2018 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament explained

Year:2018
Conference:Sun Belt Conference
Division:I
Gender:Men's
Teams:12
Arena:Lakefront Arena
City:New Orleans, Louisiana
Champions:Georgia State
Titlecount:2nd
Coach:Ron Hunter
Coachcount:2nd
Mvp:D'Marcus Simonds
Mvpteam:Georgia State
Television:ESPN3, ESPN2

The 2018 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the league for the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held from March 7–11, 2018, in New Orleans, Louisiana, at Lake Front Arena. The tournament winner, Georgia State, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds

All 12 conference teams were eligible for the tournament. The top four teams received a bye to the quarterfinals of the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
116–2
2Georgia State12–6
3Georgia Southern11–7
4Texas–Arlington10–8
5Appalachian State9–92–1 vs tied teams
6Louisiana–Monroe9–91–0 vs Georgia State
7Troy9–90–2 vs Georgia State
8Coastal Carolina8–10
9Texas State7–111–0 vs South Alabama
10South Alabama7–110–1 vs Texas State
11Arkansas State6–12
12Little Rock4–14

Schedule

GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevision
First round – Wednesday, March 7, 2018
111:30 amNo. 8 Coastal Carolina vs. No. 9 Texas State66–73
22:00 pmNo. 5 Appalachian State vs. No. 12 Little Rock 93–64
35:00 pmNo. 7 Troy vs. No. 10 South Alabama69–62
47:30 pmNo. 6 Louisiana–Monroe vs. No. 11 Arkansas State76–54
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 9, 2018
511:30 amNo. 1 Louisiana vs. No. 9 Texas State80–54ESPN3
62:00 pmNo. 4 Texas–Arlington vs. No. 5 Appalachian State84–63
75:00 pmNo. 2 Georgia State vs. No. 7 Troy 73–51
87:30 pmNo. 3 Georgia Southern vs. No. 6 Louisiana–Monroe63–55
Semifinals – Saturday, March 10, 2018
911:30 amNo. 1 Louisiana vs. No. 4 Texas–Arlington68–71ESPN3
102:00 pmNo. 2 Georgia State vs. No. 3 Georgia Southern73–67
Championship – Sunday, March 11, 2018
111:00 pmNo. 2 Georgia State vs. No. 4 Texas–Arlington74–61ESPN2
Game times are in Central Time. Rankings denote tournament seed.
Source[1]

See also

2018 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2018 Sun Belt Conference Men’s Basketball Championship . February 22, 2018.