1999 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1999 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1998–99
Teams 8
Site Cajundome
Lafayette, LA
Champions Arkansas State (1st title)
Winning coach Dickey Nutt (1st title)
MVP Chico Fletcher (Arkansas State)
Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1998  2000»

The 1999 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held February 27–March 2 at the Cajundome at the University of Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette, Louisiana.[1]

Arkansas State defeated Western Kentucky in the championship game, 65–48, to win their first Sun Belt men's basketball tournament.

The Indians, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Tournament, their first appearance in the Division I event. No other Sun Belt members earned bids to the tournament.

Format

The Sun Belt once again saw changes in its membership; three teams departed the conference, Jacksonville (TAAC), Lamar (Southland), and Texas–Pan American (Independent), while one was added, Florida International (TAAC). Total membership reduced from ten to eight.

With the membership changes came some slight modifications to the tournament format. All eight teams, seeded based on regular season conference records, were now placed directly into the initial quarterfinal round as part of a single-elimination style bracket.

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
Saturday, February 27		 Semifinals
Sunday, February 28		 Championship
Tuesday, March 2
                           
  1  Louisiana Tech 68  
8  Arkansas–Little Rock 66  
  1  Louisiana Tech 66  
    5  Western Kentucky 76  
5  Western Kentucky 80
  4  SW Louisiana 73  
    5  Western Kentucky 48
  2  Arkansas State 65
  3  Florida International 65  
6  South Alabama 57  
3  Florida International 69
    2  Arkansas State 87  
7  New Orleans 53
  2  Arkansas State 70  

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1998–99 Sun Belt Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
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