2017 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

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2017 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2016–17
Teams12
Site Lakefront Arena
New Orleans, Louisiana
Champions Troy (1st title)
Winning coach Phil Cunningham (1st title)
MVP Wesley Person Jr. (Troy)
Television ESPN3, ESPN2
←  2016
2018  →
2016–17 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Texas–Arlington 14–4 .77827–9  .750
Georgia State 12–6 .66720–13  .606
Arkansas State 11–7 .61120–12  .625
Texas State 11–7 .61122–14  .611
Georgia Southern 11–7 .61118–15  .545
Louisiana–Lafayette 10–8 .55621–12  .636
Troy †10–8 .55622–15  .595
Coastal Carolina 10–8 .55620–19  .513
South Alabama 7–11 .38914–18  .438
Little Rock 6–12 .33315–17  .469
Appalachian State 4–14 .2229–21  .300
Louisiana–Monroe 2–16 .1119–24  .273
† 2017 Sun Belt Conference tournament winner

The 2017 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament is the postseason conference tournament for the Sun Belt Conference. The tournament will be held at the Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana from March 8 to March 12, 2017. The tournament winner will receive the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA tournament.

Contents

Seeds

All 12 conference teams will compete in the conference tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. [1] The top four teams received a bye to the quarterfinals.

SeedSchoolOverallTiebreaker
1 Texas–Arlington 14–4
2 Georgia State 12–6
3 Georgia Southern 11–72–0 vs. ASU/TSU
4 Texas State 11–71–1 vs. ASU/GSU
5 Arkansas State 11–70–2 vs. Ga So/GSU
6 Troy 10–82–0 vs. CCU/ULL
7 Louisiana–Lafayette 10–81–1 vs. CCU/Troy
8 Coastal Carolina 10–80–2 vs. ULL/Troy
9 South Alabama 7–11
10 Little Rock 6–12
11 Appalachian State 4–14
12 Louisiana–Monroe 2–16

Schedule

GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevision
First round – March 8
111:30 amNo. 9 South Alabama vs. No. 8 Coastal Carolina67–80 ESPN3
22:00 pmNo. 12 Louisiana–Monroe vs. No. 5 Arkansas State73–70 OT
35:00 pmNo. 10 Little Rock vs. No. 7 Louisiana–Lafayette71–78
47:30 pmNo. 11 Appalachian State vs. No. 6 Troy64–84
Quarterfinals – March 10
511:30 amNo. 8 Coastal Carolina vs No. 1 Texas–Arlington51–74ESPN3
62:00 pmNo. 12 Louisiana–Monroe vs No. 4 Texas State63–51
75:00 pmNo. 7 Louisiana–Lafayette vs. No. 2 Georgia State86–76
87:30 pmNo. 6 Troy vs. No. 3 Georgia Southern90–70
Semifinals – March 11
911:30 amNo. 1 Texas–Arlington vs. No. 4 Texas State83–62ESPN3
102:00 pmNo. 2 Georgia State vs. No. 6 Troy63–74
Final – March 12
111:00 pmNo. 4 Texas State vs. No. 6 Troy53–59 ESPN2
*Game times in CST.
Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, March 8
ESPN3 		Quarterfinals
Friday, March 10
ESPN3 		Semifinals
Saturday, March 11
ESPN3 		Championship
Sunday, March 12
ESPN2
            
1 Texas–Arlington74
8 Coastal Carolina 51
8 Coastal Carolina80
9 South Alabama 67
1 Texas–Arlington 62
4 Texas State83
4 Texas State63
12 Louisiana–Monroe 51
5 Arkansas State 70
12 Louisiana–Monroe73*
4 Texas State 53
6 Troy59
2 Georgia State86
7 Louisiana–Lafayette 76
7 Louisiana–Lafayette78
10 Little Rock 71
2 Georgia State 63
6 Troy74
3 Georgia Southern 70
6 Troy90
6 Troy84
11 Appalachian State 64

[2]

See also

2017 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament

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  2. ↑ "2017 Sun Belt MBB Championship Bracket" (PDF). Retrieved February 4, 2024.
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