2016 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament

2016 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201516
Teams8
SiteMerrell Center
Katy, Texas
ChampionsStephen F. Austin (4th title)
Winning coachBrad Underwood (3rd title)
MVPThomas Walkup (Stephen F. Austin)
Attendance9,793
TelevisionESPN3, ESPN2
2015–16 Southland Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Stephen F. Austin180 1.000286  .824
Texas A&M–CC153 .833258  .758
Sam Houston State126 .6671816  .529
Incarnate Word*126 .6671712  .586
Houston Baptist108 .5561717  .500
Southeastern Louisiana99 .5001221  .364
Abilene Christian*810 .4441318  .419
McNeese State711 .389920  .310
Central Arkansas**612 .333721  .250
New Orleans612 .3331020  .333
Nicholls State612 .3331123  .324
Northwestern State513 .278820  .286
Lamar315 .1671119  .367
2016 Southland tournament winner
* Ineligible for postseason during transition to Division I
** Ineligible for postseason due to APR violations

The 2016 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament, a part of the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place March 9–12 at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas. The winner of the tournament will receive the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament.

Two programs in their third year of the transition from NCAA Division II to Division I, Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word, were ineligible for the tournament. In addition, Central Arkansas was ineligible for the tournament for failure to meet enhanced NCAA Academic Performance Rating (APR) requirements.