1995 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament

1995 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1994–95
Teams	8
First round site	Campus Sites Campus Arenas
Finals site	Hirsch Memorial Coliseum Shreveport, Louisiana
Champions	Nicholls State (1st title)
Winning coach	Rickey Broussard (1st title)
MVP	Reggie Jackson (Nicholls State)
Southland Conference men's basketball tournaments

1994–95 Southland Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	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

1. sports-reference.com 1994-95 Southland Conference Season Summary
2. "1994-95 Southland Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2022.