2020 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2020 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for Sun Belt Conference during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Tournament first round, second round, and quarterfinal games were played at the campus sites of the higher seeded team between March 7–11. The semifinals and championship game would have been held from March 14–15, 2020, in New Orleans, Louisiana, at the Smoothie King Center. The regular season champion would have received the Sun Belt's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA tournament.

Seeds Only the top 10 of the 12 conference teams will qualify for the tournament. The No. 5 and No. 6 seeds will receive and first round bye, the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds receive a double bye to the quarterfinals, while the No. 1 and No. 2 seeded teams receive a triple bye to the semifinals. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker1Little Rock15–52South Alabama13–71–0 vs. Texas State3Texas State13–70–1 vs. South Alabama4Georgia State12–81–0 vs. Little Rock5Georgia Southern12–80–1 vs. Little Rock6Appalachian State11–97UT Arlington10–108Louisiana8–122–1 vs. Arkansas State/Coastal Carolina9Arkansas State8–122–2 vs. Georgia State/Georgia Southern10Coastal Carolina8–121–3 vs. Georgia State/Georgia Southern

Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevision First round – Saturday, March 7, 2020 – campus sites111:00 amNo. 9 Arkansas State at No. 8 Louisiana66–73ESPN+22:00 pmNo. 10 Coastal Carolina at No. 7 UT Arlington63-62 Second round – Monday, March 9, 2020 – campus sites36:00 pmNo. 8 Louisiana at No. 5 Georgia Southern81–82ESPN+46:00 pmNo. 10 Coastal Carolina at No. 6 Appalachian State65–70 Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 11, 2020 – campus sites56:00 pmNo. 5 Georgia Southern at No. 4 Georgia State81-62ESPN+67:00 pmNo. 6 Appalachian State at No. 3 Texas State68-85 Semifinals – Saturday, March 14, 2020 – Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA7CCDNo. 1 Little Rock vs. No. 5 Georgia SouthernESPN+8CCDNo. 2 South Alabama vs. No. 3 Texas State Championship – Sunday, March 15, 2020 – Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA9CCDGame 7 winner vs. Game 8 winnerESPN2Game times are in Central Time. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

See also 2020 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament

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