2021 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament (original) (raw)
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2021 men's basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division I Southland Conference
| 2021 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2020–21 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Site | Merrell CenterKaty, Texas |
| Champions | Abilene Christian (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Joe Golding (2nd title) |
| MVP | Damien Daniels (Abilene Christian) |
| Television | ESPN+, ESPN2 |
| Southland Conference men's basketball tournaments← 20202022 → |
2020–21 Southland Conference men's basketball standings | vte | Conf | Overall | | | | | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---- | ------- | -- | | ---- | -- | - | -- | | ---- | | Team | W | | L | | PCT | W | | L | | PCT | | Nicholls | 14 | – | 2 | | .875 | 18 | – | 7 | | .720 | | Abilene Christian † | 13 | – | 2 | | .867 | 24 | – | 5 | | .828 | | Sam Houston State | 13 | – | 3 | | .813 | 19 | – | 9 | | .679 | | Stephen F. Austin* | 12 | – | 3 | | .800 | 16 | – | 5 | | .762 | | Northwestern State | 9 | – | 7 | | .563 | 11 | – | 18 | | .379 | | New Orleans | 8 | – | 7 | | .533 | 10 | – | 15 | | .400 | | Lamar | 6 | – | 10 | | .375 | 10 | – | 18 | | .357 | | Incarnate Word | 5 | – | 9 | | .357 | 8 | – | 14 | | .364 | | Southeastern Louisiana | 5 | – | 10 | | .333 | 8 | – | 18 | | .308 | | McNeese State | 4 | – | 10 | | .286 | 10 | – | 14 | | .417 | | Houston Baptist | 4 | – | 11 | | .267 | 6 | – | 19 | | .240 | | Central Arkansas | 4 | – | 12 | | .250 | 5 | – | 19 | | .208 | | Texas A&M–CC | 2 | – | 13 | | .133 | 5 | – | 19 | | .208 | | *Ineligible for postseason due to postseason ban | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | † 2021 Southland tournament winner | | | | | | | | | | |
The 2021 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2020–21 season in the Southland Conference. The tournament took place from March 9–13, 2021.[1] The tournament winner received an automatic invitation to the 2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tie–breaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.[2] Only the top 10 teams in the conference qualified for the tournament. The top two seeds received triple byes into the semifinals in the merit-based format. The No. 3 and No. 4 seeds received double byes to the quarterfinals. Stephen F. Austin is serving a postseason ban and did not compete.[3]
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker 1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicholls | 14–2 | |
| 2 | Abilene Christian | 13–2 | |
| 3 | Sam Houston State | 13–3 | |
| 4 | Northwestern State | 9–7 | |
| 5 | New Orleans | 8–7 | |
| 6 | Lamar | 6–10 | |
| 7 | Incarnate Word | 5–9 | |
| 8 | Southeastern Louisiana | 5–10 | |
| 9 | McNeese State | 4–10 | |
| 10 | Houston Baptist | 4–11 |
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Tuesday, March 9, 2021 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 5:00 p.m. | No. 8 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 9 McNeese State | 71–68 | ESPN+ |
| 2 | 8:00 p.m. | No. 7 Incarnate Word vs. No. 10 Houston Baptist | 68–80 | ||
| Second round – Wednesday, March 10, 2021 | |||||
| 2 | 3 | 5:00 p.m. | No. 8 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 5 New Orleans | 63–80 | ESPN+ |
| 4 | 8:00 p.m. | No. 10 Houston Baptist vs. No. 6 Lamar | 52–62 | ||
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 11, 2021 | |||||
| 3 | 5 | 5:00 p.m. | No. 5 New Orleans vs. No. 4 Northwestern State | 79–82 | ESPN+ |
| 6 | 8:00 p.m. | No. 6 Lamar vs. No. 3 Sam Houston State | 70–69 | ||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 12, 2021 | |||||
| 3 | 7 | 5:00 p.m. | No. 4 Northwestern State vs. No. 1 Nicholls | 76–88 | ESPN+ |
| 8 | 8:00 p.m. | No. 6 Lamar vs. No. 2 Abilene Christian | 71–93 | ||
| Championship – Saturday, March 13, 2021 | |||||
| 4 | 7 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 1 Nicholls vs. No. 2 Abilene Christian | 45–79 | ESPN2 |
| *Game times in CST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. |
Source[1]
| First roundTuesday, March 9ESPN+ | Second roundWednesday, March 10ESPN+ | QuarterfinalsThursday, March 11ESPN+ | SemifinalsFriday, March 12ESPN+ | ChampionshipSaturday, March 13ESPN2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Southeastern Louisiana | 71 | |||
| 9 | McNeese State | 68 | 5 | New Orleans | 80 |
| 8 | Southeastern Louisiana | 63 | |||
| 4 | Northwestern State | 82 | |||
| 5 | New Orleans | 79 | |||
| 1 | Nicholls | 88 | |||
| 4 | Northwestern State | 76 | |||
| 1 | Nicholls | 45 | |||
| 2 | Abilene Christian | 79 | |||
| 2 | Abilene Christian | 93 | |||
| 6 | Lamar | 71 | |||
| 3 | Sam Houston State | 69 | |||
| 6 | Lamar | 70 | |||
| 6 | Lamar | 62 | |||
| 7 | Incarnate Word | 68 | 10 | Houston Baptist | 52 |
| 10 | Houston Baptist | 80 |
- 2021 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament
- Southland Conference men's basketball tournament
- ^ a b "2021 Southland Men's Basketball Bracket (PDF) - Southland Conference" (PDF). www.southland.org. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
- ^ "Basketball Tie–breaker Procedures". Southland Conference. Archived from the original on February 9, 2019. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
- ^ Beames, Caleb. "NCAA Committee approves 2021 postseason ban for SFA Basketball". KLTV news. Retrieved March 6, 2021.