1988 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament

none August 2023 April 2022 1988 Southland Conference I Men's 200px 6 Campus Sites Campus Arenas UNT Coliseum Denton, Texas North Texas State 1st Jimmy Gales 1st Tony Worrell North Texas The 1988 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 8–10, 1988 with quarterfinal matchups being held at the home arena of the higher seed and the semifinals and championship game played at UNT Coliseum in Denton, Texas.1987-88 Southland Conference Season Summary sports-reference.com Sports Reference https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/southland/1988.html April 16, 2022 North Texas State defeated 1987–88 men Northeast Louisiana Indians Northeast Louisiana in the championship game, 87–70, to win their first Southland men's basketball tournament. The Mean Green received a bid to the 1988 NCAA Tournament as No. 15 seed in the West region. They were the only Southland member invited to the NCAA tournament. Conference tournament runner-up Northeast Louisiana was invited to the 1988 NIT Tournament. Format Six of eight of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the top two seeds earning byes into the semifinal round. New conference members 1987 men Sam Houston State Bearkats Sam Houston State and 1987 men Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks Stephen F. Austin did not participate. The other four teams began play in the quarterfinal round. First round games were played at the home court of the higher-seeded team. All remaining games were played at UNT Coliseum in Denton, Texas. Bracket QuarterfinalsTuesday, March 8 SemifinalsWednesday, March 9 ChampionshipThursday, March 10 3 1987 men Northwestern State Demons Northwestern State 69 6 1987 men Texas-Arlington Mavericks Texas-Arlington 74 4 1987 men Southwest Texas State Bobcats Southwest Texas State 79 5 1987 men McNeese State Cowboys McNeese State 87 1 North Texas State 82 5 McNeese State 61 6 Texas-Arlington 63 2 1987 men Northeast Louisiana Indians NE Louisiana 78 1 North Texas State 87 2 NE Louisiana 70 References Category:Southland Conference men's basketball tournament Tournament Southland Conference men's basketball tournament Southland Conference men's basketball tournament Category:Sports competitions in Denton, Texas Category:College basketball tournaments in Texas