Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

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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.

[edit] 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 University of Louisiana at 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 University of Texas at Arlington Leonard E. Merrell Center, Katy, TX

Note: Southwest Texas State became Texas State in 2003.

[edit] Performance By School

Member Winners Winning Years
Louisiana-Monroe
6
 1986, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996
Lamar
3
 1981, 1983, 2000
¹Louisana Tech
3
 1984, 1985, 1987
McNeese State
2
 1989, 2002
Nicholls State
2
 1995, 1998
UTSA
2
 1999, 2004
Texas State
2
 1994, 1997
Northwestern State
2
 2001, 2006
Sam Houston State
1
 2003
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
1
 2007
¹North Texas
1
 1988
¹Louisiana-Lafayette
1
 1982
UT-Arlington
1
 2008
TOTAL
27

¹no longer a conference member


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