Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The Southland Conference's Men's Basketball Tournament began in 1981, with the winner of the tournament receiving the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship.

Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Conference Basketball Championship
SportCollege basketball
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Number of teams8
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumLeonard E. Merrell Center
Current locationKaty, Texas
Played1981–present
Last contest2019
Current championAbilene Christian Wildcats
Most championshipsNortheast Louisiana (6)
TV partner(s)ESPN
Official websiteSouthland.org Men's Basketball

From 1981 to 2001, the first round of the tournament took place at the higher seed, with the remaining rounds at a set location. In 2002, the Southland changed the format to play games at the campus of sites of each higher seed, during every round of the tournament. This was changed again in 2007, the first year that the conference selected a neutral site for all rounds of the tournament.

Tournament results

YearWinnerScoreOpponentMVPVenue
1981Lamar83–69Louisiana TechMike Olliver, Lamarfirst round at campus sites; rest at Beaumont Civic Center, Beaumont, Texas
1982Southwestern Louisiana81–75Texas–ArlingtonAlford Turner, Louisiana-LafayetteBlackham Coliseum, Lafayette, Louisiana
1983Lamar75–54North Texas StateKenneth Lyons, North Texas &
Lamont Robinson, Lamar
Beaumont Civic Center
1984Louisiana Tech68–65LamarWillie Simmons, Louisiana Techfirst round at campus sites; rest at Beaumont Civic Center
1985Louisiana Tech70–69LamarJerry Everett, Lamarfirst round at campus sites; rest at Thomas Assembly Center, Ruston, Louisiana
1986Louisiana-Monroe59–57McNeese StateArthur Hayes, Louisiana-Monroefirst round at campus sites; rest at Fant–Ewing Coliseum, Monroe, Louisiana
1987Louisiana Tech58–51Arkansas StateRobert Godbolt, Louisiana Techfirst round at campus sites; rest at Thomas Assembly Center
1988North Texas87–70Louisiana-MonroeTony Worrell, North Texasfirst round at campus sites; rest at UNT Coliseum, Denton, Texas
1989McNeese State85–68North TexasMichael Cutright, McNeese Statefirst round at campus sites; rest at UNT Coliseum, Denton, Texas
1990Louisiana-Monroe84–68North TexasAnthony Jones, Louisiana-MonroeFant–Ewing Coliseum
1991Louisiana-Monroe87–60Texas–ArlingtonAnthony Jones, Louisiana-MonroeFant–Ewing Coliseum
1992Louisiana-Monroe81–77UTSARyan Stuart, Louisiana-MonroeConvocation Center, San Antonio, Texas
1993Louisiana-Monroe80–66UTSARyan Stuart, Louisiana-MonroeFant–Ewing Coliseum
1994Texas State69–60North TexasLynwood Wade, Texas StateFant–Ewing Coliseum
1995Nicholls State98–87Louisiana-MonroeReggie Jackson, Nicholls Statefirst round at campus sites; rest at Hirsch Memorial Coliseum, Shreveport, Louisiana
1996Louisiana-Monroe71–60North TexasPaul Marshall, Louisiana-MonroeHirsch Memorial Coliseum
1997Texas State74–64Louisiana-MonroeDameon Sansom, Texas StateHirsch Memorial Coliseum
1998Nicholls State84–81Texas–ArlingtonDonald Harris, Texas–ArlingtonHirsch Memorial Coliseum
1999UTSA71–63Texas StateSteve Meyer, UTSAGold Dome, Shreveport, Louisiana
2000Lamar62–55Northwestern StateLandon Rowe, Lamarfirst round at campus sites; rest at Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
2001Northwestern State72–71McNeese StateMichael Byars-Dawson, Northwestern Statefirst round at campus sites; rest at CenturyTel Center, Bossier City, Louisiana
2002McNeese State65–43Louisiana-MonroeFred Gentry, McNeese Stateall at campus sites; finals at Burton Coliseum, Lake Charles, Louisiana
2003Sam Houston State69–66 (OT)Stephen F. AustinDonald Cole, Sam Houston Stateall at campus sites; finals at Bernard Johnson Coliseum, Huntsville, Texas
2004UTSA74–70Stephen F. AustinLeRoy Hurd, UTSAall at campus sites; finals at Convocation Center
2005Southeastern Louisiana49–42Northwestern StateRicky Woods, Southwestern Louisianaall at campus sites; finals at Prather Coliseum, Natchitoches, Louisiana
2006Northwestern State95–87Sam Houston StateClifton Lee, Northwestern Stateall at campus sites; finals at Prather Coliseum, Natchitoches, Louisiana
2007Texas A&M–Corpus Christi81–78Northwestern StateChris Daniels, Texas A&M–Corpus ChristiCampbell Center, Houston, Texas
2008Texas–Arlington82–79Northwestern StateAnthony Vereen, Texas–ArlingtonLeonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, Texas
2009Stephen F. Austin68–57UTSAMatt Kingsley, Stephen F. AustinLeonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, Texas
2010Sam Houston State64–48Stephen F. AustinAshton Mitchell, Sam Houston StateLeonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, Texas
2011UTSA75–72McNeese StateDevin Gibson, UTSALeonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, Texas
2012Lamar70–49McNeese StateMike James, LamarLeonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, Texas
2013Northwestern State68–66Stephen F. AustinShamir Davis, Northwestern StateLeonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, Texas
2014Stephen F. Austin*68–49Sam Houston StateThomas Walkup, Stephen F. AustinLeonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, Texas
2015Stephen F. Austin*83–70Sam Houston StateThomas Walkup, Stephen F. AustinLeonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, Texas
2016Stephen F. Austin*82–60Texas A&M–Corpus ChristiThomas Walkup, Stephen F. AustinLeonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, Texas
2017New Orleans68–65 (OT)Texas A&M–Corpus ChristiErik Thomas, New OrleansLeonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, Texas
2018Stephen F. Austin*59–55Southeastern LouisianaT. J. Holyfield, Stephen F. AustinLeonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, Texas
2019Abilene Christian77–60New OrleansJaren Lewis, Abilene ChristianLeonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, Texas
2020Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemicLeonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, Texas

Note: Northeast Louisiana and Southwestern Louisiana became Louisiana–Monroe and Louisiana–Lafayette, respectively, in 1999. Southwest Texas State became Texas State in 2003.

Note on asterisks: Stephen F. Austin State kept academically ineligible players from 2013-2020.[1]

Performance By School

Member Winners Winning Years
Northeast Louisiana 6 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996
Stephen F. Austin 5* 2009, 2014*, 2015*, 2016*, 2018*
Lamar 4 1981, 1983, 2000, 2012
Northwestern State 3 2001, 2006, 2013
Louisiana Tech 3 1984, 1985, 1987
UTSA 3 1999, 2004, 2011
McNeese State 2 1989, 2002
Nicholls State 2 1995, 1998
Sam Houston State 2 2003, 2010
Texas State 2 1994, 1997
Abilene Christian 1 2019
New Orleans 1 2017
North Texas 1 1988
Southeastern Louisiana 1 2005
Southwestern Louisiana 1 1982
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 1 2007
Texas-Arlington 1 2008
TOTAL 39

Note: Italics indicates former conference member. Note on asterisks: Stephen F Austin used academically ineligible players from 2013-2010.

All-Time Tournament Standings

School Record Winning pct Championships Runners-up Appearances
Current Members
Abilene Christian 2-0 1.000 1 0 1
Lamar 21-14 .600 4 2 18
Northwestern State 21–15 .583 3 4 18
Stephen F. Austin 23–17 .575 5 4 22
New Orleans 5-4 .556 1 0 5
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 8–8 .500 1 2 9
Sam Houston State 20–20 .500 2 3 22
McNeese State 24-28 .461 2 3 29
Southeastern Louisiana 9-14 .391 1 1 15
Nicholls 9–15 .375 2 0 17
Houston Baptist 1-3 .333 0 0 2
Central Arkansas 1-3 .250 0 0 4
Incarnate Word 0-0 .000 0 0 0
Former Members
Southwestern Louisiana 4-1 .800 1 0 2
Louisiana Tech 9-4 .692 3 1 7
Louisiana-Monroe 21-16 .568 6 4 22
Texas-San Antonio 17-15 .531 3 3 18
North Texas 11-11 .500 1 5 12
Arkansas State 4-6 .400 0 1 6
Texas State 10-15 .400 2 1 17
Texas-Arlington 13-25 .342 1 3 26
Oral Roberts 1-2 .333 0 0 2

Italicized indicates former member
Sources: [2]

Television coverage

Year Network Play-by-play Analyst
2020 ESPN2 Lowell Galindo Lance Blanks
2019 ESPN2 Lowell Galindo Reid Gettys
2018 ESPN2 Lowell Galindo Lance Blanks
2017 ESPN2 Lowell Galindo Lance Blanks
2016 ESPN2 Bob Wischusen Sean Harrington
2015 ESPN2 Mark Neely Stephen Howard
2014[3] ESPN2 Carter Blackburn Stephen Howard
2013[4] ESPN2 Carter Blackburn Mark Adams
2012[5] ESPN2 Carter Blackburn Dereck Whittenburg
2011[6] ESPN2 Carter Blackburn Dereck Whittenburg
2010[7] ESPN2 Lou Canellis Mike Kelley
2009[8] ESPN2 Dave Barnett Mike Kelley
2008[9] ESPN2 Dave Barnett Bucky Walters
2007[10] ESPN2 Eric Collins Jimmy Dykes
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See also

References

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