2014 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2014 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Sun Belt Tournament Logo
Classification Division I
Season 2013–14
Teams 8
Site Lakefront Arena
New Orleans, LA
Champions Louisiana–Lafayette (4th title)
Winning coach Bob Marlin (1st title)
MVP Bryant Mbamalu (Louisiana–Lafayette)
Television Sun Belt Network, ESPN
2013–14 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Georgia State17–1 .944  25–9  .735
WKU12–6 .667  21–11  .656
Louisiana–Lafayette †11–7 .611  23–12  .657
Arkansas State10–8 .556  19–13  .594
Arkansas–Little Rock9–9 .500  15–17  .469
Texas–Arlington9–9 .500  15–17  .469
Louisiana–Monroe7–11 .389  10–17  .370
Troy6–12 .333  11–20  .355
South Alabama5–13 .278  11–20  .355
Texas State4–14 .222  8–23  .258
† 2014 Sun Belt Conference Tournament winner

The 2014 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held in New Orleans, LA from March 13 to March 16 at the Lakefront Arena. The tournament winner received an automatic bid into the 2014 NCAA Tournament. The semifinal games were televised on the Sun Belt Network, with the championship game on ESPN, on Sunday March 16.[1]

Seeds

The top eight teams in the Sun Belt Conference qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference record and then a tie breaker system wasused. The top two seeds received a double bye, and the third and fourth seeds received a single bye.[2]

Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker
1 Georgia State‡* 17–124–7
2 Western Kentucky* 12–620–11
3 Louisiana–Lafayette# 11–720–11
4 Arkansas State# 10–818–12
5 Arkansas–Little Rock 9–914–16 1–1 vs. ULL
6 Texas–Arlington 9–914–16 0–2 vs. ULL
7 Louisiana–Monroe 7–1110–16
8 Troy 6–1211–19
‡ – Sun Belt Conference regular season champions.
* – Received a first-round and second-round bye in the conference tournament.
# – Received a first-round bye in the conference tournament.
Overall record are as of the end of the regular season.

Schedule

[3]

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television
First round – Thursday, March 13
1 1 6:00 pm #5 Arkansas–Little Rock vs. #8 Troy Sun Belt Network
2 8:30 pm #6 Texas–Arlington vs. #7 Louisiana–Monroe
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 14
2 3 6:00 pm #4 Arkansas State vs. #5 Arkansas–Little Rock Sun Belt Network
4 8:30 pm #3 Louisiana–Lafayette vs. #6 Texas–Arlington
Semifinals – Saturday, March 15
3 5 2:00 pm #1 Georgia State vs. #4 Arkansas State Sun Belt Network
6 4:30 pm #2 WKU vs. #3 Louisiana–Lafayette Sun Belt Network
Championship – Sunday, March 16
4 7 12:00 pm #1 Georgia State vs. #3 Louisiana–Lafayette ESPN2
*Game times in CST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

First round
Thursday, March 13		 Quarterfinals
Friday, March 14		 Semifinals
Saturday, March 15		 Championship
Sunday, March 16
     
             
             
          1 Georgia State 72  
          4 Arkansas State 45  
        4 Arkansas State 1164OT  
5 Arkansas–Little Rock 74     5 Arkansas–Little Rock 114  
8 Troy 61       1 Georgia State 81
          3 Louisiana–Lafayette 82OT
             
             
          2 Western Kentucky 72  
          3 Louisiana–Lafayette 73  
        3 Louisiana–Lafayette 91      
6 Texas–Arlington 68     6 Texas–Arlington 85      
7 Louisiana–Monroe 65  

References

  1. ↑ "2013-14 Sun Belt Media Guide". xosdigital. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  2. ↑ http://sunbeltsports.org/custompages/champs/basketball/2014/14MBBChampCentral.html?path=mbball&
  3. ↑ http://sunbeltsports.org/custompages/champs/basketball/2014/14mbb_bracket.pdf
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