2011 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

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2011 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2010–11
Teams12
SiteSummit Arena
Convention Center Court
Hot Springs, Arkansas
ChampionsArkansas-Little Rock (1st title)
Winning coachSteve Shields (1st title)
MVPSolomon Bozeman (Arkansas-Little Rock)
TelevisionESPN Regional Television, ESPNU
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
13 – 3   .813 21 – 10   .677
10 – 6   .625 16 – 16   .500
8 – 8   .500 16 – 16   .500
6 – 10   .375 13 – 16   .448
6 – 10   .375 8 – 21   .276
5 – 11   .313 11 – 19   .367
West
11 – 5   .688 17 – 15   .531
Louisiana–Lafayette 11 – 5   .688 14 – 15   .483
9 – 7   .563 13 – 17   .433
8 – 8   .500 22 – 11   .667
Arkansas–Little Rock† 7 – 9   .438 19 – 17   .528
2 – 14   .125 7 – 24   .226
† 2011 Sun Belt Conference Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held in Hot Springs, Arkansas from March 5 to March 8 at the Summit Arena and the Convention Center Court. All 12 Sun Belt teams participated in the tournament and their seedings are based on their conference record.

Format[]

The 12 members of the Sun Belt are split into two six team divisions. The top two seeds from both divisions receive byes to the quarterfinals. The first round will see inter-divisional match ups where the 3 will play the 6 seed and the 4 will play the 5 seed. The winners of the 3/6 match ups will play the 2 seeds and the winners of the 4/5 match ups will play the 1 seeds. The championship game will be broadcast on ESPN2.[1]

Bracket[]

First Round
Saturday, March 5, 2011 		Quarterfinals
Sunday, March 6, 2011 		Semifinals
Monday, March 7, 2011 		Championship Game
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
            
W2 UL-Lafayette 76
E3 WKU 81
E3 WKU 66
W6 UL-Monroe 50
E3 WKU 62
W4 North Texas 81
E1 Florida Atlantic 64
W4 North Texas 78
E5 Troy 69
W4 North Texas 83
W4 North Texas 63
W5 Ark-Little Rock 64
E2 Middle Tennessee 73
E6 FIU 38
E6 FIU 53
W3 Denver 49
E2 Middle Tennessee 56
W5 Ark-Little Rock 65
W1 Arkansas State 52
W5 Ark-Little Rock 59
E4 South Alabama 68
W5 Ark-Little Rock 82

Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime.

References[]

  1. ^ "2011 Sun Belt Basketball Championship Central - SunBeltSports.org Official Web Site of the Sun Belt Conference". Archived from the original on 2011-03-08. Retrieved 2011-02-27.
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