2019 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

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2019 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2018–19
Teams10
SiteLakefront Arena
New Orleans, Louisiana
ChampionsGeorgia State (3rd title)
Winning coachRon Hunter (3rd title)
MVPMalik Benlevi (Georgia State)
TelevisionESPN+, ESPN2
← 2018
2020 →
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Georgia State † 13 – 5   .722 24 – 10   .706
UT Arlington 12 – 6   .667 17 – 16   .515
Georgia Southern 12 – 6   .667 21 – 12   .636
Texas State 12 – 6   .667 24 – 10   .706
Louisiana 10 – 8   .556 19 – 13   .594
Coastal Carolina 9 – 9   .500 17 – 17   .500
Louisiana–Monroe 9 – 9   .500 19 – 16   .543
South Alabama 8 – 10   .444 17 – 17   .500
Arkansas State 7 – 11   .389 13 – 19   .406
Appalachian State 6 – 12   .333 11 – 21   .344
Little Rock 5 – 13   .278 10 – 21   .323
Troy 5 – 13   .278 12 – 18   .400
† 2019 Sun Belt Conference Tournament winner

The 2019 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for Sun Belt Conference during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Tournament first-round games were played at the campus of the higher seeded team on March 12. The remainder of the tournament was held from March 14–17, 2019, in New Orleans, Louisiana, at Lakefront Arena.[1] Georgia State defeated UT Arlington 73–64 in the championship game to win the tournament, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Tournament. It was the third tournament championship for Georgia State, and their second consecutive.

Seeds[]

Only the top 10 of the 12 conference teams were eligible for the tournament. The 3rd and 4th place teams received a double bye to the quarterfinals of the tournament, while the top 2 teams received a triple bye to the semifinals. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 Georgia State 13–5
2 UT Arlington 12–6 3–1 vs. GA Southern/Texas State, 2–0 vs. Texas State
3 Georgia Southern 12–6 2–2 vs. UTA/Texas State, 1–1 vs. Texas State
4 Texas State 12–6 1–3 vs. GA Southern/UTA
5 Louisiana 10–8
6 Coastal Carolina 9–9 2–0 vs. Louisiana–Monroe
7 Louisiana–Monroe 9–9 0–2 vs. Coastal Carolina
8 South Alabama 8–10
9 Arkansas State 7–11
10 Appalachian State 6–12

Schedule[]

Game Time Matchup Score Television
First round – Tuesday, March 12, 2019 – campus sites
1 7:00 pm No. 9 Arkansas State at No. 8 South Alabama 67–75 ESPN+
2 7:00 pm No. 10 Appalachian State at No. 7 Louisiana–Monroe 80–89
Second round – Thursday, March 14, 2019 – Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA
3 5:00 pm No. 5 Louisiana vs No. 8 South Alabama 69–70 ESPN+
4 7:30 pm No. 6 Coastal Carolina vs No. 7 Louisiana–Monroe 50–80
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 15, 2019 – Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA
5 5:00 pm No. 4 Texas State vs. No. 8 South Alabama 79–67 ESPN+
6 7:30 pm No. 3 Georgia Southern vs. No. 7 Louisiana–Monroe 81–67
Semifinals – Saturday, March 16, 2019 – Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA
7 3:00 pm No. 1 Georgia State vs. No. 4 Texas State 59–46 ESPN+
8 5:30 pm No. 2 UT Arlington vs. No. 3 Georgia Southern 67–58
Championship – Sunday, March 17, 2019 – Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA
9 1:00 pm No. 1 Georgia State vs. No. 2 UT Arlington 73–64 ESPN2
Game times are in Central Time. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket[]

[2]

First round
Tuesday, March 12 		Second round
Thursday, March 14 		Quarterfinals
Friday, March 15 		Semifinals
Saturday, March 16 		Championship
Sunday, March 17
1 Georgia State 59
4 Texas State 46
4 Texas State 79
8 South Alabama 67
5 Louisiana 69
8 South Alabama 75 8 South Alabama 70
9 Arkansas State 67 1 Georgia State 73
2 UT Arlington 64
2 UT Arlington 67
3 Georgia Southern 58
3 Georgia Southern 81
7 Louisiana–Monroe 67
6 Coastal Carolina 50
7 Louisiana–Monroe 89 7 Louisiana–Monroe 80
10 Appalachian State 80

References[]

  1. ^ "2019 Sun Belt Men's Basketball Championship".
  2. ^ https://sunbeltsports_ftp.sidearmsports.com/custompages/champs/201819/MBB/2019MBB_champbracket.pdf
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