The 1994 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 4–7 at the E.
A. Diddle Arena">E. A. Diddle Arena at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
1994 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 1993–94 |
Teams | 10 |
Site | E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY |
Champions | Southwestern Louisiana (2nd title) |
Winning coach | Marty Fletcher (2nd title) |
MVP | Michael Allen (Southwestern Louisiana) |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Kentucky | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 20 | – | 11 | .645 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SW Louisiana † | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 22 | – | 8 | .733 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Orleans | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 20 | – | 10 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jacksonville | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 17 | – | 11 | .607 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas State | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 15 | – | 12 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Alabama | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 13 | – | 14 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas-Pan American | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 16 | – | 12 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas-Little Rock | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lamar | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana Tech | 0 | – | 18 | .000 | 2 | – | 25 | .074 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1994 Sun Belt Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
Southwestern Louisiana defeated top-seeded hosts Western Kentucky in the championship game, 78–72, to win their second Sun Belt men's basketball tournament. It was USL's second Sun Belt title in three years.
The Ragin' Cajuns, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA tournament. Fellow Sun Belt member Western Kentucky joined them in the tournament, earning an at-large bid.
No teams left or joined the Sun Belt before the season, leaving conference membership fixed at ten teams.
With all teams participating in the tournament this year, the field increased from nine to ten teams. With all teams seeded based on regular-season conference records, the top six teams were all placed directly into the quarterfinal round while the four lowest-seeded teams were placed into the preliminary first round.
First round Friday, March 4 | Quarterfinals Saturday, March 5 | Semifinals Sunday, March 6 | Championship Monday, March 7 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Western Kentucky | 72 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Arkansas–Little Rock | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Lamar | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Arkansas–Little Rock | 78 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Western Kentucky | 83 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Jacksonville | 72 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Arkansas State | 55 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Jacksonville | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Western Kentucky | 72 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | SW Louisiana | 78 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | New Orleans | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | South Alabama | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | New Orleans | 55 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | SW Louisiana | 59 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Texas–Pan American | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
10 | Louisiana Tech | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Texas–Pan American | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | SW Louisiana | 81 |
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