Southland Conference Baseball Tournament
The Southland Conference Baseball Tournament is the conference championship tournament in baseball for the Southland Conference. The winner of the tournament receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.
Tournament
The Southland Conference Baseball Tournament is an eight team double-elimination tournament held annually at various location in the Southland Conference region. The eight teams with the best conference record at the end of the regular season earn berths in the tournament. The winner receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The other teams have to hope for an at-large bid.History
The Southland Conference tournament began in 1964. From 1964 through 1966 the tournament consisted of three teams. In 1967 and 1968 the tournament expanded to a four team double-elimination tournament. This was all that constituted conference play for those seasons.From 1969 until 1992, the Southland Conference did not have a baseball tournament. In some seasons, a championship series was held between division champions.
In 1993, the conference began holding a baseball tournament again. From 1993 through 1995, the tournament was a four team double-elimination tournament.
In 1996, it expanded to become a six team double-elimination tournament and remained that way until 2007.
In 2008, the tournament once again expanded and became an eight team double-elimination tournament.
In 2012, two brackets of four teams were added in a double-elimination format. The winner of each bracket plays in a championship game. This facilitates a television broadcast of the final.
Champions
By year
By school
Updated through 2019 Tournament.| School | Appearances | W-L | Pct | Tourney Titles | Title Years | Notes |
| Sam Houston State | 16 | 36–21 | 6 | 1996, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017 | ||
| Texas State | 17 | 35–28 | 4 | 1997, 1999, 2000, 2011 | Left conference in 2012. | |
| Lamar | 16 | 33–26 | 3 | 2002, 2004, 2010 | Left conference in 1987. Returned in 1999. | |
| McNeese State | 17 | 20–27 | 3 | 1993, 2003, 2019 | ||
| Trinity | 5 | 12–6 | 3 | 1964, 1965, 1966 | Left conference in 1972. | |
| Texas–Arlington | 15 | 28–26 | 3 | 2001, 2006, 2012 | Left conference in 2012. | |
| Arkansas State | 5 | 11–6 | 2 | 1967, 1968 | Left conference in 1987. | |
| UTSA | 12 | 19–20 | 2 | 1994, 2005 | Left conference in 2012. | |
| Central Arkansas | 6 | 13–10 | 1 | 2013 | Joined conference in 2006. | |
| Houston Baptist | 3 | 10–4 | 1 | 2015 | Joined conference in 2013. | |
| Louisiana–Monroe | 10 | 16–17 | 1 | 1995 | Left conference in 2006. | |
| Nicholls State | 7 | 9–11 | 1 | 1998 | ||
| Northwestern State | 20 | 26–38 | 1 | 2018 | ||
| Southeastern Louisiana | 12 | 21–22 | 1 | 2014 | Joined conference in 1997. | |
| Abilene Christian | 5 | 1–10 | 0 | Left conference in 1973. Returned in 2013. | ||
| New Orleans | 2 | 4–4 | 0 | Joined conference in 2014. | ||
| Oral Roberts | 1 | 2–2 | 0 | Conference member from 2012–2014. | ||
| Stephen F. Austin | 7 | 7–14 | 0 | |||
| Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 6 | 11–12 | 0 | Joined conference in 2006. |
- Italics indicate that the program is no longer a Southland member.