the league in 2019-20, defeated Trinity 80-66 to take the 2021 tournament title which was contested over three weekends.

With St. Thomas sitting at 20-5 and second-seeded Trinity at 21-4, this year marks the first time since the 2009 event that two teams enter the conference tournament with 20+ wins. Centre College had 20 wins and Trinity had 22 wins leading into that '09 championship.

The winner of this year's championship tournament will represent the conference in the NCAA Tournament as the league's automatic qualifier, with one noted exception. In its final season as a NCAA Division III provisional member, if St. Thomas were to win this year's tournament, then the highest-seeded team eligible to participate in the tournament will be selected, which would be Trinity as the No. 2 seeded team.

Men's quarterfinal action gets underway at Noon CT Friday afternoon.

Friday - Quarterfinals at Austin College
Game 1 - Noon CT - #4 Texas Lutheran vs. #5 Centenary
Game 2 - 2 p.m. CT - #3 Schreiner vs. #6 Southwestern

Saturday - Semifinals at Austin College
Game 3 - Noon CT - #1 St. Thomas vs. Winner of Men's G1
Game 4 - 2 p.m. CT - #2 Trinity vs. Winner of Men's G2

Sunday - Finals at Austin College
Game 5 - Noon CT - Winner of Men's G3 vs. Winner of Men's G4

For more information on the 2022 SCAC Men's Basketball Tournament, click here for the official website.