The 2020 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2019–20 season in the Southland Conference. The tournament was scheduled from March 11–14, 2020. The first two games of the tournament were held at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas on March 11, 2020. On March 12, the Southland Conference announced the remainder of the tournament would be canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament winner would have received an automatic invitation to the 2020 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, which was later cancelled for the same reason.
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.
SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 11Stephen F. Austin19–12Abilene Christian15–51–0 vs Nicholls3Nicholls15–50–1 vs Abilene Christian4Sam Houston State11–91–0 vs Northwestern State5Northwestern State11–90–1 vs Sam Houston State6Lamar10–10LU is No. 6 seed by virtue of record against all other teams each played two times (LU 4-0 vs. HBU/UIW; MCN 3-1 vs. HBU/UIW; AMCC 3-1 vs. HBU/UIW)7McNeese State10–10MCN is No. 7 seed by virtue of record against all other teams each played two times (MCN 7-3 vs. HBU/UIW/LU/UNO/SLU; AMCC 6-4 vs. HBU/UIW/LU/UNO/SLU) Note: This contradicts the tie-breaker rules listed on the conference website, which indicates that after the three-team tie is broken, the first step of the two-team tiebreaker should apply, which would have then awarded the higher seed to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi based on its 1-0 record vs. McNeese State.8Texas A&M–CC10–10
Schedule Tournament cancelled on March 12 SessionGameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevision First round – Wednesday, March 11, 202011 5:00 pmNo. 5 Northwestern State vs. No. 8 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi79–62ESPN+27:30 pmNo. 6 Lamar vs. No. 7 McNeese State80–59 Second round – Thursday, March 12, 2020235:00 pmNo. 4 Sam Houston State vs. No. 5 Northwestern State–ESPN+47:30 pmNo. 3 Nicholls vs. No. 6 Lamar– Semifinals – Friday, March 13, 2020355:00 pmNo. 1 Stephen F. Austin vs. Game 3 winner–ESPN+67:30 pmNo. 2 Abilene Christian vs. Game 4 winner– Championship – Saturday, March 14, 2020478:30 pm Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 winner–ESPN2 *Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. Source
Bracket Tournament cancelled on March 12.
See also 2020 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament
References
External links 2020 Southland Conference Basketball Tournament