The 2019 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2018–19 season in the Southland Conference. The tournament was held at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas from March 13 to March 16, 2019. The tournament winner, Abilene Christian, received an automatic invitation to the 2019 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
Seeds Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tie-breaker 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. Sam Houston State clinched a double bye, and won the 2019 Southland regular-season title on February 27. Because of this, the Bearkats clinched the 1 seed. New Orleans, Lamar, Abilene Christian and Southeast Louisiana qualified for the tournament. Abilene Christian and Southeastern Louisiana clinched the 2nd and 3rd seeds, respectively, with wins on March 6.
SeedSchoolConferenceTie-breaker 11Sam Houston State16–22Abilene Christian14–43Southeastern Louisiana12–6 2–1 vs. Lamar/New Orleans, 1–1 vs. Abilene Christian4New Orleans12–62–1 vs. SELA/Lamar, 0–1 vs. Abilene Christian5Lamar12–6 0–2 vs. SELA/New Orleans6Texas A&M–CC9–97Central Arkansas8–101–1 vs. Sam Houston State8 Houston Baptist8–100–2 vs. Sam Houston State
Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevision First round – Wednesday, March 13, 201911 5:00 pmNo. 5 Lamar vs. No. 8 Houston Baptist 81–79ESPN+27:30 pmNo. 6 Texas A&M–CC vs. No. 7 Central Arkansas 53–73 Second round – Thursday, March 14, 2019235:00 pmNo. 4 New Orleans vs. No. 5 Lamar 76–72ESPN+47:30 pmNo. 3 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 7 Central Arkansas 79–65 Semifinals – Friday, March 15, 2019355:00 pmNo. 1 Sam Houston State vs. No. 4 New Orleans 76–79ESPN+67:30 pmNo. 2 Abilene Christian vs. No. 3 Southeastern Louisiana 69–66 Championship – Saturday, March 16, 2019478:30 pmNo. 4 New Orleans vs. No. 2 Abilene Christian 60–77ESPN2 *Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. Source
Bracket
Awards and honors Tournament MVP: Jaren Lewis (Abilene Christian) All-Tournament Team:
Jaren Lewis (Abilene Christian) Jaylen Franklin (Abilene Christian) Payten Ricks (Abilene Christian) Scott Plaisance Jr. (New Orleans) Josh Nzeakor (Lamar)
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See also 2019 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament Southland Conference men's basketball tournament
References
External links * 2019 Southland Conference Basketball Tournament