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1995 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament

1995 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1994–95
Teams8
First round siteCampus Sites
Campus Arenas
Finals siteHirsch Memorial Coliseum
Shreveport, Louisiana
ChampionsNicholls State (1st title)
Winning coachRickey Broussard (1st title)
MVPReggie Jackson (Nicholls State)
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1994–95 Southland Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Nicholls State 17 1   .944 24 6   .800
UTSA 11 7   .611 15 13   .536
Northeast Louisiana 11 7   .611 14 18   .438
North Texas 9 9   .500 14 13   .519
Stephen F. Austin 9 9   .500 14 14   .500
Northwestern State 8 10   .444 13 14   .481
Southwest Texas State 7 11   .389 12 14   .462
McNeese State 7 11   .389 11 16   .407
Texas-Arlington 7 11   .389 10 17   .370
Sam Houston State 4 14   .222 7 19   .269
1995 Southland tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1995 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 7–10 with the opening round played at campus sites and the semifinal and championship round played at Hirsch Memorial Coliseum in Shreveport, Louisiana.[2]

Nicholls State defeated Northeast Louisiana in the championship game, 98–87, to win their first Southland men's basketball tournament.

The Colonels received a bid to the 1995 NCAA Tournament as the No. 13 seed in the Midwest region.

Format

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.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
March 7
Semifinals
March 9
Championship
March 10
         
1 Nicholls State 88
8 McNeese State 69
1 Nicholls State 91
5 Stephen F. Austin 89
4 North Texas 72
5 Stephen F. Austin 73
1 Nicholls State 98
2 Northeast Louisiana 87
3 Texas-San Antonio 89
6 Northwestern State 79
3 Texas-San Antonio 76
2 Northeast Louisiana 78
2 Northeast Louisiana 75
7 Texas-Arlington 61

References