1995 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

1995 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1994–95
Teams10
SiteBarton Coliseum
Little Rock, AR
ChampionsWestern Kentucky (2nd title)
Winning coachMatt Kilcullen (1st title)
MVPChris Robinson (Western Kentucky)
← 1994
1996 →
1994–95 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 21 Western Kentucky † 17 – 1   .944 27 – 4   .871
New Orleans 13 – 5   .722 20 – 11   .645
Jacksonville 12 – 6   .667 18 – 9   .667
Texas–Pan American 10 – 8   .556 14 – 14   .500
Louisiana Tech 9 – 9   .500 14 – 13   .519
Arkansas-Little Rock 9 – 9   .500 17 – 12   .586
South Alabama 7 – 11   .389 9 – 18   .333
Lamar 6 – 12   .333 11 – 16   .407
Southwestern Louisiana 4 – 14   .222 7 – 22   .241
Arkansas State 3 – 15   .167 8 – 20   .286
† 1995 Sun Belt Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

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

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 Southwestern Louisiana 72
9 Southwestern 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.