[1] Jacksonville State defeated UT Martin, 66–55, in championship game to win the tournament and earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Only the top eight teams in the conference qualified for the Tournament.
2 seeds also received double byes to the semifinals under the merit-based format.
4 seeds received a single bye to the quarterfinals.
Teams were seeded by record within the division and conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.