2024 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament should not be confused with 2024 Southern Conference men's basketball tournament.
| Year: | 2024 |
| Conference: | Southland Conference |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Arena: | The Legacy Center |
| City: | Lake Charles, Louisiana |
| Champions: | McNeese |
| Titlecount: | 3rd |
| Coach: | Will Wade |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mvp: | Shahada Wells |
| Mvpteam: | McNeese |
| Television: | ESPN+, ESPNU, ESPN2 |
The 2024 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2023–24 season of the Southland Conference. The tournament was held March 10–13, 2024, at The Legacy Center in Lake Charles, Louisiana.[1] The tournament winner, McNeese, received the conference's automatic invitation to the 2024 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. 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. Tiebreakers used were 1) Head-to-head results, 2) comparison of records against individual teams in the conference starting with the top-ranked team(s) and working down and 3) NCAA NET rankings available on day following the conclusion of regular-season play.[2]
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McNeese | 17–1 | ||
| 2 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 14–4 | ||
| 3 | Nicholls | 13–5 | ||
| 4 | Lamar | 12–6 | ||
| 5 | Southeastern Louisiana | 10–8 | ||
| 6 | Northwestern State | 7–11 | ||
| 7 | Texas A&M–Commerce | 6–12 | ||
| 8 | New Orleans | 4–14 | 1–1 vs. Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | |
| DNQ | Houston Christian | 4–14 | 0–2 vs. Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | |
| DNQ | Incarnate Word | 3–15 |
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Sunday March 10, 2024 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 5:00 pm | No. 5 Southeastern Louisiana vs. No. 8 New Orleans | 66–78 | ESPN+ | |
| 2 | 7:30 pm | No. 6 Northwestern State vs. No. 7 Texas A&M–Commerce | 64–69 | |||
| Second round – Monday, March 11, 2024 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 5:00 pm | No. 4 Lamar vs. No. 8 New Orleans | 71–57 | ESPN+ | |
| 4 | 7:30 pm | No. 3 Nicholls vs. No. 7 Texas A&M-Commerce | 72–51 | |||
| Semifinals – Tuesday, March 12, 2024 | ||||||
| 3 | 5 | 5:30 pm | No. 1 McNeese vs. No. 4 Lamar | 76–57 | ESPNU | |
| 6 | 8:00 pm | No. 2 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi vs. No. 3 Nicholls | 73–81OT | ESPN+ | ||
| Championship – Wednesday, March 13, 2024 | ||||||
| 4 | 7 | 4:00 pm | No. 1 McNeese vs. No. 3 Nicholls | 92–76 | ESPN2 | |
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* denotes number of overtime periods
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