2014 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

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2014 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament
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Classification Division I
Season 2013–14
Teams8
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
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Georgia State 17–1 .94425–9  .735
WKU 12–6 .66721–11  .656
Louisiana–Lafayette †11–7 .61123–12  .657
Arkansas State 10–8 .55619–13  .594
Arkansas–Little Rock 9–9 .50015–17  .469
Texas–Arlington 9–9 .50015–17  .469
Louisiana–Monroe 7–11 .38910–17  .370
Troy 6–12 .33311–20  .355
South Alabama 5–13 .27811–20  .355
Texas State 4–14 .2228–23  .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]

Contents

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]

SeedSchoolConferenceOverallTiebreaker
1 Georgia State‡*17–124–7
2 Western Kentucky*12–620–11
3 Louisiana–Lafayette#11–720–11
4 Arkansas State#10–818–12
5 Arkansas–Little Rock 9–914–161–1 vs. ULL
6 Texas–Arlington 9–914–160–2 vs. ULL
7 Louisiana–Monroe 7–1110–16
8 Troy 6–1211–19
‡ – 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

[3]

SessionGameTime*Matchup#Television
First round – Thursday, March 13
116:00 pm#5 Arkansas–Little Rock vs. #8 TroySun Belt Network
28:30 pm#6 Texas–Arlington vs. #7 Louisiana–Monroe
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 14
236:00 pm#4 Arkansas State vs. #5 Arkansas–Little RockSun Belt Network
48:30 pm#3 Louisiana–Lafayette vs. #6 Texas–Arlington
Semifinals – Saturday, March 15
352:00 pm#1 Georgia State vs. #4 Arkansas StateSun Belt Network
64:30 pm#2 WKU vs. #3 Louisiana–LafayetteSun Belt Network
Championship – Sunday, March 16
4712:00 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 State72
4 Arkansas State 45
4 Arkansas State1164OT
5 Arkansas–Little Rock745 Arkansas–Little Rock 114
8 Troy 61 1 Georgia State 81
3 Louisiana–Lafayette82OT
2 Western Kentucky 72
3 Louisiana–Lafayette73
3 Louisiana–Lafayette91
6 Texas–Arlington686 Texas–Arlington 85
7 Louisiana–Monroe 65

See also

2014 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament

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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.
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