1986 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament

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1986 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification
Fant-Ewing Coliseum
Monroe, Louisiana
ChampionsNortheast Louisiana (1st title)
Winning coachMike Vining (1st title)
MVPArthur Hayes (Northeast Louisiana)
1985–86 Southland Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
NE Louisiana 9 3   .750 20 10   .667
McNeese State
8 4   .667 21 11   .656
Arkansas State
7 5   .583 18 11   .621
Lamar
6 6   .500 18 12   .600
Louisiana Tech
6 6   .500 20 14   .588
North Texas State
4 8   .333 10 18   .357
UT Arlington 2 10   .167 12 18   .400
1986 Southland Conference tournament winner
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1986

Fant-Ewing Coliseum in Monroe, Louisiana.[1]

McNeese State
in the championship game, 59–57, to win their first Southland men's basketball tournament.

The Indians received a bid to the

1986 NCAA Tournament as No. 13 seed in the West region. They were the only Southland member invited to the NCAA tournament. McNeese, Lamar, and Louisiana Tech received invitations to the 1986 NIT Tournament
.

Format

All seven of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the top seed earning a bye into the semifinal round. The other six 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 the

.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Tuesday, March 4
Semifinals
Wednesday, March 5
Championship
Thursday, March 6
         
1 NE Louisiana 57
5 Louisiana Tech 56
4
Lamar
58
5
Louisiana Tech
60
1 NE Louisiana 59
2 McNeese State 57
3 Arkansas State 79
6 North Texas State 71
3 Arkansas State 57
2 McNeese State 68
2
McNeese State
83
7
Texas-Arlington
71

References

  1. ^ "1985-86 Southland Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2022.