The 2023 Southland Conference tournament was held at Joe Miller Ballpark on the campus of McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana, from May 23 through 27, 2023. The tournament winner, Nicholls, earned the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Format Seven teams competed with the sixth and seventh seeded teams playing an elimination game. No teams receive a bye.
Seeds Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tie–breaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top seven teams in the conference qualified for the tournament. SeedSchoolConference Tie-breaker #1 Tie-breaker #21 Nicholls 15–92 Incarnate Word 14–103 Lamar 13–11 2–1 conference record vs New Orleans4 New Orleans 13–11 1–2 conference record vs Lamar5 Northwestern State 12–12 3–3 record vs McNeese and Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 2–1 conference record vs No. 1 seed Nicholls6 McNeese 12–12 3–3 record vs Northwestern State and Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 2–1 record vs Texas A&M–Corpus Christi7 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 12–12 3–3 record vs McNeese and Northwestern State 1–2 record vs McNeese
Tournament Source:
RoundGameTime*MatchupScoreAttendanceNotesTelevisionSingle Elimination – Tuesday, May 23, 2023SE16:00 pmNo. 6 McNeese vs. No. 7 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 4–0 884 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi eliminatedESPN+First Round – Wednesday, May 24, 20231311:00 amNo. 2 Incarnate Word vs. No. 5 Northwestern State 1–2 Not recordedESPN+42:30 pmNo. 3 Lamar vs. No. 4 New Orleans 1–4 Not recorded26:00 pmNo. 1 Nicholls vs. No. 6 McNeese 3–2 (14) 757 Second Round – Thursday, May 25, 20232511:00 am No. 6 McNeese vs. No. 2 Incarnate Word 3–0 Not recorded Incarnate Word eliminatedESPN+62:30 pm No. 1 Nicholls vs. No. 3 Lamar 4–0 Not recorded Lamar eliminated76:00 pm No. 5 Northwestern State vs. No. 4 New Orleans 3–4 629 Third Round – Thursday, May 26, 20233811:00 am No. 1 Nicholls vs. No. 4 New Orleans 5–3 Not recordedESPN+92:30 pm No. 5 Northwestern State vs. No. 6 McNeese 6–2 Not recorded McNeese eliminated106:00 pm No. 4 New Orleans vs. No. 5 Northwestern State 7–3 633 Northwestern State eliminatedChampionship – Saturday, May 27, 20234111:00 pm No. 1 Nicholls vs. No. 4 New Orleans 6–3 443 Nicholls wins championshipESPN+12 Rematch (not necessary) –*Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket and results
Single elimination round
Main bracket
Awards and honors Tournament MVP: Xane Washington, Nicholls
All-Tournament Teams: Xane Washington, Nicholls Jacob Mayer, Nicholls Edgar Alvarez, Nicholls Kaden Amundsen, Nicholls Brandon Mitchell, New Orleans Tyler Bischke, New Orleans Jorge Tejeda, New Orleans Issac Williams, New Orleans Bo Willis, Northwestern State Broch Holmes, Northwestern State Josh Leslie, McNeese Grant Rogers, McNeese
See also 2023 Southland Conference softball tournament
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