2013 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2013 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

Tournament logo
Classification Division I
Season 201213
Teams 8
Site Leonard E. Merrell Center
Katy, Texas
Champions Northwestern State (3rd title)
Winning coach Mike McConathy (3rd title)
MVP Shamir Davis (Northwestern State)
Television ESPN3, ESPN2
Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2012  2014»
2012–13 Southland Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Stephen F. Austin 16 2   .889     27 5   .844
Northwestern State 15 3   .833     23 9   .719
Oral Roberts 13 5   .722     20 15   .571
SE Louisiana 10 8   .556     13 18   .419
Sam Houston State 8 10   .444     17 17   .500
Nicholls State 8 10   .444     9 21   .300
McNeese State 7 11   .389     14 17   .452
Central Arkansas 7 11   .389     13 17   .433
Texas A&M–CC* 5 13   .278     6 23   .207
Lamar 1 17   .056     3 28   .097
2013 Southland Tournament winner
As of March 27, 2013
*ineligible for Postseason play due to APR Penalties; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, will take place March 13–16, 2013 at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas The winner of the tournament will receive the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Tournament.

Format

With the addition of Oral Roberts to the league, and the departures of Texas-Arlington, Texas-San Antonio, and Texas State to the WAC, a new tournament format was used from this year. For the first time in seven years, the Southland did not have divisions for basketball. The tournament bracket still included the top eight regular season finishers, but the first and second seeds received double byes and began play in the semifinal round. The third and fourth seeds earned a single bye directly into the quarterfinals, while the fifth through eighth seeds played in the first round.[1] Texas A&M-Corpus Christi is ineligible for postseason play, and thus could not complete in the tournament.

Stephen F. Austin has clinched the top seed based on tiebreakers. Northwestern State has won the tiebreaker over Oral Roberts and will get the second double bye. Oral Roberts will be the three seed, while Southeastern Louisiana takes the four based on conference tiebreakers. Lamar eliminated from playoffs.

Bracket

[2]

First Round
Wednesday, March 13
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 14
Semifinals
Friday, March 15
ESPN3
Championship Game
Saturday, March 16
ESPN2
5  Nicholls State 59  
8  McNeese State 62     4  SE Louisiana 85  
         8  McNeese State 65  
           1  Stephen F. Austin 68  
           4  SE Louisiana 57  
               
               
           1  Stephen F. Austin 66
6  Sam Houston State 69       2  Northwestern State 68
7  Central Arkansas 63     3  Oral Roberts 55  
         6  Sam Houston State 58  
           2  Northwestern State 55  
           6  Sam Houston State 52  
                    
                    
      

All times listed are Central

References

  1. Lamb, Todd. "Southland To Visit UNO, Two Other Schools Regarding Possible Membership". www.sportsnola.com. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  2. "STEPHEN F. AUSTIN IS TOP SEED IN SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT". southland.org. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
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