2023 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament

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2023 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 202223
Teams8
Site The Legacy Center
Lake Charles, Louisiana
Champions Texas A&M–Corpus Christi (3rd title)
Winning coach Steve Lutz (2nd title)
MVP Jalen Jackson (Texas A&M–Corpus Christi)
Television ESPN+, ESPNU, ESPN2
  2022
2024  
2022–23 Southland Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi144 .7782411  .686
Northwestern State 135 .7222211  .667
Southeastern Louisiana 126 .6671814  .563
Nicholls 117 .6111615  .516
Texas A&M–Commerce*99 .5001320  .394
Houston Christian 711 .3891022  .313
New Orleans 711 .3891220  .375
McNeese 612 .3331123  .324
Incarnate Word 612 .3331219  .387
Lamar 513 .278922  .290
* ineligible for the 2023 NCAA tournament due to transition period
2023 Southland tournament winner

The 2023 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2022–23 season of the Southland Conference. The tournament was held March 5–8, 2023, at The Legacy Center in Lake Charles, Louisiana. [1] [2] [3] [4] Top seeded Texas A&M–Corpus Christi defeated second seeded Northwestern State 75–71 in the championship game winning its second consecutive tournament championship and receiving the conference's automatic invitation to the 2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. [5]

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Seeds

McNeese clinched the final berth in the tournament on the final day of the regular season by overcoming a 22-point second-half deficit to earn 79–78 dramatic comeback victory over New Orleans. [6] The McNeese win eliminated Incarnate Word, which controlled its own destiny but lost, 81–64, to Northwestern State. [7]

Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tie–breaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. 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. Tiebreakers used are, in general, 1) Head-to-head results, 2) comparison of records against individual teams in the conference starting with the top-ranked team(s) and working down, 3) road record in conference games, 4) comparison of road records against individual teams in the conference starting with the top-ranked team(s) and working down and 5) NCAA NET rankings available on day following the conclusion of regular-season play. [8]

If a team that is not eligible for the NCAA Tournament wins the Southland Conference Tournament, the conference's automatic bid goes to the regular-season champion. [9]

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 2
1 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 14–4
2 Northwestern State 13–5
3 Southeastern Louisiana 12–6
4 Nicholls 11–7
5 Texas A&M–Commerce 9–9
6 Houston Christian 7–111–1 vs. UNO1–1 vs. AMCC
7 New Orleans 7–111–1 vs. HCU0–2 vs. AMCC
8 McNeese 6–121–1 vs. UIW1–1 vs. NWST
DNQ Incarnate Word 6–121–1 vs. MCN0–2 vs. NWST
DNQ Lamar 5–13

Schedule

SessionGameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevision
First round – Sunday March 5, 2023
115:00 pmNo. 5 Texas A&M–Commerce vs. No. 8 McNeese78–79 ESPN+
27:30 pmNo. 6 Houston Christian vs. No. 7 New Orleans69–90
Second round – Monday, March 6, 2023
235:00 pmNo. 4 Nicholls vs. No. 8 McNeese71–77ESPN+
47:30 pmNo. 3 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 7 New Orleans78-82
Semifinals – Tuesday, March 7, 2023
355:30 pmNo. 1 Texas A&M-CC vs. No. 8 McNeese80–63 ESPNU
68:00 pmNo. 2 Northwestern State vs. No. 7 New Orleans74–70ESPN+
Championship – Wednesday, March 8, 2023
474:00 pmNo. 1 Texas A&M-CC vs. No. 2 Northwestern State75–71 ESPN2
*Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

First round
Sunday, March 5
ESPN+
Second round
Monday, March 6
ESPN+
Semifinals
Tuesday, March 7
ESPN+/ESPNU
Championship
Wednesday March 8
ESPN2
1Texas A&M-CC80
4Nicholls718McNeese State63
5Texas A&M-Commerce788McNeese State771Texas A&M-CC75
8McNeese State792Northwestern State71
2Northwestern State74
3Southeastern Louisiana787New Orleans70
6Houston Christian697New Orleans82
7New Orleans90

* denotes number of overtime periods

Awards and honors

2023 Southland Conference Men's Basketball All-Tournament Team [5]
  • Jalen Jackson,Texas A&M–Corpus Christi (MVP)
  • Tervian Tennyson, Texas A&M–Corpus Christi
  • Demarcus Sharp, Northwestern State
  • Jalen Hampton, Northwestern State
  • Christian Shumate, McNeese

See also

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