| Year: | 2024 |
| Conference: | Southland Conference |
| Shortconference: | SLC |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Format: | Double-elimination |
| Ballpark: | Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field |
| City: | Hammond, Louisiana |
| Champions: | Nicholls |
| Titlecount: | 3rd |
| Coach: | Mike Silva |
| Coachcount: | 2nd |
| Mvp: | Basiel Williams |
| Mvpteam: | Nicholls |
| Television: | ESPN+ |
The 2024 Southland Conference baseball tournament will be held from May 22 through 25.[1] The top eight regular season finishers of the league's nine competing teams will meet in the double-elimination tournament held at Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field in Hammond, Louisiana. Note: Texas A&M–Commerce does not sponsor a baseball team.
The winner of the tournament will earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2] [3]
The top eight finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through eight. They will play a two bracket, double-elimination tournament, with the winner of each bracket meeting in a single championship final. No team will receive a bye.
Teams will be seeded by record within the conference with a tie–breaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top eight teams in the conference will qualify for the tournament.[4]
| Seed | School | Conference | Tie-breaker #1 | Tie-breaker #2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lamar | 17–7 | Not needed | |
| 2 | Nicholls | 16–8 | Not needed | |
| 3 | New Orleans | 14–10 | Not needed | |
| 4 | Northwestern State | 11–13 | 2-1 vs McNeese | |
| 5 | McNeese | 11–13 | 1–2 vs Northwestern State | |
| 6 | Southeastern Louisiana | 10–14 | 2–1 vs Texas A&M–Corpus Christi; 3–0 vs Incarnate Word | |
| 7 | 10–14 | 1–2 vs Southeastern Louisiana; 2–1 vs Incarnate Word | ||
| 8 | Incarnate Word | 10–14 | 0–3 vs Southeastern Louisiana; 1-2 vs Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | |
Source:[2]
| Round | Game | Time* | Matchup | Score | Attendance | Notes | Television | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Round – Wednesday, May 22, 2024 | ||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 9:00 am | No. 4 Northwestern State vs. No. 5 McNeese | ESPN+ | ||||
| 2 | No. 1 Lamar vs. No. 8 Incarnate Word | 3–6 | ||||||
| 3 | 4:10 pm | No. 2 Nicholls vs. No. 7 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | ||||||
| 4 | 7:15 pm | No. 3 New Orleans vs. No. 6 Southeastern Louisiana | 1,487 | |||||
| Second Round – Thursday, May 23, 2024 | ||||||||
| 2 | 5 | 9:00 am | No. 4 Northwestern State vs. No. 1 Lamar | Northwestern State eliminated | ESPN+ | |||
| 6 | No. 7 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi vs. No. 3 New Orleans | 4–7 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi eliminated | |||||
| 7 | 4:00 pm | No. 5 McNeese vs. No. 8 Incarnate Word | 6–2 | |||||
| 8 | 7:20 pm | No. 2 Nicholls vs. No. 6 Southeastern Louisiana | 1,590 | |||||
| Third Round – Friday, May 24, 2024 | ||||||||
| 3 | 9 | 9:00 am | No. 1 Lamar vs. No. 8 Incarnate Word | Incarnate Word eliminated. | ESPN+ | |||
| 10 | No. 3 New Orleans vs. No. 6 Southeastern Louisiana | New Orleans eliminated. | ||||||
| 11 | 4:04 pm | No. 5 McNeese vs. No. 1 Lamar | 9–18 | |||||
| 12 | 8:05 pm | No. 2 Nicholls vs. No. 6 Southeastern Louisiana | 4–3 | 2,232 | Southeastern Louisiana eliminated. Nicholls advances to championship game. | |||
| Championship – Saturday, May 25, 2024 | ||||||||
| 4 | 13 | 1:00 pm | No. 1 Lamar vs. No. 5 McNeese | 4–14 | Lamar eliminated. McNeese advances to championship game. | ESPN+ | ||
| 14 | – | Game 12 winner vs. Game 12 loser (if necessary) | – | Not necessary | ||||
| Championship | 6:00 pm | No. 5 McNeese vs. No. 2 Nicholls | 1–15 | 1,198 | Nicholls wins tournament championship. | |||
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