The 1984 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 8–10, 1984 with quarterfinal matchups being held at the home arena of the higher seed and the semifinals and championship game played at the Beaumont Civic Center in Beaumont, Texas.[2]
| 1984 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1983–84 |
| Teams | 7 |
| First round site | Campus Sites Campus Arenas |
| Finals site | Beaumont Civic Center Beaumont, Texas |
| Champions | Louisiana Tech (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Andy Russo (1st title) |
| MVP | Willie Simmons (Louisiana Tech) |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lamar | 11 | – | 1 | .917 | 26 | – | 5 | .839 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana-Monroe | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 17 | – | 12 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Tech † | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 26 | – | 7 | .788 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McNeese State | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas State | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Texas | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 9 | – | 19 | .321 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas-Arlington | 1 | – | 11 | .083 | 5 | – | 23 | .179 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1984 Southland tournament winner Rankings from AP poll[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana Tech defeated Lamar in the championship game, 68–65, to win their first Southland men's basketball tournament.
The Bulldogs received a bid to the 1984 NCAA Tournament as No. 10 seed in the Midwest region. They were the only Southland member invited to the NCAA tournament. Tournament runner-up and conference regular season champion Lamar received an invitation to the 1984 NIT Tournament.
Format
editAll 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 Beaumont Civic Center in Ruston, Louisiana.
Bracket
edit| Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 8 | Semifinals Wednesday, March 9 | Championship Thursday, March 10 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Lamar | 85 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | McNeese State | 66 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | McNeese State | 88 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Arkansas State | 72 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Lamar | 65 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Louisiana Tech | 68 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Louisiana Tech | 92 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | North Texas State | 68 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Louisiana Tech | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | NE Louisiana | 56 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | NE Louisiana | 108 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Texas-Arlington | 86 | ||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ sports-reference.com 1983-84 Southland Conference Season Summary
- ^ "1983-84 Southland Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2022.