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2009 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2009 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament, a part of the 2008-09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place March 12–15, 2009 at the Leonard E. Merrell Center, Merrell Center in Katy, Texas. The winner of the tournament received the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, 2009 NCAA Tournament. Format The top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Southland Conference received a berth in the conference tournament. After the conference season, teams were seeded by conference record. The first round match-ups were as shown below. Bracket All times Eastern. Championship game In the title game, Stephen F. Austin won their first conference title and clinched their first birth to the Division I 2009 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship. Matt Kingsley (basketball), Matt Kingsley, a fifth-year senior, led the Lumberjacks with 20 points in the 68–57 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Leonard or ''Leo'' is a common English masculine given name and a surname. The given name and surname originate from the Old High German ''Leonhard'' containing the prefix ''levon'' ("lion") from the Greek Λέων ("lion") through the Latin ''Leo,'' and the suffix ''hardu'' ("brave" or "hardy"). The name has come to mean "lion strength", "lion-strong", or "lion-hearted". Leonard was the name of a Saint in the Middle Ages period, known as the patron saint of prisoners. Leonard is also an Irish origin surname, from the Gaelic ''O'Leannain'' also found as O'Leonard, but often was anglicised to just Leonard, consisting of the prefix ''O'' ("descendant of") and the suffix ''Leannan'' ("lover"). The oldest public records of the surname appear in 1272 in Huntingdonshire, England, and in 1479 in Ulm, Germany. Variations The name has variants in other languages: * Leen, Leendert, Lenard (Dutch) * Lehnertz, Lehnert (Luxembourgish) * Len (English) * :hu:Lénárd (Hungarian) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |