2000 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament
| 2000 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1999–00 |
| Teams | 9 |
| Site | Alltel Arena North Little Rock, AR |
| Champions | Louisiana–Lafayette (3rd title) |
| Winning coach | Jessie Evans (1st title) |
| MVP | Virgil Stanescu (South Alabama) |
Template:1999–2000 Sun Belt men's basketball standings
The 2000 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 4–7 at Alltel Arena in North Little Rock, Arkansas.[1]
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
- ^ "1999–00 Sun Belt Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2016.