# 2008 Southland Conference baseball tournament

The 2008 Southland Conference baseball tournament was held from May 21 through 24. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's twelve teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Don Sanders Stadium in Huntsville, Texas. The winner of the tournament, Sam Houston State, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

## Seeding and format

The top eight finishers from the regular season were seeded one through eight. They played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament, with the winner of each bracket meeting in a single championship final.
| Team | W | L | T | Pct | Seed |
| Texas–San Antonio | 22 | 8 | 0 | .733 | 1 |
| Lamar | 20 | 10 | 0 | .667 | 2 |
| Texas State | 19 | 11 | 0 | .633 | 3 |
| Sam Houston State | 18 | 12 | 0 | .600 | 4 |
| Northwestern State | 17 | 12 | 0 | .586 | 5 |
| Texas–Arlington | 16 | 14 | 0 | .533 | 6 |
| Southeastern Louisiana | 15 | 15 | 0 | .500 | 7 |
| Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 14 | 15 | 1 | .483 | 8 |
| Central Arkansas | 13 | 16 | 1 | .450 | – |
| Stephen F. Austin | 12 | 17 | 0 | .414 | – |
| McNeese State | 7 | 23 | 0 | .233 | – |
| Nicholls State | 5 | 25 | 0 | .167 | – |

## Results

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Texas–San Antonio | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 7 | 8 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Sam Houston State | 13 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Sam Houston State | 7 | 4 | Sam Houston State | 13 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Northwestern State | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Northwestern State | 1 | | | | 8 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Sam Houston State | 7 | | | | |
| 1 | Texas–San Antonio | 9 | | | | 4 | Sam Houston State | 7 | | | | |
| 5 | Northwestern State | 7 | 1 | Texas–San Antonio | 10 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 12 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Sam Houston State | 15 |
| 3 | Texas State | 22 | | | | | | | | 4 | Sam Houston State | 15 |
| 3 | Texas State | 22 | | | | | | | | 2 | Lamar | 7 |
| 6 | Texas–Arlington | 2 | | | | | | | | 2 | Lamar | 7 |
| 6 | Texas–Arlington | 2 | 3 | Texas State | 7 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Lamar | 11 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Lamar | 8 | 2 | Lamar | 11 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Southeastern Louisiana | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Southeastern Louisiana | 7 | | | | 2 | Lamar | 1 | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | 7 | Southeastern Louisiana | 17 | 2 | | | |
| 6 | Texas–Arlington | 3 | | | | 7 | Southeastern Louisiana | 17 | 2 | | | |
| 7 | Southeastern Louisiana | 7 | 3 | Texas State | 7 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Southeastern Louisiana | 11 | | | | | | | |

## All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
| Pos | Name | Team |
| C | Ben Theriot | Texas State |
| 1B | Trent Lockwood | Texas–San Antonio |
| 2B | Brian Taylor | Lamar |
| 3B | Seth Hammock | Sam Houston State |
| SS | Ryan Weber | Sam Houston State |
| OF | Keith Stein | Sam Houston State |
| OF | Chase Williams | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi |
| OF | David Moore | Lamar |
| DH | Bobby Verbick | Sam Houston State (MVP) |
| P | Brian Sisk | Lamar |
| P | Dallas Gallant | Sam Houston State |