HoopInsider_Cooper Posted March 3, 2009 Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 Four Teams Vying for Last Two Spots in Southland Basketball Tournament Lamar, McNeese State, Southeastern Louisiana and Texas State trying to qualify for conference tournament Six spots have been filled for the 2009 State Farm Southland Conference Basketball Tournament next week at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas. Nicholls State, Sam Houston State, Stephen F. Austin, UT Arlington, UTSA and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi have each earned entry into the conference tournament. Lamar, McNeese State, Southeastern Louisiana and Texas State still have a shot to get in with two games remaining in the regular season. Northwestern State has been mathematically eliminated from one the tournament field, which takes the top two teams in each division and the next four best records. This is the final season Central Arkansas is not eligible for postseason play because of its transition from NCAA Division II, but would not have qualified this season if it had been eligible. Southeastern Louisiana (5-9) plays at McNeese State (5-9) in a must-win game for each team. The loser is eliminated and the winner faces its fate based on how Lamar and Texas State, both 6-8 finish. Lamar plays at A&M-Corpus Christi on Wednesday while Texas State plays host to UTSA. Attention turns to seeding for the six teams already in the tournament. Stephen F. Austin can clinch the top seed if it can win its final two games against Central Arkansas and UTSA. One SFA win clinches at least a share of the regular-season and East Division titles. The Lumberjacks have a one-game lead over Nicholls State in the East. Sam Houston, which is just a game behind SFA in the race for the top seed, can clinch a share of the West Division title with a win Wednesday against Northwestern State. The Bearkats have a one-game lead in the division ahead of UT Arlington and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. Beyond that the possibilities are too numerous to mention. Southland Tie-Breaking Procedure Tournament seeding, 1 through 8, shall be based upon regular-season winning percentage regardless of divisional place in Conference competition. In the event of a tie for any seeded position, seed shall be determined by utilizing the conference’s tie-breaking formula. All ties shall be broken in the order in which they occur, from top to bottom, in the standings. (a) If two teams are tied and they are from different divisions, the winner of the game between the two tied teams shall be the higher seed. ( If two teams are tied and they are from the same division, the team with an advantage in head-to-head competition shall be the higher seed. © If two teams remain tied, there will be a comparison of overall record against division teams only (10 divisional games). (d) If two teams remain tied, there will be a *comparison of record against the highest ranked team(s) (based upon Conference winning percentage) in the division and proceeding through in order of divisional finish. (e) If two teams remain tied, there will be a *comparison of record against the highest ranked team(s) (based upon Conference winning percentage) in the opposite division and proceeding through in order of divisional finish. (f) If two teams remain tied, the higher seed will be chosen by draw. (g) If three or more teams are tied, ties among divisional opponents will be broken by using steps ( through (f) and the head-to-head results will be used to break ties between non-divisional teams. When three or more teams from the same division are tied step ( will consist of a mini-round robin among those tied teams. At any point during the process of breaking ties among three or more teams that the number of tied teams are reduced to two, head-to-head competition would be used as the primary tiebreaker, followed by steps © through (f). * Note: When comparing against the “highest†ranked team(s) in either division, the comparison will be based upon how tied teams did against all teams in a given placement, rather than a team that wins a tiebreaker at another position. For example, if two teams are tied for fifth and two teams are tied for first, the head-to-head comparison would be how the fifth place teams did against the first place teams combined, and vice versa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazeek Posted March 3, 2009 Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 LU needs to win one to get in and if they win both they are the #7 seed. Simple as that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lu cards Posted March 3, 2009 Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 ive been the the tourney the last 2 years but think ill pass unless lu makes the championship.cant get excited about backing in to the slc tourney as 7 or 8 seed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphadog Posted March 3, 2009 Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 Last time Lamar won the tourney they were a 7 seed. Its anybodys ball game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mffl Posted March 3, 2009 Report Share Posted March 3, 2009 ive been the the tourney the last 2 years but think ill pass unless lu makes the championship.cant get excited about backing in to the slc tourney as 7 or 8 seed. Well you need to be there to help get them to the Championship game! That is, if we make the tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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