1995 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1995 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 10
Site Barton Coliseum
Little Rock, AR
Champions Western Kentucky (2nd title)
Winning coach Matt Kilcullen (1st title)
MVP Chris Robinson (Western Kentucky)
Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1994  1996»

Template:1994–95 Sun Belt men's basketball standings

The 1995 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 2–5 at Barton Coliseum in Little Rock, Arkansas.[1]

Top-seeded Western Kentucky defeated hosts Arkansas–Little Rock in the championship game, 82–79, to win their second Sun Belt men's basketball tournament. It was WKU's second Sun Belt title in three years.

The Hilltoppers, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA Tournament. No other Sun Belt members were invited to the tournament.

Format

No teams left or joined the Sun Belt before the season, leaving conference membership fixed at ten teams.

With all teams participating in the tournament this year, the field increased from nine to ten teams. With all teams seeded based on regular-season conference records, the top six teams were all placed directly into the quarterfinal round while the four lowest-seeded teams were placed into the preliminary first round.

Bracket

  First Round
Thursday, March 2
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 3
Semifinals
Saturday, March 4
Championship
Sunday, March 5
                                     
        
  1  Western Kentucky 87  
    9  SW Louisiana 72  
9  SW Louisiana 57
8  Lamar 55  
  1  Western Kentucky 64  
  4  Texas–Pan American 61  
        
        
  5  Louisiana Tech 48
    4  Texas–Pan American 51  
      
        
  1  Western Kentucky 82
  6  Arkansas–Little Rock 79
        
        
  3  Jacksonville 76
    6  Arkansas–Little Rock 99  
      
        
  6  Arkansas–Little Rock 64
  2  New Orleans 52  
7  South Alabama 83  
10  Arkansas State 96  
  10  Arkansas State 61
    2  New Orleans 87  
      

See also

References

  1. "1994–95 Sun Belt Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
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