The 2018 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament that completes 2017–18 season in the Southland Conference. The tournament was held at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas from March 7–10, 2018.
Stephen F. Austin won the tournament by defeating Southeastern Louisiana in the championship game. As a result, the Lumberjacks received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Seeds Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Only the top eight teams in the conference qualified for the tournament. The top two seeds received double byes into the semifinals in the merit-based format. The No. 3 and No. 4 seeds received single byes to the quarterfinals.
SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 11Southeastern Louisiana15–32–0 vs. Nicholls State2Nicholls State 15–30–2 vs. Southeastern Louisiana3Stephen F. Austin14–44Sam Houston State12–65New Orleans11–72–0 vs. McNeese6Lamar 11–71–1 vs. McNeese7Central Arkansas 10–88 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi8–103–0 vs. ACU/McNeese–Abilene Christian8–101–2 vs. TAMU–CC/McNeese–McNeese State8–100–2 vs. ACU/TAMU–CC
Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevision First round – Wednesday, March 7, 201811 5:00 pmNo. 5 New Orleans vs. No. 8 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi86–73ESPN327:30 pmNo. 6 Lamar vs. No. 7 Central Arkansas57–67 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 8, 2018235:00 pmNo. 4 Sam Houston State vs. No. 5 New Orleans85–63ESPN347:30 pmNo. 3 Stephen F. Austin vs. No. 7 Central Arkansas86–64 Semifinals – Friday, March 9, 2018355:00 pmNo. 1 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 4 Sam Houston State89–79ESPN367:30 pmNo. 2 Nicholls State vs. No. 3 Stephen F. Austin66–78 Championship – Saturday, March 10, 2018478:30 pmNo. 1 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 3 Stephen F. Austin55–59ESPN2 *Game times in CST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. Source
Bracket
See also 2018 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament
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