The 2015 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament was held in New Orleans, Louisiana from March 12 to March 15 at Lakefront Arena. The tournament winner received an automatic bid into the 2015 NCAA tournament. Opening round games were televised on ESPN3, with the championship game on ESPN2, on Sunday March 15.
Seeds Only the top eight teams advanced to the Sun Belt Conference tournament. If a team ineligible for the NCAA Tournament should finish in the top eight, its seed would fall to the next eligible team. Teams were seeded based on conference record with a tie breaker system used to separate teams who are tied. The top two seeds received a double bye, and the third and fourth seeds received a single bye.
SeedSchoolConferenceOverallTiebreaker1Georgia State‡*15–5 22–9 2Georgia Southern*14–6 21–8 1–1 vs. Louisiana–Lafayette3UL Monroe#14–6 20–11 0–2 vs. Louisiana–Lafayette4LA-Lafayette#13–7 19–12 5Texas- Arlington 10–10 16–14 6South Alabama 9–1111–20 7UALR 8–12 13–17 8Texas State7–13 13–16 ‡ – Sun Belt Conference regular season champions.* – Received a first-round and second-round bye in the conference tournament.# – Received a first-round bye in the conference tournament. Overall record are as of the end of the regular season.
Schedule
SessionGameTime*Matchup#Television First round – Thursday, March 12115:00 pm#5 UT–Arlington 62 vs. #8 Texas State 68ESPN327:30 pm#6 South Alabama 57 vs. #7 Arkansas–Little Rock 55 Quarterfinals – Friday, March 13235:00 pm#4 UL–Lafayette 53 vs. #8 Texas State 43ESPN347:30 pm#3 UL–Monroe 77 vs. #6 South Alabama 59 Semifinals – Saturday, March 14351:00 pm#1 Georgia State 83 vs. #4 UL–Lafayette 79ESPN364:30 pm#2 Georgia Southern 44 vs. #3 UL–Monroe 43 Championship – Sunday, March 154712:00 pm #1 Georgia State 38 vs #2 Georgia Southern 36ESPN2 *Game times in CST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
See also 2015 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament
References
External links 2015 Sun Belt Men's Basketball Championship