2005 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

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2005 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2004–05
Teams11
SiteUNT Coliseum
Denton, TX
ChampionsLouisiana–Lafayette (5th title)
Winning coachRobert Lee (1st title)
MVPTiras Wade (Louisiana-Lafayette)
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The 2005 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 4–8 at UNT Coliseum in Denton, TX.[1]

Second-seed from the West division Louisiana–Lafayette defeated #1 seed from the West division Denver in the championship game, 88–69, to win their fifth Sun Belt men's basketball tournament.

The Ragin' Cajuns received an automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Tournament as the #13 seed in the Albuquerque region. No other Sun Belt members earned bids to the tournament.

Format[]

All eleven participating Sun Belt members were seeded based on regular season conference records.

Bracket[]

First Round
March 4 		Quarterfinals
March 5
March 6 		Semifinals
March 7 		Championship Game
March 8
            
1W Denver 64
4E Arkansas State 57
4E Arkansas State 84
5W North Texas 76
1W Denver 77
2E Western Kentucky 68
2E Western Kentucky 78
3W New Orleans 67
1W Denver 69
2W Louisiana-Lafayette 88
1E Arkansas-Little Rock 64
5E Florida International 69
4W South Alabama 57
5E Florida International 60
5E Florida International 69
2W Louisiana-Lafayette 80
2W Louisiana-Lafayette 71
E3 Middle Tennessee State 57
3E Middle Tennessee State 77
6W New Mexico State 63

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "2004–05 Sun Belt Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
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