2016 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2016 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 201516
Teams 8
Site Merrell Center
Katy, Texas
Television ESPN3, ESPN2
Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2015  2017»
2015–16 Southland Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Stephen F. Austin 11 0   1.000     18 5   .783
Texas A&M–CC 9 3   .750     18 6   .750
Incarnate Word* 8 3   .727     13 9   .591
Houston Baptist 8 4   .667     14 11   .560
Sam Houston State 8 4   .667     13 12   .520
Abilene Christian* 6 5   .545     11 13   .458
New Orleans 4 7   .364     8 14   .364
Southeastern Louisiana 4 7   .364     6 18   .250
Central Arkansas** 4 7   .364     5 16   .238
Northwestern State 4 8   .333     7 15   .318
McNeese State 4 8   .333     6 16   .273
Nicholls State 3 9   .250     7 19   .269
Lamar 2 10   .167     10 14   .417
* Ineligible for postseason during transition to Division I
** Ineligible for postseason due to APR violations
2016 Southland Tournament winner
As of February 13, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, will take place March 9–12 at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas.[1] The winner of the tournament will receive the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Tournament. Two programs in their third year of the transition from NCAA Division II to Division I, Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word, will be ineligible for the tournament.[2][3] In addition, the Central Arkansas will be ineligible for the tournament for failure to meet enhanced NCAA Academic Performance Rating (APR) requirements.[4]

Seeds

Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker[5]
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
‡ Southland Conference regular season champions.
* Receives a first-round and second-round bye in the conference tournament.
# Receives a first-round bye in the conference tournament.
Overall record as of end of regular season.

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup# Score Television
First round – Wednesday, March 9
1 1 5:00 pm #5 vs. #8 ESPN3
2 7:30 pm #6 vs. #7
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10
2 3 5:00pm #4 vs. Winner Game 1 ESPN3
4 7:30pm #3 vs. Winner Game 2
Semifinals – Friday, March 11
3 5 5:00 pm #1 vs. Winner Game 3 ESPN3
6 7:30pm #2 vs. Winner Game 4
Championship – Saturday, March 12
4 7 8:30pm ESPN 2
*Game times in CST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, March 9
ESPN3
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 10
ESPN3
Semifinals
Friday, March 11
ESPN3
Championship
Saturday, March 12
ESPN2
      
               
               
           1     
                 
         4     
5             
8              
               
               
               
           2     
                 
         3          
6                   
7     

Game summaries

ESPN3
03/09/2015
5:00 pm
Scoring by half: –, –
Merrell Center
Katy, TX
ESPN3
03/09/2015
7:30 pm
Scoring by half: –, –
Merrell Center
Katy, TX
ESPN3
03/10/2015
5:00 pm
Scoring by half: –, –
Merrell Center
Katy, TX
ESPN3
03/10/2015
7:30 pn
Scoring by half: –, –
Merrell Center
Katy, TX
ESPN3
03/11/2015
5:00 pm
Scoring by half: –, –
Merrell Center
Katy, TX
ESPN3
03/11/2015
7:30 pm
Scoring by half: –, –
Merrell Center
Katy, TX
ESPN2
03/12/2015
8:30 pm
Scoring by half: –, –
Merrell Center
Katy, TX

Awards and honors

Source:
Tournament MVP: MVP Selection

All-Tournament Team:

  • Selection 1
  • Selection 2
  • Selection 3
  • Selection 4
  • Selection 5

See also

2016 Southland Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

References

  1. "Week Three Notes" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 5. Retrieved November 28, 2015.
  2. "Timeline for the move to NCAA Division I status". Abilene Christian University. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  3. "Southland Conference Establishes Future Competitive Standards". University of the Incarnate Word. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  4. "2015-16 APR Penalties from the NCAA". washingtontimes.com. Washington Times. May 27, 2015. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  5. "Southland Tournament Seeding Tiebreakers". Retrieved 5 December 2015.

External links

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