2012 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2012 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

Tournament logo
Classification Division I
Season 201112
Teams 8
Site Merrell Center
Katy, Texas
Champions Lamar Cardinals (4th title)
Winning coach Pat Knight (1st title)
MVP Mike James (Lamar)
Television ESPN2, SLC TV
Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2011  2013»
2011–12 Southland Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
East
Lamar 11 5   .688     23 12   .657
McNeese State 10 6   .625     17 16   .515
Northwestern State 8 8   .500     16 16   .500
Nicholls State 6 10   .375     10 20   .333
Southeastern Louisiana 5 11   .313     12 17   .414
Central Arkansas 3 13   .188     8 21   .276
West
Texas-Arlington 15 1   .938     24 9   .727
Stephen F. Austin 12 4   .750     20 12   .625
Texas-San Antonio 10 6   .625     18 14   .563
Sam Houston State 7 9   .438     13 19   .406
Texas State 5 11   .313     13 17   .433
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 4 12   .250     6 24   .200
2012 Southland Tournament winner
As of March 14, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, will take place March 7, 8 and 10, 2012 at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas The winner of the tournament will receive the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Tournament.

Format

Tournament seeding, 1 through 8, was based upon regular-season winning percentage regardless of divisional place in Conference competition. The quarterfinals were broadcast online by the Conference's Internet streamer, SLC Now. The semi-finals were broadcast regionally on SLC TV and nationally on ESPN3 while the championship game was broadcast nationally on ESPN2 and ESPN3.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Wednesday, March 7
SLC Now
Semifinals
Thursday, March 8
SLC TV
Finals
Saturday, March 10
ESPN2
         
1 UT-Arlington 96
8 Nicholls State 48
1 UT-Arlington 72
4 McNeese State 92
4 McNeese State 78OT
5 Texas San Antonio 74
4 McNeese State 49
3 Lamar 70
2 Stephen F. Austin 68
7 Sam Houston State 46
2 Stephen F. Austin 44
3 Lamar 55
3 Lamar 76
6 Northwestern State 69

Game Summaries

SLC Now
Mar 7
12:00 pm
Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 68, Sam Houston State Bearkats 46
Scoring by half: 29–22, 39–24
Pts: 3 tied with 13
Rebs: Taylor Smith 7
Asts: 2 tied with 4
Pts: Konner Tucker 11
Rebs: Antuan Bootle 5
Asts: Demarcus Gatlin 4
Leonard E. Merrell Center
Katy, TX
Attendance: N/A
Referees: N/A
SLC Now
Mar 7
2:30 pm
Lamar Cardinals 76, Northwestern State Demons 69
Scoring by half: 36–26, 40–43
Pts: Mike James 21
Rebs: Stan Brown 10
Asts: Mike James 4
Pts: William Mosley 22
Rebs: William Mosley 9
Asts: Tyler Washington 3
Leonard E. Merrell Center
Katy, TX
Attendance: 1,436
Referees: Sean Casey, Kyle Ingram, Greg White
SLC Now
Mar 7
6:00 pm
UT-Arlington Mavericks 96, Nicholls State Colonels 48
Scoring by half: 42–19, 54–29
Pts: Bo Ingram 21
Rebs: Jordan Reves 11
Asts: Shaq White-Miller 6
Pts: Jeremy Smith 17
Rebs: Jeremy Smith 8
Asts: 4 tied with 1
Leonard E. Merrell Center
Katy, TX
Attendance: N/A
Referees: Jeff Malham, Jon Stigliano, Kelly Groom
SLC Now
Mar 7
8:30 pm
McNeese State Cowboys 78, UTSA Roadrunners 74 (OT)
Scoring by half: 19–30, 44–33 Overtime: 15–11
Pts: Dontae Cannon 18
Rebs: Patrick Richard 11
Asts: Patrick Richard 7
Pts: Melvin Johnson III 19
Rebs: Stephen Franklin 10
Asts: Kannon Burrage 4
Leonard E. Merrell Center
Katy, TX
Attendance: 1,303
Referees: Mike Thibodeaux, Brent Dugas, David Stevens
SLC TV
Mar 8
6:00 pm
Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 44, Lamar Cardinals 55
Scoring by half: 19–26, 25–29
Pts: Taylor Smith 14
Rebs: 2 tied with 8
Asts: Hal Bateman 3
Pts: Anthony Miles 17
Rebs: Anthony Miles 7
Asts: Anthony Miles 5
Leonard E. Merrell Center
Katy, TX
Attendance: N/A
Referees: Jeff Malham, Mike Thibodeaux, Kyle Ingram
SLC TV
Mar 8
8:30 pm
UT-Arlington Mavericks 72, McNeese State Cowboys 92
Scoring by half: 32–44, 40–48
Pts: LaMarcus Reed III 23
Rebs: Bradley Gay 6
Asts: LaMarcus Reed III 3
Pts: Patrick Richard 20
Rebs: Rudy Turner 9
Asts: Patrick Richard 6
Leonard E. Merrell Center
Katy, TX
Attendance: 1,829
Referees: Brent Dugas, Jon Stigliano, Greg White
ESPN2
Mar 10
2:00 pm
Lamar Cardinals 70, McNeese State Cowboys 49
Scoring by half: 33–21, 37–28
Pts: Mike James 26
Rebs: Mike James 9
Asts: Anthony Miles 5
Pts: Patrick Richard 16
Rebs: Desharick Guidry 10
Asts: Dontae Cannon 3
Leonard E. Merrell Center
Katy, TX
Attendance: 3,593
Referees: Kerry Sitton, Keith Kimble, Sean Casey

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