1999 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament

1999 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1998–99
Teams	6
Site	Hirsch Memorial Coliseum Shreveport, Louisiana
Champions	UTSA Roadrunners (1st title)
Winning coach	Tim Carter (1st title)
Southland Conference men's basketball tournaments

1998–99 Southland Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Texas State	13	–	5		.722			19	–	9		.679
UTSA †	12	–	6		.667			18	–	11		.621
Nicholls State	12	–	6		.667			14	–	15		.483
Louisiana-Monroe	12	–	6		.667			13	–	14		.481
Lamar	11	–	7		.611			17	–	11		.607
McNeese State	11	–	7		.611			13	–	15		.464
Northwestern State	8	–	10		.444			11	–	15		.423
Texas–Arlington	8	–	10		.444			10	–	16		.385
Sam Houston State	7	–	11		.389			10	–	16		.385
Southeastern Louisiana	3	–	15		.167			6	–	20		.231
Stephen F. Austin	2	–	16		.111			4	–	22		.154
† 1999 Southland tournament winner

The 1999 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 4–6 at Hirsch Memorial Coliseum in Shreveport, Louisiana.

UTSA defeated Texas State in the championship game, 71–63, to win their first Southland men's basketball tournament.

The Roadrunners received a bid to the 1999 NCAA Tournament as the No. 16 seed in the West 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 4					Semifinals March 5					Championship March 6
						1	Texas State	92
						6	McNeese State	82
	4	Louisiana–Monroe	71
	5	Lamar	90
											1	Texas State	63
											2	UTSA	71
	3	Nicholls State	87
	6	McNeese State	100
						5	Lamar	63
						2	UTSA	77