2017 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2017 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2016–17
Teams 12
Site Lakefront Arena
New Orleans, Louisiana
Television ESPN3, ESPN
2016–17 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Texas–Arlington 14 – 4   .778     27 – 9   .750
Georgia State 12 – 6   .667     20 – 13   .606
Arkansas State 11 – 7   .611     20 – 12   .625
Texas State 11 – 7   .611     22 – 14   .611
Georgia Southern 11 – 7   .611     18 – 15   .545
Louisiana–Lafayette 10 – 8   .556     21 – 12   .636
Troy † 10 – 8   .556     22 – 14   .611
Coastal Carolina 10 – 8   .556     20 – 19   .513
South Alabama 7 – 11   .389     14 – 18   .438
Little Rock 6 – 12   .333     15 – 17   .469
Appalachian State 4 – 14   .222     9 – 21   .300
Louisiana–Monroe 2 – 16   .111     9 – 24   .273
† 2017 Sun Belt Conference Tournament winner

The 2017 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament is the postseason conference tournament for the Sun Belt Conference. The tournament will be held at the Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana from March 8 to March 12, 2017. The tournament winner will receive the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.

Seeds

All 12 conference teams will compete in the conference tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top four teams received a bye to the quarterfinals.

Seed School Overall Tiebreaker
1 Texas–Arlington 14–4
2 Georgia State 12–6
3 Georgia Southern 11–7 2–0 vs. ASU/TSU
4 Texas State 11–7 1–1 vs. ASU/GSU
5 Arkansas State 11–7 0–2 vs. Ga So/GSU
6 Troy 10–8 2–0 vs. CCU/ULL
7 Louisiana–Lafayette 10–8 1–1 vs. CCU/Troy
8 Coastal Carolina 10–8 0–2 vs. ULL/Troy
9 South Alabama 7–11
10 Little Rock 6–12
11 Appalachian State 4–14
12 Louisiana–Monroe 2–16

Schedule

Game Time Matchup Score Television
First round – March 8
1 11:30 am No. 9 South Alabama vs. No. 8 Coastal Carolina 67–80 ESPN3
2 2:00 pm No. 12 Louisiana–Monroe vs. No. 5 Arkansas State 73–70 OT
3 5:00 pm No. 10 Little Rock vs. No. 7 Louisiana–Lafayette 71–78
4 7:30 pm No. 11 Appalachian State vs. No. 6 Troy 64–84
Quarterfinals – March 10
5 11:30 am No. 8 Coastal Carolina vs No. 1 Texas–Arlington 51–74 ESPN3
6 2:00 pm No. 12 Louisiana–Monroe vs No. 4 Texas State 63–51
7 5:00 pm No. 7 Louisiana–Lafayette vs. No. 2 Georgia State 86–76
8 7:30 pm No. 6 Troy vs. No. 3 Georgia Southern 90–70
Semifinals – March 11
9 11:30 am No. 1 Texas–Arlington vs. No. 4 Texas State 83–62 ESPN3
10 2:00 pm No. 2 Georgia State vs. No. 6 Troy 63–74
Final – March 12
11 1:00 pm No. 4 Texas State vs. No. 6 Troy 53–59 ESPN2
*Game times in CST.
Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

  First round
Wednesday, March 8
ESPN3		 Quarterfinals
Friday, March 10
ESPN3		 Semifinals
Saturday, March 11
ESPN3		 Championship
Sunday, March 12
ESPN
                                     
       
  1 Texas–Arlington 74  
    8 Coastal Carolina 51  
8 Coastal Carolina 80
9 South Alabama 67  
  1 Texas–Arlington 62  
  4 Texas State 83  
       
       
  4 Texas State 63
    12 Louisiana–Monroe 51  
5 Arkansas State 70
12 Louisiana–Monroe 73*  
  4 Texas State 53
  6 Troy 59
       
       
  2 Georgia State 86
    7 Louisiana–Lafayette 76  
7 Louisiana–Lafayette 78
10 Little Rock 71  
  2 Georgia State 63
  6 Troy 74  
       
       
  3 Georgia Southern 70
    6 Troy 90  
6 Troy 84
11 Appalachian State 64  

See also

2017 Sun Belt Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

References

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