Classification Division I Attendance 9,793 MVP Thomas Walkup Sites Merrell Center, Katy | Season 2015–16 Dates 9 Mar 2016 – 12 Mar 2016 Teams 8 Televisions ESPN3, ESPN2 | |
Champions Stephen F. Austin (4th title) Winning coach Brad Underwood (3rd title) Location Merrell Center, Katy, Texas, United States Similar 2016 Northeast Conferen, 2016 CAA Men's Basketbal, 2015 Southland Conferen, 2016 SEC Men's Basketbal, 2016 West Coast Conferen | ||
The 2016 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place March 9–12 at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas. The winner of the tournament will receive the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Tournament.
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Two programs in their third year of the transition from NCAA Division II to Division I, Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word, were ineligible for the tournament. In addition, Central Arkansas was ineligible for the tournament for failure to meet enhanced NCAA Academic Performance Rating (APR) requirements.
Seeds
The top 8 teams in the conference qualified for the tournament. The top 2 seeds earned double byes into the Semifinals. The #3 and #4 seeds received a single buy to the Quarterfinals.
Teams were seeded by record within the division and conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
Bracket
* – denotes overtime period
Awards and honors
Source:
Tournament MVP: Thomas Walkup
All-Tournament Team: