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2015 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2015 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
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Tournament logo
Classification Division I
Season 2014–15
Teams 8
Site Merrell Center
Katy, Texas
Champions Stephen F. Austin (3rd title)
Winning coach Brad Underwood (2nd title)
MVP Thomas Walkup (Stephen F. Austin)
Attendance 10,526
Television SLCDN, ESPN3, ESPN2
Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
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2014–15 Southland Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Stephen F. Austin 17 1   .944     29 5   .853
Sam Houston State 15 3   .833     26 9   .743
Texas A&M–CC 13 5   .722     20 14   .588
Northwestern State 13 5   .722     19 13   .594
Incarnate Word** 10 8   .556     18 11   .621
Lamar* 9 9   .500     15 15   .500
McNeese State 8 10   .444     15 16   .484
Houston Baptist* 7 11   .389     12 16   .429
Nicholls State 7 11   .389     10 19   .345
New Orleans 6 12   .333     11 18   .379
Southeastern Louisiana 6 12   .333     9 23   .281
Abilene Christian** 4 14   .222     10 21   .323
Central Arkansas* 2 16   .111     2 27   .069
* ineligible for postseason due to APR penalties
** ineligible for postseason due to Div. I transition
2015 Southland Tournament winner

The 2015 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place March 11–14 at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas. The winner of the tournament received the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Tournament. Two programs in their second year of the transition from NCAA Division II to Division I, Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word, were ineligible for the tournament. Three programs were ineligible for the tournament for failure to meet enhanced NCAA Academic Performance Rating (APR) requirements. Those teams were Central Arkansas, Houston Baptist, and Lamar. The three teams are part of a group of nine NCAA teams ineligible for 2015 post season basketball play. With the departure of Oral Roberts to the Summit League, only eight conference teams remain eligible for the tournament.

Only the top eight teams advanced to the Southland Conference Tournament. If a team ineligible for the NCAA Tournament should finish in the top eight, its seed will fall to the next eligible team. Teams were seeded based on conference record and then a tie breaker system was used. The top two seeds received a double bye, and the third and fourth seeds received a single bye.


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