2017 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament explained

Year:2017
Conference:Sun Belt Conference
Division:I
Gender:Men's
Teams:12
Arena:Lakefront Arena
City:New Orleans, Louisiana
Champions:Troy
Coach:Phil Cunningham
Coachcount:1
Mvp:Wesley Person Jr.
Mvpteam:Troy
Television:ESPN3, ESPN2

The 2017 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament is the postseason conference tournament for the Sun Belt Conference. The tournament will be held at the Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana from March 8 to March 12, 2017. The tournament winner will receive the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA tournament.

Seeds

All 12 conference teams will compete in the conference tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.[1] The top four teams received a bye to the quarterfinals.

SeedSchoolOverallTiebreaker
1Texas–Arlington14–4
2Georgia State12–6
3Georgia Southern11–72–0 vs. ASU/TSU
4Texas State11–71–1 vs. ASU/GSU
5Arkansas State11–70–2 vs. Ga So/GSU
6Troy10–82–0 vs. CCU/ULL
7Louisiana–Lafayette10–81–1 vs. CCU/Troy
8Coastal Carolina10–80–2 vs. ULL/Troy
9South Alabama7–11
10Little Rock6–12
11Appalachian State4–14
12Louisiana–Monroe2–16

Schedule

GameTimeMatchup ScoreTelevision
First round – March 8
111:30 amNo. 9 South Alabama vs. No. 8 Coastal Carolina67–80ESPN3
22:00 pmNo. 12 Louisiana–Monroe vs. No. 5 Arkansas State73–70 OT
35:00 pmNo. 10 Little Rock vs. No. 7 Louisiana–Lafayette71–78
47:30 pmNo. 11 Appalachian State vs. No. 6 Troy64–84
Quarterfinals – March 10
511:30 amNo. 8 Coastal Carolina vs No. 1 Texas–Arlington51–74ESPN3
62:00 pmNo. 12 Louisiana–Monroe vs No. 4 Texas State63–51
75:00 pmNo. 7 Louisiana–Lafayette vs. No. 2 Georgia State86–76
87:30 pmNo. 6 Troy vs. No. 3 Georgia Southern90–70
Semifinals – March 11
911:30 amNo. 1 Texas–Arlington vs. No. 4 Texas State83–62ESPN3
102:00 pmNo. 2 Georgia State vs. No. 6 Troy63–74
Final – March 12
111:00 pmNo. 4 Texas State vs. No. 6 Troy53–59ESPN2
  • Game times in CST.
    Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

[2]

See also

2017 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2017-03-04 . 2017 Sun Belt Men’s Basketball Championship Bracket Announced . 2024-02-04 . sunbeltsports.org . en.
  2. Web site: 2017 Sun Belt MBB Championship Bracket . February 4, 2024.