| Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Conference Basketball Championship | |
| |
| Sport | College basketball |
| Conference | Southland Conference |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament |
| Current stadium | Leonard E. Merrell Center |
| Current location | Katy, Texas |
| Played | 1981-present |
| Last contest | 2010 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament |
| Current champion | Sam Houston State |
| Most championships | ULM Warhawks (6) |
| Official website | Southland.org Men's Basketball |
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 Men's Division I Basketball Championship.
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 Champions[]
| Year | Champion | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Lamar | first round at campus sites; rest at McDonald Gym, Beaumont, TX |
| 1982 | Louisiana-Lafayette | Blackham Coliseum, Lafayette, LA |
| 1983 | Lamar | McDonald Gym |
| 1984 | Louisiana Tech | first round at campus sites; rest at McDonald Gym |
| 1985 | Louisiana Tech | first round at campus sites; rest at Thomas Assembly Center, Ruston, LA |
| 1986 | Louisiana-Monroe | first round at campus sites; rest at Fant-Ewing Coliseum, Monroe, LA |
| 1987 | Louisiana Tech | first round at campus sites; rest at Thomas Assembly Center |
| 1988 | North Texas | first round at campus sites; rest at UNT Coliseum, Denton, TX |
| 1989 | McNeese State | same |
| 1990 | Louisiana-Monroe | Fant-Ewing Coliseum |
| 1991 | Louisiana-Monroe | same |
| 1992 | Louisiana-Monroe | Convocation Center, San Antonio, TX |
| 1993 | Louisiana-Monroe | Fant-Ewing Coliseum |
| 1994 | Southwest Texas State | same |
| 1995 | Nicholls State | first round at campus sites; rest at Hirsch Memorial Coliseum, Shreveport, LA |
| 1996 | Louisiana-Monroe | Hirsch Memorial Coliseum |
| 1997 | Southwest Texas State | same |
| 1998 | Nicholls State | same |
| 1999 | Texas-San Antonio | same |
| 2000 | Lamar | first round at campus sites; rest at Hirsch Memorial Coliseum |
| 2001 | Northwestern State | first round at campus sites; rest at CenturyTel Center, Bossier City, LA |
| 2002 | McNeese State | all at campus sites; finals at Burton Coliseum, Lake Charles, Louisiana |
| 2003 | Sam Houston State | all at campus sites; finals at Bernard Johnson Coliseum, Huntsville, Texas |
| 2004 | Texas-San Antonio | all at campus sites; finals at Convocation Center |
| 2005 | Southeastern Louisiana | all at campus sites; finals at Prather Coliseum, Natchitoches, Louisiana |
| 2006 | Northwestern State | same |
| 2007 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | Campbell Center, Houston, TX |
| 2008 | Texas-Arlington | Leonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, TX |
| 2009 | Stephen F. Austin | Leonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, TX |
| 2010 | Sam Houston State | Leonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, TX |
| 2011 | Leonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, TX |
Note: Southwest Texas State became Texas State in 2003.
Performance By School[]
| Member | Winners | Winning Years |
|---|---|---|
| ¹Louisiana-Monroe | 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996 | |
| Lamar | 1981, 1983, 2000 | |
| ¹Louisiana Tech | 1984, 1985, 1987 | |
| McNeese State | 1989, 2002 | |
| Nicholls State | 1995, 1998 | |
| UTSA | 1999, 2004 | |
| Texas State | 1994, 1997 | |
| Northwestern State | 2001, 2006 | |
| Sam Houston State | 2003, 2010 | |
| Southeastern Louisiana | 2005 | |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | 2007 | |
| ¹North Texas | 1988 | |
| ¹Louisiana-Lafayette | 1982 | |
| UT-Arlington | 2008 | |
| Stephen F. Austin | 2009 | |
| TOTAL |
¹no longer a conference member
Television coverage[]
See also[]
References[]
- Southland Conference - official site
NCAA Division I men's basketball conference tournaments
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