2016 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament
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{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference tournament
| Year=2016
| Conference=Sun Belt Conference
| Division=I
| Gender=Men's
| Image=
| ImageSize=150px
| Caption=Sun Belt Tournament Logo
| Teams=8
| Arena=Lakefront Arena
| City=New Orleans, Louisiana
| Champions=Little Rock
| TitleCount=2nd
| Coach=Chris Beard
| CoachCount=1st
| MVP = Roger Woods
| MVPTeam = Little Rock
| Attendance=
| OneTopScorer=
| TwoTopScorers=
| TopScorer=
| TopScorerTeam=
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| Points=
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{{2015–16 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings}}
The 2016 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament was held at Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana from March 10 to March 13. The tournament winner, Little Rock, received an automatic bid into the 2016 NCAA tournament.
Seeds
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Seed !School !Conference !Overall | |
| 1
|align=left|Little Rock |17–3 | 27–4
| |
| 2
|align=left|Louisiana–Monroe |15–5 | 19–12
| |
| 3
|align=left|Texas–Arlington |13–7 | 22–9
| |
| 4
|align=left|Louisiana–Lafayette |12–8 | 16–13
| |
| 5
|align=left|Georgia Southern |10–10 | 14–16
| |
| 6
|align=left|Georgia State |9–11 | 16–13
| |
| 7
|align=left|Texas State |8–12 | 14–15
|2–0 vs. South Alabama |
| 8
|align=left|South Alabama |8–12 | 13–18
|0–2 vs. Texas State |
| colspan=6 align=left|‡ – Sun Belt Conference regular season champions. * – Received a first-round and second-round bye in the conference tournament. # – Received a first-round bye in the conference tournament. Overall record are as of the end of the regular season. |
Schedule
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;text-align:center"
!Session !Game !Time* !Matchup# !Television |
| colspan=6| First round – Thursday, March 10 |
|---|
| rowspan=2|1
|1 |5:00 pm |#5 Georgia Southern 61 vs. #8 South Alabama 67 |rowspan=2|ESPN3 |
| 2
|7:30 pm |#6 Georgia State 61 vs. #7 Texas State 63 |
| colspan=6| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 11 |
| rowspan=2|2
|3 |5:00 pm |#4 Louisiana–Lafayette 90 vs. #8 South Alabama 68 |rowspan=2|ESPN3 |
| 4
|7:30 pm |#3 Texas–Arlington 72 vs. #7 Texas State 63 |
| colspan=7| Semifinals – Saturday, March 12 |
| rowspan=2|3
|5 |1:00 pm |#1 Little Rock 72 vs. #4 Louisiana–Lafayette 65 |rowspan=2|ESPN3 |
| 6
|3:30 pm |#2 Louisiana–Monroe 82 vs. #3 Texas–Arlington 71 |
| colspan=7| Championship – Sunday, March 13 |
| 4
|7 |12:00 pm |#1 Little Rock 70 vs. #2 Louisiana–Monroe 50 |
| colspan=6| *Game times in CST/CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. |
Bracket
{{16TeamBracket-Compact-NoSeeds-Byes
| RD1=First round
Thursday, March 10
| RD2=Quarterfinals
Friday, March 11
| RD3=Semifinals
Saturday, March 12
| RD4=Championship
Sunday, March 13
| team-width=140px
| RD1-seed07=5
| RD1-team07=Georgia Southern
| RD1-score07=61
| RD1-seed08=8
| RD1-team08=South Alabama
| RD1-score08=67
| RD1-seed15=6
| RD1-team15=Georgia State
| RD1-score15=61
| RD1-seed16=7
| RD1-team16=Texas State
| RD1-score16=63
| RD2-seed03=4
| RD2-team03=Louisiana–Lafayette
| RD2-score03=90
| RD2-seed04=8
| RD2-team04=South Alabama
| RD2-score04=68
| RD2-seed07=3
| RD2-team07=Texas–Arlington
| RD2-score07=72
| RD2-seed08=7
| RD2-team08=Texas State
| RD2-score08=63
| RD3-seed01=1
| RD3-team01={{nowrap|Little Rock}}
| RD3-score01=72
| RD3-seed02=4
| RD3-team02=Louisiana–Lafayette
| RD3-score02=65
| RD3-seed03=2
| RD3-team03={{nowrap|Louisiana–Monroe}}
| RD3-score03=82
| RD3-seed04=3
| RD3-team04=Texas–Arlington
| RD3-score04=71
| RD4-seed01=1
| RD4-team01=Little Rock
| RD4-score01=70
| RD4-seed02=2
| RD4-team02=Louisiana–Monroe
| RD4-score02=50
}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20151208153031/http://www.sunbeltsports.org/custompages/champs/basketball/2016/MBB.asp?path=mbball& 2016 Sun Belt Men's Basketball Championship]
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