2016 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2016 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament, a part of the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place March 9–12 at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas. The winner of the tournament will receive the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament. 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, Central Arkansas was ineligible for the tournament for failure to meet enhanced NCAA Academic Performance Rating (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 MVP: Thomas Walkup 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) == See also == 2016 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament == References == == External links == 2016 Southland Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament Page