2021 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2021 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2020–21 season in the Southland Conference. The tournament took place from March 9–13, 2021. The tournament winner received an automatic invitation to the 2021 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 10 teams in the conference qualified for the tournament. The top two seeds received triple byes into the semifinals in the merit-based format. The No. 3 and No. 4 seeds received double byes to the quarterfinals. Stephen F. Austin is serving a postseason ban and did not compete.

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 11Nicholls14–22Abilene Christian13–23Sam Houston State13–3 4Northwestern State9–75New Orleans8–7 6Lamar6–107Incarnate Word5–98 Southeastern Louisiana5–109McNeese State4–1010Houston Baptist4–11

Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Tuesday, March 9, 202111 5:00 p.m.No. 8 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 9 McNeese State71–68ESPN+41628:00 p.m.No. 7 Incarnate Word vs. No. 10 Houston Baptist68–80 Second round – Wednesday, March 10, 2021235:00 p.m.No. 8 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 5 New Orleans63–80ESPN+55448:00 p.m.No. 10 Houston Baptist vs. No. 6 Lamar52–62 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 11, 2021355:00 p.m.No. 5 New Orleans vs. No. 4 Northwestern State79–82ESPN+63368:00 p.m.No. 6 Lamar vs. No. 3 Sam Houston State70–69 Semifinals – Friday, March 12, 2021375:00 p.m.No. 4 Northwestern State vs. No. 1 Nicholls76–88ESPN+1,05088:00 p.m.No. 6 Lamar vs. No. 2 Abilene Christian71–93 Championship – Saturday, March 13, 2021478:30 p.m.No. 1 Nicholls vs. No. 2 Abilene Christian45–79ESPN21,205 *Game times in CST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. Source

Bracket

See also 2021 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament Southland Conference men's basketball tournament

References

External links 2021 Southland Conference basketball tournament