2017 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2017 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2016–17
Teams 8
Site Merrell Center
Katy, Texas
Television ESPN3, ESPN2
Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2016  2018»
2016–17 Southland Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Abilene Christian* 0 – 0   –     0 – 0   –
Central Arkansas 0 – 0   –     0 – 0   –
Houston Baptist 0 – 0   –     0 – 0   –
Incarnate Word* 0 – 0   –     0 – 0   –
Lamar 0 – 0   –     0 – 0   –
McNeese State 0 – 0   –     0 – 0   –
New Orleans 0 – 0   –     0 – 0   –
Nicholls State 0 – 0   –     0 – 0   –
Northwestern State 0 – 0   –     0 – 0   –
Sam Houston State 0 – 0   –     0 – 0   –
Southeastern Louisiana 0 – 0   –     0 – 0   –
Stephen F. Austin 0 – 0   –     0 – 0   –
Texas A&M–CC 0 – 0   –     0 – 0   –
* Ineligible for postseason during transition to Division I
† 2017 Southland Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2017 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, will take place at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas. The winner of the tournament will receive the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Tournament.

Two programs in their final year of the transition from NCAA Division II to Division I, Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word, will be ineligible for the tournament.[1][2]

Seeds

The top 8 teams in the conference will qualify for the tournament. The top 2 seeds will earn double byes into the Semifinals. The #3 and #4 seeds will receive a single buy to the Quarterfinals.

Teams will be seeded by record within the division and conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker[3]
1 0–0
2 0–0
3 0–0
4 0–0
5 0–0
6 0–0
7 0–0
8 0–0

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup# Score Television
First round –
1 1 #5 vs. #8 0–0 ESPN3
2 #6 vs. #7 0–0
Quarterfinals –
2 3 #4 vs. Winner of #5 vs #8 0–0 ESPN3
4 #3 vs. Winner of #6 vs #7 0–0
Semifinals –
3 5 #1 vs. TBD 0–0 ESPN3
6 #2 vs. TBD 0–0
Championship –
4 7 TBD vs. TBD 0–0 ESPN2
*Game times in CST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

First round

ESPN3		 Quarterfinals

ESPN3		 Semifinals

ESPN3		 Championship

ESPN2
      
               
               
           1     
                 
         4     
5              
8              
               
               
               
           2     
                 
         3          
6                   
7     

* – denotes overtime period

Game summaries

First round

ESPN3
03/??/2017
Scoring by half: 0–0, 0–0
Merrell Center
Katy, TX
ESPN3
03/??/2017
Scoring by half: 0–0, 0–0
Merrell Center
Katy, TX

Quarterfinals

ESPN3
03/??/2017
Scoring by half: 0–0, 0–0
Merrell Center
Katy, TX
ESPN3
03/??/2017
Scoring by half: 0–0, 0–0
Merrell Center
Katy, TX

Semifinals

ESPN3
03/??/2017
Scoring by half: 0–0, 0–0
Merrell Center
Katy, TX
ESPN3
03/??/2017
Scoring by half: 0–0, 0–0
Merrell Center
Katy, TX

Championship

ESPN2
03/??/2017
Scoring by half: 0–0, 0–0
Merrell Center
Katy, TX

Awards and honors

Source:
Tournament MVP:

All-Tournament Team:

See also

2017 Southland Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

References

  1. ↑ "Timeline for the move to NCAA Division I status". Abilene Christian University. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Southland Conference Establishes Future Competitive Standards". University of the Incarnate Word. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Southland Tournament Seeding Tiebreakers". Retrieved 5 December 2015.

External links

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