2009 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2009 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2008–09
Teams 13
Site Summit Arena
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Champions WKU (7th title)
Winning coach Ken McDonald (1st title)
MVP A. J. Slaughter (WKU)
Television ESPN Regional Television, ESPN2
Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2008  2010»

The 2009 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 4–10, 2009. The first round was held at campus sites, and all subsequent rounds took place in Hot Springs, Arkansas at the Summit Arena. The semifinals were televised by ESPN Regional Television. The Sun Belt Conference Championship Game was televised by ESPN2.

The tournament was won by the WKU Hilltoppers, in front of a crowd of 3,493.

Bracket

  First round
Wednesday, March 4		 Second round
Sunday, March 8		 Semifinals
Monday, March 9		 Championship Game
Tuesday, March 10
                                     
        
  1  WKU 66  
    9  Florida International 48  
8  Louisiana-Lafayette 69
9  Florida International 71  
  1  WKU 77  
  4  North Texas 70  
4  North Texas 79  
13  Florida Atlantic 73  
  4  North Texas 88
    5  Middle Tennessee St 79  
5  Middle Tennessee St 69
12  Arkansas State 62  
  1  WKU 64
  6  South Alabama 56
        
        
  3  Troy 75
    6  South Alabama 78  
6  South Alabama 62
11  New Orleans 60  
  6  South Alabama 54
  2  Arkansas-Little Rock 44  
        
        
  2  Arkansas-Little Rock 58
    7  Denver 55  
7  Denver 66
10  Louisiana-Monroe 57  

Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime.

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