1994 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1994 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 10
Site E. A. Diddle Arena
Bowling Green, KY
Champions Southwestern Louisiana (2nd title)
Winning coach Marty Fletcher (2nd title)
MVP Michael Allen (Southwestern Louisiana)
Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1993  1995»

The 1994 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 4–7 at the E. A. Diddle Arena at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky.[1]

Southwestern Louisiana defeated top-seeded hosts Western Kentucky in the championship game, 78–72, to win their second Sun Belt men's basketball tournament. It was USL's second Sun Belt title in three years.

The Ragin' Cajuns, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA Tournament. Fellow Sun Belt member Western Kentucky joined them in the tournament, earning an at-large bid.

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
Friday, March 4
Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 5
Semifinals
Sunday, March 6
Championship
Monday, March 7
                                     
        
  1  Western Kentucky 72  
    8  Arkansas–Little Rock 69  
9  Lamar 71
8  Arkansas–Little Rock 78  
  1  Western Kentucky 83  
  4  Jacksonville 72  
        
        
  5  Arkansas State 55
    4  Jacksonville 68  
      
        
  1  Western Kentucky 72
  2  SW Louisiana 78
        
        
  3  New Orleans 68
    6  South Alabama 60  
      
        
  3  New Orleans 55
  2  SW Louisiana 59  
7  Texas–Pan American 70  
10  Louisiana Tech 65  
  7  Texas–Pan American 60
    2  SW Louisiana 81  
      

See also

References

  1. "1993–94 Sun Belt Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
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