2015 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament

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2015 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2014–15
Teams8
Site Lakefront Arena
New Orleans, LA
ChampionsArkansas–Little Rock (3rd title)
Winning coach Joe Foley (3rd title)
Television ESPN3
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2016  →
2014–15 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Arkansas–Little Rock †18–2 .90025–4  .862
Arkansas State 16–4 .80021–9  .700
Troy 15–5 .75020–9  .690
UT Arlington 11–9 .55017–12  .586
Texas State 11–9 .55016–13  .552
Louisiana–Lafayette 10–10 .50018–11  .621
Appalachian State 9–11 .45014–15  .483
Georgia State 8–12 .40013–16  .448
Louisiana-Monroe 8–12 .40012–17  .414
Georgia Southern 2–18 .1005–24  .172
South Alabama 2–18 .1005–24  .172
† 2015 Sun Belt Tournament winner
As of March 7, 2015
Rankings from AP poll

The 2015 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Sun Belt Conference, beginning on March 11, 2015 and ending on March 14, 2015, at the Lakefront Arena in New Orleans.

Contents

The tournament was won by the Little Rock Trojans, who received an automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. [1]

Seeds

Of the 11 eligible teams in the conference, only 8 qualified for the tournament. [2]

2015 Sun Belt women's basketball tournament seeds and results
SeedSchoolConf.Over.Tiebreaker
1‡Arkansas–Little Rock18–225–4
2Arkansas State16–421–9
3Troy15–520–9
4Texas State11–916–132–0 vs. UT Arlington
5UT Arlington11–917–120–2 vs. Texas State
6Louisiana–Lafayette10–1018–11
7Appalachian State9–1114–15
8Georgia State8–1213–162–0 vs. Louisiana–Monroe
‡ – Sun Belt Conference regular season champions.

Schedule

GameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevision
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 11
1
11:30 am
#1 UALR vs. #8 Georgia State
71–54 ESPN3
2
2:00 pm
#4 Texas State vs. #5 UT Arlington
52–46
3
5:00 pm
#2 Arkansas State vs. #7 Appalachian State
67–52
4
7:30 pm
#3 Troy vs. #6 Louisiana–Lafayette
52–66
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
5
11:30 am
#1 UALR vs. #4 Texas State
87–44ESPN3
6
2:00 pm
#2 Arkansas State vs. #6 Louisiana–Lafayette
63–61
Championship Game – Saturday, March 14
7
7:00 pm
#1 UALR vs. #2 Arkansas State
78–72ESPN3
*Game Times in CT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed

[3]

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Wednesday, March 11 		Semifinals
Friday, March 13 		Championship
Saturday, March 14
         
1 UALR71
8 Georgia State 54
1 UALR87
4 Texas State 44
4 Texas State52
5 UT Arlington 46
1 UALR78
2 Arkansas State 72
2 Arkansas State67
7 Appalachian State 52
2 Arkansas State63
6 Louisiana–Lafayette 61
3 Troy 52
6Louisiana–Lafayette66

All times listed are Central

See also

2015 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

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