title: 2011 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament
text: # 2011 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament
  
  The 2011 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament, a part of the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place March 9, 10 and 12, 2011 at the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas. In the championship game, the UTSA Roadrunners beat McNeese State to win its third Southland Conference title. UTSA also received the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Tournament, where it beat Alabama State in the First Four before losing to Ohio State in the tournament's second round.
  
  ## Format
  
  The top eight teams, regardless of divisional standing, received a berth in the conference tournament. The championship game was broadcast nationally on ESPN2.
  
  ## Bracket
  
  | Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 9 | Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 9 | Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 9 | Semifinals Thursday, March 10 | Semifinals Thursday, March 10 | Semifinals Thursday, March 10 | Finals Saturday, March 12 | Finals Saturday, March 12 | Finals Saturday, March 12 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | McNeese State | 61 | | | | | | |
  | 8 | Nicholls State | 54 | | | | | | |
  | 8 | Nicholls State | 54 | 1 | McNeese State | 91 | | | |
  | | | | 4 | Texas State | 83 | | | |
  | 4 | Texas State | 72 | 4 | Texas State | 83 | | | |
  | 5 | Southeastern Louisiana | 68 | | | | | | |
  | 5 | Southeastern Louisiana | 68 | | | | 1 | McNeese State | 72 |
  | | | | | | | 7 | UTSA | 75 |
  | 2 | Northwestern State | 96 | | | | | | | 7 | UTSA | 75 |
  | 7 | UTSA | 97 | | | | | | |
  | 7 | UTSA | 97 | 7 | UTSA | 79 | | | |
  | | | | 3 | Sam Houston State | 70 | | | |
  | 3 | Sam Houston State | 61 | 3 | Sam Houston State | 70 | | | |
  | 6 | Stephen F. Austin | 45 | | | | | | |
  