2000 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament
# 2000 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2000 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 8–11, 2000. The quarterfinal round was played at the home arena of the higher seeded-teams, with the semifinals and championship game played at Hirsch Memorial Coliseum in Shreveport, Louisiana. Number 7 seed Lamar won the championship game over number 4 seed Northwestern State, 62–55.

The Cardinals earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the opening round to No. 1 overall seed Duke.

## Format

The top eight eligible men's basketball teams in the Southland Conference receive a berth in the conference tournament. After the conference season, teams were seeded by conference record.

## Bracket

| Quarterfinals March 8 | Quarterfinals March 8 | Quarterfinals March 8 | Semifinals March 9 | Semifinals March 9 | Semifinals March 9 | Finals March 11 | Finals March 11 | Finals March 11 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sam Houston State | 49 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Nicholls State | 48 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Nicholls State | 48 | 1 | Sam Houston State | 64 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Northwestern State | 70 | | | |
| 4 | Northwestern State | 88 | 4 | Northwestern State | 70 | | | |
| 5 | Texas–Arlington | 83 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Texas–Arlington | 83 | | | | 4 | Northwestern State | 55 |
| | | | | | | 7 | Lamar | 62 |
| 3 | UTSA | 86 | | | | | | | 7 | Lamar | 62 |
| 6 | Southwest Texas State | 88 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Southwest Texas State | 88 | 6 | Southwest Texas State | 50 | | | |
| | | | 7 | Lamar | 53 | | | |
| 2 | Louisiana-Monroe | 62 | 7 | Lamar | 53 | | | |
| 7 | Lamar | 66 | | | | | | |

## Sources

* Southland Conference archives
