Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Conference Basketball Championship
Sport	College basketball
Conference	Southland Conference
Number of teams	8
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium	Leonard E. Merrell Center
Current location	Katy, Texas
Played	1981–present
Last contest	2016
Current champion	Stephen F. Austin
Most championships	Northeast Louisiana (6)
TV partner(s)	ESPN
Official website	Southland.org Men's Basketball

The Southland Conference's Men's Basketball Tournament began in 1981, with the winner of the tournament receiving the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship.

From 1981 to 2001, the first round of the tournament took place at the higher seed, with the remaining rounds at a set location. In 2002, the Southland changed the format to play games at the campus of sites of each higher seed, during every round of the tournament. This was changed again in 2007, the first year that the conference selected a neutral site for all rounds of the tournament.

Note: Northeast Louisiana and Southwestern Louisiana became Louisiana–Monroe and Louisiana–Lafayette, respectively, in 1999. Southwest Texas State became Texas State in 2003.

Italicized indicates former member
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