2024 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2024 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2023–24 season of the Southland Conference. The tournament was held March 10–13, 2024, at The Legacy Center in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The tournament winner, McNeese, received the conference's automatic invitation to the 2024 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. 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. Tiebreakers used were 1) Head-to-head results, 2) comparison of records against individual teams in the conference starting with the top-ranked team(s) and working down and 3) NCAA NET rankings available on day following the conclusion of regular-season play. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1 McNeese 17–12 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 14–4 3 Nicholls 13–5 4 Lamar 12–65 Southeastern Louisiana 10–86 Northwestern State 7–11 7 Texas A&M–Commerce 6–128 New Orleans 4–14 1–1 vs. Texas A&M–Corpus ChristiDNQ Houston Christian 4–14 0–2 vs. Texas A&M–Corpus ChristiDNQ Incarnate Word 3–15

Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendanceFirst round – Sunday March 10, 2024115:00 pmNo. 5 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 8 New Orleans66–78ESPN+68727:30 pmNo. 6 Northwestern State vs. No. 7 Texas A&M–Commerce64–69Second round – Monday, March 11, 2024235:00 pmNo. 4 Lamar vs. No. 8 New Orleans71–57ESPN+27047:30 pmNo. 3 Nicholls vs. No. 7 Texas A&M-Commerce72–51Semifinals – Tuesday, March 12, 2024355:30 pmNo. 1 McNeese vs. No. 4 Lamar76–57ESPNU4,20068:00 pmNo. 2 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi vs. No. 3 Nicholls73–81OTESPN+Championship – Wednesday, March 13, 2024474:00 pmNo. 1 McNeese vs. No. 3 Nicholls 92–76ESPN24,200*Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

* denotes number of overtime periods

First round

Second round

Semifinals

Championship

Awards and honors 2024 Southland Conference Men's Basketball All-Tournament Team Shahada Wells, McNeese (MVP) Javohn Garcia, McNeese DJ Richards, McNeese Diante Smith, Nicholls Terry Anderson, Lamar

See also 2024 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament

References