2010 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

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2010 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament
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Tournament Logo
Classification Division I
Season 200910
Teams13
Site Summit Arena
Convention Center Court
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Champions North Texas (2nd title)
Winning coach Johnny Jones (2nd title)
MVP Eric Tramiel (North Texas)
Television ESPN Regional Television, ESPN2
  2009
2011  
2009–10 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
Troy 135 .7222013  .606
Middle Tennessee 135 .7221914  .576
Western Kentucky 126 .6672113  .618
Florida Atlantic 108 .5561416  .467
South Alabama 810 .4441715  .531
FIU 414 .222725  .219
West
North Texas135 .722249  .727
Arkansas State 117 .6111714  .548
Denver 108 .5561913  .594
Louisiana–Lafayette 108 .5561317  .433
Louisiana–Monroe 612 .3331219  .387
Arkansas–Little Rock 414 .222822  .267
New Orleans 315 .167822  .267
2010 Sun Belt Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament was held in Hot Springs, Arkansas from March 18 to March 29. Eight Games including the Semi-finals and final were played at Summit Arena and four other games were played at Convention Center Court in Hot Springs, Arkansas. All 13 Sun Belt teams participated in the tournament and there seedings are based on their conference record. North Texas was the tournament champion and received an automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. [1]

Bracket

First round
Saturday, March 6
Second round
Sunday, March 7
Semifinals
Monday, March 8
Championship game
Tuesday, March 9
            
1 Troy 67
9 South Alabama 55
8 FAU 51
9 South Alabama 52
1 Troy 54
4 Western Kentucky 48
4 Western Kentucky 83
13 New Orleans 58
4 Western Kentucky 65
5 Arkansas State 64
5 Arkansas State 89*
12 Ark-Little Rock 82
1 Troy 63
2 North Texas 66
3 Middle Tennessee 58
6 Denver 73
6 Denver 71
11 FIU 64
6 Denver 56
2 North Texas 63
2 North Texas 69
10 UL Monroe 66
7 UL Lafayette 75
10 UL Monroe 76

Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime.

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References

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