Year: | 1999 |
Conference: | Southland Conference |
Division: | I |
Gender: | Men's |
Teams: | 6 |
Arena: | Hirsch Memorial Coliseum |
City: | Shreveport, Louisiana |
Champions: | UTSA Roadrunners |
Titlecount: | 1st |
Coach: | Tim Carter |
Coachcount: | 1st |
The 1999 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 4–6 at Hirsch Memorial Coliseum in Shreveport, Louisiana.[1]
UTSA defeated in the championship game, 71–63, to win their first Southland men's basketball tournament.
The Roadrunners received a bid to the 1999 NCAA Tournament as the No. 16 seed in the West region.
Six of the ten conference members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the top two seeds receiving a bye to the semifinal round. Tournament play began with the quarterfinal round.