2019_Sun_Belt_Conference_men's_basketball_tournament

2019 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament
2019 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2018–19
Teams	10
Site	Lakefront Arena; New Orleans, Louisiana
Champions	Georgia State (3rd title)
Winning coach	Ron Hunter (3rd title)
MVP	Malik Benlevi (Georgia State)
Television	ESPN+, ESPN2
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2019 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

Men's basketball tournament

The 2019 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for Sun Belt Conference during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Tournament first-round games were played at the campus of the higher seeded team on March 12. The remainder of the tournament was held from March 14–17, 2019, in New Orleans, Louisiana, at Lakefront Arena.^[1] Georgia State defeated UT Arlington 73–64 in the championship game to win the tournament, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA tournament. It was the third tournament championship for Georgia State, and their second consecutive.

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"2019 Men's Basketball Championship Bracket" (PDF). Sun Belt Conference. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 30, 2022. Retrieved April 26, 2022.

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v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Georgia State †	13	–	5	.722	24	–	10	.706
UT Arlington	12	–	6	.667	17	–	16	.515
Georgia Southern	12	–	6	.667	21	–	12	.636
Texas State	12	–	6	.667	24	–	10	.706
Louisiana	10	–	8	.556	19	–	13	.594
Coastal Carolina	9	–	9	.500	17	–	17	.500
Louisiana–Monroe	9	–	9	.500	19	–	16	.543
South Alabama	8	–	10	.444	17	–	17	.500
Arkansas State	7	–	11	.389	13	–	19	.406
Appalachian State	6	–	12	.333	11	–	21	.344
Little Rock	5	–	13	.278	10	–	21	.323
Troy	5	–	13	.278	12	–	18	.400

† 2019 Sun Belt Conference tournament winner

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Georgia State	13–5
2	UT Arlington	12–6	3–1 vs. GA Southern/Texas State, 2–0 vs. Texas State
3	Georgia Southern	12–6	2–2 vs. UTA/Texas State, 1–1 vs. Texas State
4	Texas State	12–6	1–3 vs. GA Southern/UTA
5	Louisiana	10–8
6	Coastal Carolina	9–9	2–0 vs. Louisiana–Monroe
7	Louisiana–Monroe	9–9	0–2 vs. Coastal Carolina
8	South Alabama	8–10
9	Arkansas State	7–11
10	Appalachian State	6–12

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television
First round – Tuesday, March 12, 2019 – campus sites
1	7:00 pm	No. 9 Arkansas State at No. 8 South Alabama	67–75	ESPN+
2	7:00 pm	No. 10 Appalachian State at No. 7 Louisiana–Monroe	80–89	ESPN+
Second round – Thursday, March 14, 2019 – Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA
3	5:00 pm	No. 5 Louisiana vs No. 8 South Alabama	69–70	ESPN+
4	7:30 pm	No. 6 Coastal Carolina vs No. 7 Louisiana–Monroe	50–80	ESPN+
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 15, 2019 – Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA
5	5:00 pm	No. 4 Texas State vs. No. 8 South Alabama	79–67	ESPN+
6	7:30 pm	No. 3 Georgia Southern vs. No. 7 Louisiana–Monroe	81–67	ESPN+
Semifinals – Saturday, March 16, 2019 – Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA
7	3:00 pm	No. 1 Georgia State vs. No. 4 Texas State	59–46	ESPN+
8	5:30 pm	No. 2 UT Arlington vs. No. 3 Georgia Southern	67–58	ESPN+
Championship – Sunday, March 17, 2019 – Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA
9	1:00 pm	No. 1 Georgia State vs. No. 2 UT Arlington	73–64	ESPN2
Game times are in Central Time. Rankings denote tournament seed.

First round Tuesday, March 12			Second round Thursday, March 14			Quarterfinals Friday, March 15			Semifinals Saturday, March 16			Championship Sunday, March 17

									1	Georgia State	59
									4	Texas State	46


						4	Texas State	79
						8	South Alabama	67
			5	Louisiana	69
8	South Alabama	75	8	South Alabama	70
9	Arkansas State	67										1	Georgia State	73
												2	UT Arlington	64






									2	UT Arlington	67
									3	Georgia Southern	58


						3	Georgia Southern	81
						7	Louisiana–Monroe	67
			6	Coastal Carolina	50
7	Louisiana–Monroe	89	7	Louisiana–Monroe	80
10	Appalachian State	80

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