2018 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2018 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2017–18 |
Teams | 8 |
Site | Merrell Center Katy, Texas |
Champions | Stephen F. Austin (5th title) |
Winning coach | Kyle Keller (1st title) |
MVP | T. J. Holyfield (Stephen F. Austin) |
Television | ESPN3, ESPN2 |
Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southeastern Louisiana | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 22 | – | 12 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nicholls State | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 21 | – | 11 | .656 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stephen F. Austin † | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 28 | – | 7 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sam Houston State | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 21 | – | 15 | .583 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lamar | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Orleans | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 16 | – | 17 | .485 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Central Arkansas | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 18 | – | 17 | .514 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abilene Christian | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M–CC | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 11 | – | 18 | .379 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
McNeese State | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Incarnate Word | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 7 | – | 21 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston Baptist | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 6 | – | 25 | .194 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern State | 1 | – | 17 | .056 | 4 | – | 25 | .138 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2018 Southland Tournament winner |
The 2018 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament that completes 2017–18 season in the Southland Conference. The tournament was held at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas from March 7–10, 2018.[1]
Stephen F. Austin won the tournament by defeating Southeastern Louisiana in the championship game. As a result, the Lumberjacks received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Contents
1 Seeds
2 Schedule
3 Bracket
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
Seeds
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.[2] Only the top eight teams in the conference qualified for the tournament. The top two seeds received double byes into the semifinals in the merit-based format. The No. 3 and No. 4 seeds received single byes to the quarterfinals.
Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker 1 |
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1 | Southeastern Louisiana | 15–3 | 2–0 vs. Nicholls State |
2 | Nicholls State | 15–3 | 0–2 vs. Southeastern Louisiana |
3 | Stephen F. Austin | 14–4 | |
4 | Sam Houston State | 12–6 | |
5 | New Orleans | 11–7 | 2–0 vs. McNeese |
6 | Lamar | 11–7 | 1–1 vs. McNeese |
7 | Central Arkansas | 10–8 | |
8 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 8–10 | 3–0 vs. ACU/McNeese |
– | Abilene Christian | 8–10 | 1–2 vs. TAMU–CC/McNeese |
– | McNeese State | 8–10 | 0–2 vs. ACU/TAMU–CC |
Schedule
Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television |
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First round – Wednesday, March 7, 2018 | |||||
1 | 1 | 5:00 pm | No. 5 New Orleans vs. No. 8 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 86–73 | ESPN3 |
2 | 7:30 pm | No. 6 Lamar vs. No. 7 Central Arkansas | 57–67 | ||
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 8, 2018 | |||||
2 | 3 | 5:00 pm | No. 4 Sam Houston State vs. No. 5 New Orleans | 85–63 | ESPN3 |
4 | 7:30 pm | No. 3 Stephen F. Austin vs. No. 7 Central Arkansas | 86–64 | ||
Semifinals – Friday, March 9, 2018 | |||||
3 | 5 | 5:00 pm | No. 1 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 4 Sam Houston State | 89–79 | ESPN3 |
6 | 7:30 pm | No. 2 Nicholls State vs. No. 3 Stephen F. Austin | 66–78 | ||
Championship – Saturday, March 10, 2018 | |||||
4 | 7 | 8:30 pm | No. 1 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 3 Stephen F. Austin | 55–59 | ESPN2 |
*Game times in CST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. |
Source[1]
Bracket
First round Wednesday, March 7 ESPN3 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 8 ESPN3 | Semifinals Friday, March 9 ESPN3 | Championship Saturday, March 10 ESPN2 | |||||||||||||||
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| | | | 1 | SE Louisiana | 89 | | |||||||||||
| | | | 4 | Sam Houston State | 79 | | |||||||||||
| | | 4 | Sam Houston State | 85 | | ||||||||||||
5 | New Orleans | 86 | | | 5 | New Orleans | 63 | | ||||||||||
8 | Texas A&M–CC | 73 | | | | 1 | SE Louisiana | 55 | ||||||||||
| | | | 3 | Stephen F. Austin | 59 | ||||||||||||
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| | | | 2 | Nicholls State | 66 | | |||||||||||
| | | | 3 | Stephen F. Austin | 78 | | |||||||||||
| | | 3 | Stephen F. Austin | 86 | | | |||||||||||
6 | Lamar | 57 | | | 7 | Central Arkansas | 64 | | | |||||||||
7 | Central Arkansas | 67 | |
See also
- 2018 Southland Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
References
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