2017 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

2017 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament
2017 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2016–17
Teams	12
Site	Lakefront Arena; New Orleans, Louisiana
Champions	Troy
Winning coach	Phil Cunningham (1 title)
MVP	Wesley Person Jr. (Troy)
Television	ESPN3, ESPN2
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2016–17 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Texas–Arlington	14	–	4	.778	27	–	9	.750
Georgia State	12	–	6	.667	20	–	13	.606
Arkansas State	11	–	7	.611	20	–	12	.625
Texas State	11	–	7	.611	22	–	14	.611
Georgia Southern	11	–	7	.611	18	–	15	.545
Louisiana–Lafayette	10	–	8	.556	21	–	12	.636
Troy †	10	–	8	.556	22	–	15	.595
Coastal Carolina	10	–	8	.556	20	–	19	.513
South Alabama	7	–	11	.389	14	–	18	.438
Little Rock	6	–	12	.333	15	–	17	.469
Appalachian State	4	–	14	.222	9	–	21	.300
Louisiana–Monroe	2	–	16	.111	9	–	24	.273

† 2017 Sun Belt Conference tournament winner

The 2017 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament is the postseason conference tournament for the Sun Belt Conference. The tournament will be held at the Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana from March 8 to March 12, 2017. The tournament winner will receive 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.^[1] The top four teams received a bye to the quarterfinals.

Seed	School	Overall	Tiebreaker
1	Texas–Arlington	14–4
2	Georgia State	12–6
3	Georgia Southern	11–7	2–0 vs. ASU/TSU
4	Texas State	11–7	1–1 vs. ASU/GSU
5	Arkansas State	11–7	0–2 vs. Ga So/GSU
6	Troy	10–8	2–0 vs. CCU/ULL
7	Louisiana–Lafayette	10–8	1–1 vs. CCU/Troy
8	Coastal Carolina	10–8	0–2 vs. ULL/Troy
9	South Alabama	7–11
10	Little Rock	6–12
11	Appalachian State	4–14
12	Louisiana–Monroe	2–16

Schedule

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television
First round – March 8
1	11:30 am	No. 9 South Alabama vs. No. 8 Coastal Carolina	67–80	ESPN3
2	2:00 pm	No. 12 Louisiana–Monroe vs. No. 5 Arkansas State	73–70 ^OT
3	5:00 pm	No. 10 Little Rock vs. No. 7 Louisiana–Lafayette	71–78
4	7:30 pm	No. 11 Appalachian State vs. No. 6 Troy	64–84
Quarterfinals – March 10
5	11:30 am	No. 8 Coastal Carolina vs No. 1 Texas–Arlington	51–74	ESPN3
6	2:00 pm	No. 12 Louisiana–Monroe vs No. 4 Texas State	63–51
7	5:00 pm	No. 7 Louisiana–Lafayette vs. No. 2 Georgia State	86–76
8	7:30 pm	No. 6 Troy vs. No. 3 Georgia Southern	90–70
Semifinals – March 11
9	11:30 am	No. 1 Texas–Arlington vs. No. 4 Texas State	83–62	ESPN3
10	2:00 pm	No. 2 Georgia State vs. No. 6 Troy	63–74	ESPN3
Final – March 12
11	1:00 pm	No. 4 Texas State vs. No. 6 Troy	53–59	ESPN2
*Game times in CST. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

First round Wednesday, March 8 ESPN3			Quarterfinals Friday, March 10 ESPN3			Semifinals Saturday, March 11 ESPN3			Championship Sunday, March 12 ESPN2

			1	Texas–Arlington	74

			8	Coastal Carolina	51
8	Coastal Carolina	80

9	South Alabama	67
						1	Texas–Arlington	62

						4	Texas State	83



			4	Texas State	63

			12	Louisiana–Monroe	51
5	Arkansas State	70

12	Louisiana–Monroe	73*
									4	Texas State	53

									6	Troy	59



			2	Georgia State	86

			7	Louisiana–Lafayette	76
7	Louisiana–Lafayette	78

10	Little Rock	71
						2	Georgia State	63

						6	Troy	74



			3	Georgia Southern	70

			6	Troy	90
6	Troy	84

11	Appalachian State	64