1982 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament
The 1982 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 5–7, 1982 at Blackham Coliseum in Lafayette, Louisiana.[2]
| 1982 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1981–82 |
| Teams | 5 |
| Site | Blackham Coliseum Lafayette, Louisiana |
| Champions | Southwestern Louisiana (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Bobby Paschal (1st title) |
| MVP | Alford Turner (Southwestern Louisiana) |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SW Louisiana † | 8 | – | 2 | .800 | 24 | – | 8 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lamar | 7 | – | 3 | .700 | 22 | – | 7 | .759 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas-Arlington | 6 | – | 4 | .600 | 16 | – | 12 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McNeese State | 4 | – | 6 | .400 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas State | 3 | – | 7 | .300 | 15 | – | 11 | .577 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Tech | 2 | – | 8 | .200 | 11 | – | 16 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Texas State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 15 | – | 12 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1982 Southland tournament winner Rankings from AP poll[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southwestern Louisiana defeated Texas-Arlington in the championship game, 81–75, to win their first Southland men's basketball tournament.
The Ragin' Cajuns received a bid to the 1982 NCAA Tournament as No. 8 seed in the Mideast region. They were the only Southland member invited to the tournament.
Format
Five of seven 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. Arkansas State and North Texas State did not participate. McNeese State and Louisiana Tech began play in the quarterfinal round.
All games were played at Blackham Coliseum in Lafayette, Louisiana.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 5 | Semifinals Wednesday, March 6 | Championship Thursday, March 7 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | SW Louisiana | 105 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | McNeese State | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | McNeese State | 78 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Louisiana Tech | 77 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | SW Louisiana | 81 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Texas-Arlington | 75 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Texas-Arlington | 78 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Lamar | 73 | ||||||||||||
References
- "Men's Basketball 2018-19" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 105. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
- "1981-82 Southland Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2022.