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The 2019 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2018–19 season in the Southland Conference. The tournament was held at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas from March 13–16, 2019. The tournament winner,
Abilene Christian Abilene Christian University (ACU) is a private Christian university in Abilene, Texas. It was founded in 1906 as ''Childers Classical Institute''. ACU is one of the largest private universities in the Southwestern United States and has one of th ...
, received an automatic invitation to the
2019 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament The 2019 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 68 teams to determine the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's college basketball national champion for the 2018–19 seaso ...
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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. Sam Houston St clinched a double bye, and won the 2019 Southland regular season title on February 27. Because of this, the Bearkats clinched the 1 seed. New Orleans, Lamar, Abilene Christian, and Southeast Louisiana qualified for the tournament. Abilene Christian and Southeastern Louisiana clinched the 2nd and 3rd seeds respectively with wins on March 6.


Schedule

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Bracket


Awards and honors

Tournament MVP: Jaren Lewis (Abilene Christian)
All-Tournament Team: * Jaren Lewis (Abilene Christian) * Jaylen Franklin (Abilene Christian) * Payten Ricks (Abilene Christian) * Scott Plaisance Jr. (New Orleans) * Josh Nzeakor (Lamar) Source:


See also

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2019 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament The 2019 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament, a part of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season, took place March 14–17, 2019 at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas. The winner of the tournament, Abilene Christi ...
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Southland Conference men's basketball tournament The Southland Conference's men's basketball tournament began in 1981, with the winner of the tournament receiving the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship. From 1981 to 2001, the first round of the t ...


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2019 Southland Conference Basketball Tournament
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