2020 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament
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| Conference=Southland Conference
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| Arena=Merrell Center
| City=Katy, Texas
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{{2019–20 Southland Conference men's basketball standings}}
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.{{Cite web |url=https://www.southland.org/tournaments/?id=137 |title=2020 Hercules Tires Southland Basketball Tournament |publisher=Southland Conference |access-date=February 11, 2020}} On March 12, the Southland Conference announced the remainder of the tournament would be canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite news |author1=Chuck Culpepper and Ava Wallace |title=NCAA basketball tournaments canceled in response to coronavirus |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/03/12/ncaa-tournament-canceled-coronavirus/ |newspaper=Washington Post |accessdate=March 12, 2020 |date=March 12, 2020}} 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.{{cite web |title=REMAINING SEEDING SCENARIOS ENTERING FINAL WEEKEND OF SOUTHLAND MEN'S BASKETBALL REGULAR SEASON |url=https://www.southland.org/news/2020/3/5/remaining-seeding-scenarios-entering-final-weekend-of-southland-mens-basketball-regular-season.aspx |publisher=Southland Conference |accessdate=March 7, 2020 |date=March 5, 2020}}{{cite web |title=SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT SEEDS FINALIZED |url=https://www.southland.org/news/2020/3/7/southland-conference-mens-basketball-tournament-seeds-finalized.aspx |publisher=Southland Conference |accessdate=March 7, 2020 |date=March 7, 2020}} 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.
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!Seed !School !Conference !Tiebreaker 1 |
| 1
|align=left|Stephen F. Austin |19–1 |align=left| |
| 2
|align=left|Abilene Christian |15–5 |align=left|1–0 vs Nicholls |
| 3
|align=left|Nicholls |15–5 |align=left|0–1 vs Abilene Christian |
| 4
|align=left|Sam Houston State |11–9 |align=left|1–0 vs Northwestern State |
| 5
|align=left|Northwestern State |11–9 |align=left|0–1 vs Sam Houston State |
| 6
|align=left|Lamar |10–10 |align=left| |
| 7
|align=left|McNeese State |10–10 |align=left| |
| 8
|align=left|Texas A&M–CC |10–10 |align=left| |
Schedule
Tournament cancelled on March 12
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!Session !Game !Time* !Matchup# !Score !Television |
| colspan=6| First round – Wednesday, March 11, 2020 |
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|1 |5:00 pm |No. 5 Northwestern State vs. No. 8 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi |79–62 |rowspan=2|ESPN+ |
| 2
|7:30 pm |No. 6 Lamar vs. No. 7 McNeese State |80–59 |
| colspan=6| Second round – Thursday, March 12, 2020 |
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|3 |5:00 pm |No. 4 Sam Houston State vs. No. 5 Northwestern State |– |rowspan=2|ESPN+ |
| 4
|7:30 pm |No. 3 Nicholls vs. No. 6 Lamar |– |
| colspan=6| Semifinals – Friday, March 13, 2020 |
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|5 |5:00 pm |No. 1 Stephen F. Austin vs. Game 3 winner |– |rowspan=2|ESPN+ |
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|7:30 pm |No. 2 Abilene Christian vs. Game 4 winner |– |
| colspan=6| Championship – Saturday, March 14, 2020 |
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|7 |8:30 pm | Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 winner |– |rowspan=1|ESPN2 |
| colspan=6| *Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. |
Bracket
Tournament cancelled on March 12.
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| RD1=First round
Wednesday, March 11
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| RD2=Second round
Thursday, March 12
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| RD3=Semifinals
Friday, March 13
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Saturday, March 14
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| RD1-seed07= 5
| RD1-team07= Northwestern State
| RD1-score07= 79
| RD1-seed08= 8
| RD1-team08= Texas A&M–CC
| RD1-score08= 62
| RD1-seed15= 6
| RD1-team15= Lamar
| RD1-score15=80
| RD1-seed16= 7
| RD1-team16= McNeese State
| RD1-score16=59
| RD2-seed03= 4
| RD2-team03= Sam Houston State
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| RD2-seed04= 5
| RD2-team04= Northwestern State
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| RD2-seed07= 3
| RD2-team07= Nicholls
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| RD2-seed08= 6
| RD2-team08= Lamar
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| RD3-team01= Stephen F. Austin
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| RD3-team03= Abilene Christian
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Awards and honors
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.southland.org/tournaments/?id=137 2020 Southland Conference Basketball Tournament]
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