2020 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament


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. On March 12, the Southland Conference announced the remainder of the tournament would be canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament winner would have received an automatic invitation to the 2020 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.

Seeds

Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tie–breaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. 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.
SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1
1Stephen F. Austin19–1
2Abilene Christian15–51–0 vs Nicholls
3Nicholls15–50–1 vs Abilene Christian
4Sam Houston State11–91–0 vs Northwestern State
5Northwestern State11–90–1 vs Sam Houston State
6Lamar10–10LU is No. 6 seed by virtue of record against all other teams each played two times
7McNeese State10–10MCN is No. 7 seed by virtue of record against all other teams each played two times Note: This contradicts the tie-breaker rules listed on the conference website, which indicates that after the three-team tie is broken, the first step of the two-team tiebreaker should apply, which would have then awarded the higher seed to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi based on its 1-0 record vs. McNeese State.
8Texas A&M–CC10–10

Schedule

Tournament cancelled on March 12
Source

Bracket

Tournament cancelled on March 12.

Awards and honors

Tournament MVP:
All-Tournament Team:'''
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