Year: | 2016 |
Conference: | Sun Belt Conference |
Division: | I |
Gender: | Men's |
Teams: | 8 |
Arena: | Lakefront Arena |
City: | New Orleans, Louisiana |
Champions: | Little Rock |
Titlecount: | 2nd |
Coachcount: | 1st |
Mvp: | Roger Woods |
Mvpteam: | Little Rock |
Television: | ESPN3, ESPN2 |
The 2016 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament was held at Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana from March 10 to March 13. The tournament winner, Little Rock, received an automatic bid into the 2016 NCAA tournament.
Seed | School | Conference | Overall | Tiebreaker[1] |
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1 | Little Rock | 17–3 | 27–4 | |
2 | Louisiana–Monroe | 15–5 | 19–12 | |
3 | Texas–Arlington | 13–7 | 22–9 | |
4 | Louisiana–Lafayette | 12–8 | 16–13 | |
5 | Georgia Southern | 10–10 | 14–16 | |
6 | Georgia State | 9–11 | 16–13 | |
7 | Texas State | 8–12 | 14–15 | 2–0 vs. South Alabama |
8 | South Alabama | 8–12 | 13–18 | 0–2 vs. Texas State |
‡ – 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. |
Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Television | ||
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First round – Thursday, March 10 | ||||||
1 | 1 | 5:00 pm |
| ESPN3 | ||
2 | 7:30 pm |
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Quarterfinals – Friday, March 11 | ||||||
2 | 3 | 5:00 pm |
| ESPN3 | ||
4 | 7:30 pm |
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Semifinals – Saturday, March 12 | ||||||
3 | 5 | 1:00 pm |
| ESPN3 | ||
6 | 3:30 pm |
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Championship – Sunday, March 13 | ||||||
4 | 7 | 12:00 pm |
| ESPN2 | ||
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2016 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament