2011 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2011 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 201011
Teams 12
Site Summit Arena
Convention Center Court
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Champions Arkansas-Little Rock Trojans (1st title)
Winning coach Steve Shields (1st title)
Television ESPN Regional Television, ESPNU
Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2010  2012»
2010–11 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
East
Florida Atlantic 13 3   .813     21 10   .677
Middle Tennessee State 10 6   .625     16 16   .500
WKU 8 8   .500     16 16   .500
South Alabama 6 10   .375     13 16   .448
Troy 6 10   .375     8 21   .276
FIU 5 11   .313     11 19   .367
West
Arkansas State 11 5   .688     17 15   .531
Louisiana–Lafayette 11 5   .688     14 15   .483
Denver 9 7   .563     13 17   .433
North Texas 8 8   .500     22 11   .667
Arkansas–Little Rock 7 9   .438     19 17   .528
Louisiana–Monroe 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.

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