The 2016

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, a part of the

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, took place March 9–12 at the Merrell Center in

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. The winner of the tournament will receive the

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to the

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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,

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was ineligible for the tournament for failure to meet enhanced NCAA

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(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.

Schedule

Bracket

* – denotes overtime period

Game summaries

First round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship

Awards and honors

Source:
Tournament

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All-Tournament Team: :* Hameed Ali (Texas A&M–CC) :* Demetrious Floyd (Stephen F. Austin) :* Thomas Walkup (Stephen F. Austin) (MVP) :* Clide Geffrard (Stephen F. Austin) :* Jordan Capps (Southeastern Louisiana)

References

External links

2016 Southland Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament Page
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