2020 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament
The 2020 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2019–20 season in the Southland Conference.The first two games of the tournament were held at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas on March 11, 2020.[1] On March 12, the Southland Conference announced the remainder of the tournament would be canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The top two seeds received double byes into the semifinals in the merit-based format.7 seed by virtue of record against all other teams each played two times (MCN 7-3 vs. HBU/UIW/LU/UNO/SLU; AMCC 6-4 vs. HBU/UIW/LU/UNO/SLU) Note: This contradicts the tie-breaker rules listed on the conference website, which indicates that after the three-team tie is broken, the first step of the two-team tiebreaker should apply, which would have then awarded the higher seed to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi based on its 1-0 record vs. McNeese State.