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.
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.
SeedSchoolConferenceOverallTiebreaker1Georgia State‡* 17–1 24–7 2Western Kentucky* 12–6 20–11 3Louisiana–Lafayette# 11–7 20–11 4Arkansas State# 10–8 18–125Arkansas–Little Rock 9–9 14–161–1 vs. ULL6Texas–Arlington 9–9 14–16 0–2 vs. ULL7Louisiana–Monroe 7–11 10–168Troy 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
SessionGameTime*Matchup#Television First round – Thursday, March 13116:00 pm#5 Arkansas–Little Rock vs. #8 TroySun Belt Network28:30 pm#6 Texas–Arlington vs. #7 Louisiana–Monroe Quarterfinals – Friday, March 14236:00 pm#4 Arkansas State vs. #5 Arkansas–Little RockSun Belt Network48:30 pm#3 Louisiana–Lafayette vs. #6 Texas–Arlington Semifinals – Saturday, March 15352:00 pm#1 Georgia State vs. #4 Arkansas StateSun Belt Network64:30 pm#2 WKU vs. #3 Louisiana–LafayetteSun Belt Network Championship – Sunday, March 164712:00 pm#1 Georgia State vs. #3 Louisiana–LafayetteESPN2 *Game times in CST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
See also 2014 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament
References