The 2025 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2024–25 season of the Southland Conference. The tournament was held March 9–12, 2025, at The Legacy Center in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The tournament winner, McNeese, received the conference's automatic invitation to the 2025 NCAA tournament.
Seeds The top eight teams in the conference standings qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tie–breaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top two seeds received double byes into the semifinals. The No. 3 and No. 4 seeds received single byes to the quarterfinals. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 21 McNeese 19–12Lamar 14–6 3Nicholls 13–7 4Northwestern State 12–88–2 vs. McNeese/Nicholls/UIW/HCU/UNO5Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 12–86–4 vs. McNeese/Nicholls/UIW/HCU/UNO2–0 vs. Southeastern Louisiana6Southeastern Louisiana 12–86–4 vs. McNeese/Nicholls/UIW/HCU/UNO0–2 vs. Texas A&M–Corpus Christi7Incarnate Word 9–111–1 vs. Lamar8Houston Christian 9–110–2 vs. LamarDNQUT Rio Grande Valley 8–12 DNQStephen F. Austin 7–13 DNQEast Texas A&M 3–17 DNQNew Orleans 2–18
Schedule
SessionGameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendanceFirst round – Sunday March 9, 2025115:00 pmNo. 5 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi vs. No. 8 Houston Christian62–48ESPN+90227:30 pmNo. 6 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 7 Incarnate Word67–71OTQuarterfinals – Monday, March 10, 2025235:00 pmNo. 4 Northwestern State vs. No. 5 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi66–63ESPN+1,31047:30 pmNo. 3 Nicholls vs. No. 7 Incarnate Word74–70OTSemifinals – Tuesday, March 11, 2025356:00 pmNo. 1 McNeese vs. No. 4 Northwestern State83–64ESPNU3,78268:30 pmNo. 2 Lamar vs. No. 3 Nicholls58–55ESPN+Championship – Wednesday, March 12, 2025474:00 pmNo. 1 McNeese vs. No. 2 Lamar 63–54ESPN24,106*Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
Game summaries
First round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
Awards and honors 2025 Southland Conference Men's Basketball All-Tournament Team (MVP) Javohn Garcia (McNeese) Quadir Copeland (McNeese) Alexis Marmolejos (Lamar) Adam Hamilton (Lamar) Micah Thomas (Northwestern State)
See also 2025 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament
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