The 1984 Southland Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 8–10, 1984 with quarterfinal matchups being held at the home arena of the higher seed and the semifinals and championship game played at the Beaumont Civic Center in Beaumont, Texas.
Louisiana Tech defeated in the championship game, 68–65, to win their first Southland men's basketball tournament.
The Bulldogs received a bid to the 1984 NCAA Tournament as No. 10 seed in the Midwest region. They were the only Southland member invited to the tournament.
Format
All seven of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the top seed earning a bye into the semifinal round. The other six teams began play in the quarterfinal round.
First round games were played at the home court of the higher-seeded team. All remaining games were played at the Beaumont Civic Center in Ruston, Louisiana.