2019 Sun Belt Conference 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. 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.

Seeds Only the top 10 of the 12 conference teams were eligible for the tournament. The 3rd and 4th place teams received a double bye to the quarterfinals of the tournament, while the top 2 teams received a triple bye to the semifinals. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker1Georgia State13–52UT Arlington12–63–1 vs. GA Southern/Texas State, 2–0 vs. Texas State3Georgia Southern12–62–2 vs. UTA/Texas State, 1–1 vs. Texas State4Texas State12–61–3 vs. GA Southern/UTA5Louisiana10–86Coastal Carolina9–92–0 vs. Louisiana–Monroe7Louisiana–Monroe9–90–2 vs. Coastal Carolina8South Alabama8–109Arkansas State7–1110Appalachian State6–12

Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevision First round – Tuesday, March 12, 2019 – campus sites17:00 pmNo. 9 Arkansas State at No. 8 South Alabama67–75ESPN+ 27:00 pmNo. 10 Appalachian State at No. 7 Louisiana–Monroe80–89 Second round – Thursday, March 14, 2019 – Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA35:00 pmNo. 5 Louisiana vs No. 8 South Alabama69–70ESPN+47:30 pmNo. 6 Coastal Carolina vs No. 7 Louisiana–Monroe50–80 Quarterfinals – Friday, March 15, 2019 – Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA55:00 pmNo. 4 Texas State vs. No. 8 South Alabama79–67ESPN+67:30 pmNo. 3 Georgia Southern vs. No. 7 Louisiana–Monroe81–67 Semifinals – Saturday, March 16, 2019 – Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA73:00 pmNo. 1 Georgia State vs. No. 4 Texas State59–46ESPN+85:30 pmNo. 2 UT Arlington vs. No. 3 Georgia Southern67–58 Championship – Sunday, March 17, 2019 – Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA91:00 pmNo. 1 Georgia State vs. No. 2 UT Arlington73–64ESPN2Game times are in Central Time. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

See also 2019 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament

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