The 2017 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament is the postseason conference tournament for the Sun Belt Conference. The tournament was held at the Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana from March 8 to March 12, 2017. The tournament winner received the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA tournament.
Seeds All 12 conference teams will compete in the conference tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top four teams received a bye to the quarterfinals. SeedSchoolOverallTiebreaker1Texas–Arlington 14–42Georgia State 12–63Georgia Southern 11–72–0 vs. ASU/TSU4Texas State11–7 1–1 vs. ASU/GSU5Arkansas State 11–70–2 vs. Ga So/GSU6Troy 10–82–0 vs. CCU/ULL7Louisiana–Lafayette10–81–1 vs. CCU/Troy8Coastal Carolina10–80–2 vs. ULL/Troy9South Alabama7–1110Little Rock6–1211Appalachian State4–1412Louisiana–Monroe2–16
Schedule GameTimeMatchup ScoreTelevision First round – March 8111:30 amNo. 9 South Alabama vs. No. 8 Coastal Carolina 67–80ESPN322:00 pmNo. 12 Louisiana–Monroe vs. No. 5 Arkansas State 73–70 OT35:00 pmNo. 10 Little Rock vs. No. 7 Louisiana–Lafayette71–7847:30 pmNo. 11 Appalachian State vs. No. 6 Troy64–84 Quarterfinals – March 10 511:30 amNo. 8 Coastal Carolina vs No. 1 Texas–Arlington51–74ESPN362:00 pmNo. 12 Louisiana–Monroe vs No. 4 Texas State63–5175:00 pmNo. 7 Louisiana–Lafayette vs. No. 2 Georgia State86–7687:30 pmNo. 6 Troy vs. No. 3 Georgia Southern90–70 Semifinals – March 11 911:30 amNo. 1 Texas–Arlington vs. No. 4 Texas State83–62ESPN3102:00 pmNo. 2 Georgia State vs. No. 6 Troy63–74 Final – March 12 111:00 pmNo. 4 Texas State vs. No. 6 Troy53–59ESPN2 *Game times in CST.Rankings denote tournament seed
Bracket
See also 2017 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament
References
External links 2017 Sun Belt Men's Basketball Championship