2014 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

2014 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament
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Classification	Division I
Season	2013–14
Teams	8
Site	Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA
Champions	Louisiana–Lafayette (6th title)
Winning coach	Bob Marlin (1st title)
MVP	Bryant Mbamalu (Louisiana–Lafayette)
Television	Sun Belt Network, ESPN
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2013–14 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Georgia State	17	–	1		.944			25	–	9		.735
WKU	12	–	6		.667			21	–	11		.656
Louisiana–Lafayette †	11	–	7		.611			23	–	12		.657
Arkansas State	10	–	8		.556			19	–	13		.594
Arkansas–Little Rock	9	–	9		.500			15	–	17		.469
Texas–Arlington	9	–	9		.500			15	–	17		.469
Louisiana–Monroe	7	–	11		.389			10	–	17		.370
Troy	6	–	12		.333			11	–	20		.355
South Alabama	5	–	13		.278			11	–	20		.355
Texas State	4	–	14		.222			8	–	23		.258
† 2014 Sun Belt Conference tournament winner

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]

Seeds

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
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.

Schedule

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Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television
First round – Thursday, March 13
1	1	6:00 pm	#5 Arkansas–Little Rock vs. #8 Troy	Sun Belt Network
	2	8:30 pm	#6 Texas–Arlington vs. #7 Louisiana–Monroe
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 14
2	3	6:00 pm	#4 Arkansas State vs. #5 Arkansas–Little Rock	Sun Belt Network
	4	8:30 pm	#3 Louisiana–Lafayette vs. #6 Texas–Arlington
Semifinals – Saturday, March 15
3	5	2:00 pm	#1 Georgia State vs. #4 Arkansas State	Sun Belt Network
	6	4:30 pm	#2 WKU vs. #3 Louisiana–Lafayette	Sun Belt Network
Championship – Sunday, March 16
4	7	12:00 pm	#1 Georgia State vs. #3 Louisiana–Lafayette	ESPN2
*Game times in CST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First round Thursday, March 13					Quarterfinals Friday, March 14					Semifinals Saturday, March 15					Championship Sunday, March 16
											1	Georgia State	72
											4	Arkansas State	45
						4	Arkansas State	1164OT
	5	Little Rock	74			5	Little Rock	114
	8	Troy	61													1	Georgia State	81
																3	Louisiana–Lafayette	82OT
											2	Western Kentucky	72
											3	Louisiana–Lafayette	73
						3	Louisiana–Lafayette	91
	6	Texas–Arlington	68			6	Texas–Arlington	85
	7	Louisiana–Monroe	65

See also

2014 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament

References

1. "2013-14 Sun Belt Media Guide". xosdigital. Archived from the original on January 28, 2013. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
2. "2014 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Championship Central".
3. "2014 Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). Sun Belt Conference. 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2022.