Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Conference Basketball Championship
Sport	College basketball
Conference	Southland Conference
Number of teams	8
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium	Leonard E. Merrell Center
Current location	Katy, Texas
Played	1981–present
Last contest	2016
Current champion	Stephen F. Austin
Most championships	Northeast Louisiana (6)
TV partner(s)	ESPN
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 results

Year	Winner	Score	Opponent	MVP	Venue
1981	Lamar	83–69	Louisiana Tech	Mike Olliver, Lamar	first round at campus sites; rest at Beaumont Civic Center, Beaumont, TX
1982	Louisiana-Lafayette	81–75	Texas–Arlington	Alford Turner, Louisiana-Lafayette	Blackham Coliseum, Lafayette, LA
1983	Lamar	75–54	North Texas	Kenneth Lyons, North Texas & Lamont Robinson, Lamar	Beaumont Civic Center
1984	Louisiana Tech	68–65	Lamar	Willie Simmons, Louisiana Tech	first round at campus sites; rest at Beaumont Civic Center
1985	Louisiana Tech	70–69	Lamar	Jerry Everett, Lamar	first round at campus sites; rest at Thomas Assembly Center, Ruston, LA
1986	Louisiana-Monroe	59–57	McNeese State	Arthur Hayes, Louisiana-Monroe	first round at campus sites; rest at Fant-Ewing Coliseum, Monroe, LA
1987	Louisiana Tech	58–51	Arkansas State	Robert Godbolt, Louisiana Tech	first round at campus sites; rest at Thomas Assembly Center
1988	North Texas	87–70	Louisiana-Monroe	Tony Worrell, North Texas	first round at campus sites; rest at UNT Coliseum, Denton, TX
1989	McNeese State	85–68	North Texas	Michael Cutright, McNeese State	first round at campus sites; rest at UNT Coliseum, Denton, TX
1990	Louisiana-Monroe	84–68	North Texas	Anthony Jones, Louisiana-Monroe	Fant-Ewing Coliseum
1991	Louisiana-Monroe	87–60	Texas–Arlington	Anthony Jones, Louisiana-Monroe	Fant-Ewing Coliseum
1992	Louisiana-Monroe	81–77	UTSA	Ryan Stuart, Louisiana-Monroe	Convocation Center, San Antonio, TX
1993	Louisiana-Monroe	80–66	UTSA	Ryan Stuart, Louisiana-Monroe	Fant-Ewing Coliseum
1994	Texas State	69–60	North Texas	Lynwood Wade, Texas State	Fant-Ewing Coliseum
1995	Nicholls State	98–87	Louisiana-Monroe	Reggie Jackson, Nicholls State	first round at campus sites; rest at Hirsch Memorial Coliseum, Shreveport, LA
1996	Louisiana-Monroe	71–60	North Texas	Paul Marshall, Louisiana-Monroe	Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
1997	Texas State	74–64	Louisiana-Monroe	Dameon Sansom, Texas State	Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
1998	Nicholls State	84–81	Texas–Arlington	Donald Harris, Texas–Arlington	Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
1999	UTSA	71–63	Texas State	Steve Meyer, UTSA	Gold Dome. Centenary College
2000	Lamar	62–55	Northwestern State	Landon Rowe, Lamar	first round at campus sites; rest at Hirsch Memorial Coliseum
2001	Northwestern State	72–71	McNeese State	Michael Byars-Dawson, Northwestern State	first round at campus sites; rest at CenturyTel Center, Bossier City, LA
2002	McNeese State	65–43	Louisiana-Monroe	Fred Gentry, McNeese State	all at campus sites; finals at Burton Coliseum, Lake Charles, Louisiana
2003	Sam Houston State	69–66 (OT)	Stephen F. Austin	Donald Cole, Sam Houston State	all at campus sites; finals at Bernard Johnson Coliseum, Huntsville, Texas
2004	UTSA	74–70	Stephen F. Austin	LeRoy Hurd, UTSA	all at campus sites; finals at Convocation Center
2005	Southeastern Louisiana	49–42	Northwestern State	Ricky Woods, Southwestern Louisiana	all at campus sites; finals at Prather Coliseum, Natchitoches, Louisiana
2006	Northwestern State	95–87	Sam Houston State	Clifton Lee, Northwestern State	all at campus sites; finals at Prather Coliseum, Natchitoches, Louisiana
2007	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	81–78	Northwestern State	Chris Daniels, Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	Campbell Center, Houston, TX
2008	Texas–Arlington	82–79	Northwestern State	Anthony Vereen, Texas–Arlington	Leonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, TX
2009	Stephen F. Austin	68–57	UTSA	Matt Kingsley, Stephen F. Austin	Leonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, TX
2010	Sam Houston State	64–48	Stephen F. Austin	Ashton Mitchell, Sam Houston State	Leonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, TX
2011	UTSA	75–72	McNeese State	Devin Gibson, UTSA	Leonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, TX
2012	Lamar	70–49	McNeese State	Mike James, Lamar	Leonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, TX
2013	Northwestern State	68–66	Stephen F. Austin	Shamir Davis, Northwestern State	Leonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, TX
2014	Stephen F. Austin	68–49	Sam Houston State	Thomas Walkup, Stephen F. Austin	Leonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, TX
2015	Stephen F. Austin	83–70	Sam Houston State	Thomas Walkup, Stephen F. Austin	Leonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, TX
2016	Stephen F. Austin	82–60	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	Thomas Walkup, Stephen F. Austin	Leonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, TX

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

Performance By School

Member	Winners	Winning Years
Northeast Louisiana	6	1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996
Lamar	4	1981, 1983, 2000, 2012
Stephen F. Austin	4	2009, 2014, 2015, 2016
UTSA	3	1999, 2004, 2011
Louisiana Tech	3	1984, 1985, 1987
Northwestern State	3	2001, 2006, 2013
McNeese State	2	1989, 2002
Nicholls State	2	1995, 1998
Texas State	2	1994, 1997
Sam Houston State	2	2003, 2010
Southeastern Louisiana	1	2005
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	1	2007
North Texas	1	1988
Southwestern Louisiana	1	1982
Texas-Arlington	1	2008
TOTAL	36

Records since the 2007 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

School	Record	Winning pct	Championships	Runners-up	Appearances
Current Members
Stephen F. Austin	12–6	.666	3	2	9
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	6–4	.600	1	0	5
Sam Houston State	10–7	.588	1	1	8
Lamar	4-3	.571	1	0	3
McNeese State	7-7	.500	0	2	7
Northwestern State	6–6	.500	1	2	7
New Orleans	1-1	.500	0	0	1
Nicholls	2–7	.222	0	0	7
Southeastern Louisiana	2-8	.200	0	0	8
Central Arkansas	0-1	.000	0	0	1
Houston Baptist		.000	0	0	0
Abilene Christian		.000	0	0	0
Incarnate Word		.000	0	0	0
Former Members
Texas-San Antonio	5-4	.555	1	0	4
Texas-Arlington	4-4	.500	1	0	4
Oral Roberts	1-2	.333	0	0	2
Texas State	1-2	.333	0	0	2

Italicized indicates former member
Sources: ^[1][2]

Television coverage

See also

• Southland Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

References

1. "Southland Conference 2014-15 Men's Basketball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 116. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
2. "Men's Basketball - 2015 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament" (PDF). Southland Conference. Retrieved May 22, 2015.