1995 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1995 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 2–5 at Barton Coliseum in Little Rock, Arkansas.[1]

1995 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1994–95
Teams10
SiteBarton Coliseum
Little Rock, AR
ChampionsWestern Kentucky (2nd title)
Winning coachMatt Kilcullen (1st title)
MVPChris Robinson (Western Kentucky)
1994–95 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 21 Western Kentucky †17–1 .944  27–4  .871
New Orleans13–5 .722  20–11  .645
Jacksonville12–6 .667  18–9  .667
Texas-Rio Grande Valley10–8 .556  14–14  .500
Louisiana Tech9–9 .500  14–13  .519
Arkansas-Little Rock9–9 .500  17–12  .586
South Alabama7–11 .389  9–18  .333
Lamar6–12 .333  11–16  .407
SW Louisiana4–14 .222  7–22  .241
Arkansas State3–15 .167  8–20  .286
† 1995 Sun Belt Conference Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Top-seeded Western Kentucky defeated hosts Arkansas–Little Rock in the championship game, 82–79, to win their second Sun Belt men's basketball tournament. It was WKU's second Sun Belt title in three years.

The Hilltoppers, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA Tournament. No other Sun Belt members were invited to the tournament.

Format

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.

Bracket
  First Round
Thursday, March 2		 Quarterfinals
Friday, March 3		 Semifinals
Saturday, March 4		 Championship
Sunday, March 5
                                     
       
  1 Western Kentucky 87  
    9 SW Louisiana 72  
9 SW Louisiana 57
8 Lamar 55  
  1 Western Kentucky 64  
  4 Texas–Pan American 61  
       
       
  5 Louisiana Tech 48
    4 Texas–Pan American 51  
     
       
  1 Western Kentucky 82
  6 Arkansas–Little Rock 79
       
       
  3 Jacksonville 76
    6 Arkansas–Little Rock 99  
     
       
  6 Arkansas–Little Rock 64
  2 New Orleans 52  
7 South Alabama 83  
10 Arkansas State 96  
  10 Arkansas State 61
    2 New Orleans 87  
     
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See also

References
  1. "1994–95 Sun Belt Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
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