Year: | 2014 |
Conference: | Sun Belt Conference |
Division: | I |
Gender: | Men's |
Teams: | 8 |
Arena: | Lakefront Arena |
City: | New Orleans, LA |
Champions: | Louisiana–Lafayette |
Titlecount: | 4th |
Coach: | Bob Marlin |
Coachcount: | 1st |
Mvp: | Bryant Mbamalu |
Mvpteam: | Louisiana–Lafayette |
Television: | Sun Belt Network, ESPN |
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]
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 was used. The top two seeds received a double bye, and the third and fourth seeds received a single bye.[2]
Seed | School | Conference | Overall | Tiebreaker |
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1 | Georgia State‡* | 17–1 | 24–7 | |
2 | Western Kentucky | 12–6 | 20–11 | |
3 | Louisiana–Lafayette | 11–7 | 20–11 | |
4 | Arkansas State | 10–8 | 18–12 | |
5 | Arkansas–Little Rock | 9–9 | 14–16 | 1–1 vs. ULL |
6 | Texas–Arlington | 9–9 | 14–16 | 0–2 vs. ULL |
7 | Louisiana–Monroe | 7–11 | 10–16 | |
8 | Troy | 6–12 | 11–19 | |
‡ – 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. |
Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Television | ||
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First round – Thursday, March 13 | ||||||
1 | 1 | 6:00 pm |
| Sun Belt Network | ||
2 | 8:30 pm |
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Quarterfinals – Friday, March 14 | ||||||
2 | 3 | 6:00 pm |
| Sun Belt Network | ||
4 | 8:30 pm |
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Semifinals – Saturday, March 15 | ||||||
3 | 5 | 2:00 pm |
| Sun Belt Network | ||
6 | 4:30 pm |
| Sun Belt Network | |||
Championship – Sunday, March 16 | ||||||
4 | 7 | 12:00 pm |
| ESPN2 | ||
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2014 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament