2010 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2010 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

Tournament Logo
Classification Division I
Season 2009–10
Teams 13
Site Summit Arena
Convention Center Court
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Champions North Texas Mean Green (2nd title)
Winning coach Johnny Jones (2nd title)
Television ESPN Regional Television, ESPN2
2009–10 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
East
Troy 13 – 5   .722     20 – 13   .606
Middle Tennessee State 13 – 5   .722     19 – 14   .576
WKU 12 – 6   .667     21 – 13   .618
Florida Atlantic 10 – 8   .556     14 – 16   .467
South Alabama 8 – 10   .444     17 – 15   .531
FIU 4 – 14   .222     7 – 25   .219
West
North Texas† 13 – 5   .722     24 – 9   .727
Arkansas State 11 – 7   .611     17 – 14   .548
Denver 10 – 8   .556     19 – 13   .594
Louisiana–Lafayette 10 – 8   .556     13 – 17   .433
Louisiana–Monroe 6 – 12   .333     12 – 19   .387
Arkansas–Little Rock 4 – 14   .222     8 – 22   .267
New Orleans 3 – 15   .167     8 – 22   .267
† 2010 Sun Belt Conference Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held in Hot Springs, Arkansas from March 6 to March 9. Eight Games including the Semi Finals and Final were played at Summit Arena and four other games were played at Convention Center Court in Hot Springs, Arkansas. All 13 Sun Belt teams participated in the tournament and there seedings are based on their conference record. North Texas was the tournament champion and received an automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

Bracket

  First round
Saturday, March 6		 Second round
Sunday, March 7		 Semifinals
Monday, March 8		 Championship Game
Tuesday, March 9
                                     
       
  1 Troy 67  
    9 South Alabama 55  
8 FAU 51
9 South Alabama 52  
  1 Troy 54  
  4 WKU 48  
4 WKU 83  
13 New Orleans 58  
  4 WKU 65
    5 Arkansas State 64  
5 Arkansas State 89*
12 Ark-Little Rock 82  
  1 Troy 63
  2 North Texas 66
       
       
  3 Middle Tennessee 58
    6 Denver 73  
6 Denver 71
11 FIU 64  
  6 Denver 56
  2 North Texas 63  
       
       
  2 North Texas 69
    10 UL Monroe 66  
7 UL Lafayette 75
10 UL Monroe 76  

Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime.

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