2000_Sun_Belt_Conference_men's_basketball_tournament

2000 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

2000 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

Men's basketball tournament held in the year 2000

The 2000 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 4–7 at Alltel Arena in North Little Rock, Arkansas.[1]

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Louisiana–Lafayette defeated top-seeded South Alabama in the championship game, 51–50, to win their third Sun Belt men's basketball tournament.

The Ragin' Cajuns, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA tournament. No other Sun Belt members earned bids to the tournament.

Format

The Sun Belt added one team, Denver, in the offseason, bringing total membership up to nine.

The tournament field also expanded, adding a preliminary first round for two of the lowest seeded teams in the conference. With all nine Sun Belt teams seeded based on regular season conference records, the ninth-seeded team, rather than entering the play-in game, was paired with the tournament's top seed directly in the quarterfinals. Instead, the seventh- and eighth-seeded teams contested the play-in game, with a chance to play the second-seeded team in the ensuing quarterfinal round.

Bracket

First round
Saturday, March 4 		Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 4
Sunday, March 5 		Semifinals
Monday, March 6 		Championship
Tuesday, March 7
            
1 South Alabama 74
9 Arkansas–Little Rock 58
1 South Alabama 64
5 Western Kentucky 61
5 Western Kentucky 79
4 Florida International 60
1 South Alabama 50
2 Louisiana–Lafayette 51
3 Louisiana Tech 84
6 Arkansas State 77
3 Louisiana Tech 58
2 Louisiana–Lafayette 73
7 New Orleans 67
8 Denver 65
7 New Orleans 35
2 Louisiana–Lafayette 55

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "1999–00 Sun Belt Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
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