1995 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1995 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 2–5 at Barton Coliseum in Little Rock, Arkansas.[1]

1995 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season199495
Teams10
SiteBarton Coliseum
Little Rock, AR
ChampionsWestern Kentucky (2nd title)
Winning coachMatt Kilcullen (1st title)
MVPChris Robinson (Western Kentucky)
1994–95 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 21 Western Kentucky171 .944  274  .871
New Orleans135 .722  2011  .645
Jacksonville126 .667  189  .667
Texas-Rio Grande Valley108 .556  1414  .500
Louisiana Tech99 .500  1413  .519
Arkansas-Little Rock99 .500  1712  .586
South Alabama711 .389  918  .333
Lamar612 .333  1116  .407
SW Louisiana414 .222  722  .241
Arkansas State315 .167  820  .286
1995 Sun Belt Conference Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Top-seeded Western Kentucky defeated hosts Arkansas–Little Rock in the championship game, 82–79, to win their second Sun Belt men's basketball tournament. It was WKU's second Sun Belt title in three years.

The Hilltoppers, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA Tournament. No other Sun Belt members were invited to the tournament.

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
Thursday, March 2
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 3
Semifinals
Saturday, March 4
Championship
Sunday, March 5
                                     
       
  1 Western Kentucky 87  
    9 SW Louisiana 72  
9 SW Louisiana 57
8 Lamar 55  
  1 Western Kentucky 64  
  4 Texas–Pan American 61  
       
       
  5 Louisiana Tech 48
    4 Texas–Pan American 51  
     
       
  1 Western Kentucky 82
  6 Arkansas–Little Rock 79
       
       
  3 Jacksonville 76
    6 Arkansas–Little Rock 99  
     
       
  6 Arkansas–Little Rock 64
  2 New Orleans 52  
7 South Alabama 83  
10 Arkansas State 96  
  10 Arkansas State 61
    2 New Orleans 87  
     

See also

References

  1. "1994–95 Sun Belt Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
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