The 2019 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2018âÂÂ19 season in the Southland Conference. The tournament was held at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas from March 13 to March 16, 2019. The tournament winner, Abilene Christian, received an automatic invitation to the 2019 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. Only the top 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. Sam Houston State clinched a double bye, and won the 2019 Southland regular-season title on February 27. Because of this, the Bearkats clinched the 1 seed. New Orleans, Lamar, Abilene Christian and Southeast Louisiana qualified for the tournament. Abilene Christian and Southeastern Louisiana clinched the 2nd and 3rd seeds, respectively, with wins on March 6.
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Tournament MVP: Jaren Lewis (Abilene Christian)<br> All-Tournament Team:
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