2017 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament
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{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference tournament
| Year=2017
| Conference=Sun Belt Conference
| Division=I
| Gender=Men's
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| ImageSize = 150px
| Caption = Sun Belt Tournament Logo
| Teams = 12
| Arena = Lakefront Arena
| City = New Orleans, Louisiana
| Champions=Troy
| TitleCount=1st
| Coach=Phil Cunningham
| CoachCount=1st
| MVP =Wesley Person Jr.
| MVPTeam =Troy
| Attendance=
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{{2016–17 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings}}
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.{{Cite web |date=2017-03-04 |title=2017 Sun Belt Men’s Basketball Championship Bracket Announced |url=https://sunbeltsports.org/news/2017/3/4/mbb_0304173444.aspx |access-date=2024-02-04 |website=sunbeltsports.org |language=en}} The top four teams received a bye to the quarterfinals.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Seed !School !Overall !Tiebreaker |
| 1
| align="left" |Texas–Arlington | 14–4 | |
| 2
| align="left" |Georgia State | 12–6 | |
| 3
| align="left" |Georgia Southern | 11–7 |2–0 vs. ASU/TSU |
| 4
| align="left" |Texas State |11–7 | 1–1 vs. ASU/GSU |
| 5
| align="left" |Arkansas State | 11–7 |0–2 vs. Ga So/GSU |
| 6
| align="left" |Troy | 10–8 |2–0 vs. CCU/ULL |
| 7
| align="left" |Louisiana–Lafayette |10–8 |1–1 vs. CCU/Troy |
| 8
| align="left" |Coastal Carolina |10–8 |0–2 vs. ULL/Troy |
| 9
| align="left" |South Alabama |7–11 | |
| 10
| align="left" |Little Rock |6–12 | |
| 11
| align="left" |Appalachian State |4–14 | |
| 12
| align="left" |Louisiana–Monroe |2–16 | |
Schedule
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;text-align:center"
!Game !Time !Matchup !Score !Television |
| colspan=5| First round – March 8 |
|---|
| 1
|11:30 am |No. 9 South Alabama vs. No. 8 Coastal Carolina | 67–80 |rowspan=4|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 |
| colspan=5| Quarterfinals – March 10 |
| 5
|11:30 am |No. 8 Coastal Carolina vs No. 1 Texas–Arlington |51–74 |rowspan=4|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 |
| colspan=5| Semifinals – March 11 |
| 9
|11:30 am |No. 1 Texas–Arlington vs. No. 4 Texas State |83–62 |rowspan=2|ESPN3 |
| 10
|2:00 pm |No. 2 Georgia State vs. No. 6 Troy |63–74 |
| colspan=5| Final – March 12 |
| 11
|1:00 pm |No. 4 Texas State vs. No. 6 Troy |53–59 |
| colspan=5| *Game times in CST. Rankings denote tournament seed |
Bracket
{{4RoundBracket-Byes
| RD1=First round
Wednesday, March 8
ESPN3
| RD2=Quarterfinals
Friday, March 10
ESPN3
| RD3=Semifinals
Saturday, March 11
ESPN3
| RD4=Championship
Sunday, March 12
ESPN2
| RD1-seed03=8
| RD1-team03= Coastal Carolina
| RD1-score03= 80
| RD1-seed04=9
| RD1-team04= South Alabama
| RD1-score04= 67
| RD1-seed07=5
| RD1-team07= Arkansas State
| RD1-score07= 70
| RD1-seed08= 12
| RD1-team08= Louisiana–Monroe
| RD1-score08= 73*
| RD1-seed11=7
| RD1-team11= Louisiana–Lafayette
| RD1-score11= 78
| RD1-seed12=10
| RD1-team12= Little Rock
| RD1-score12= 71
| RD1-seed15=6
| RD1-team15= Troy
| RD1-score15= 84
| RD1-seed16=11
| RD1-team16= Appalachian State
| RD1-score16= 64
| RD2-seed01=1
| RD2-team01= Texas–Arlington
| RD2-score01=74
| RD2-seed02=8
| RD2-team02= Coastal Carolina
| RD2-score02=51
| RD2-seed03=4
| RD2-team03= Texas State
| RD2-score03= 63
| RD2-seed04=12
| RD2-team04= Louisiana–Monroe
| RD2-score04= 51
| RD2-seed05=2
| RD2-team05= Georgia State
| RD2-score05= 86
| RD2-seed06=7
| RD2-team06= Louisiana–Lafayette
| RD2-score06= 76
| RD2-seed07=3
| RD2-team07= Georgia Southern
| RD2-score07= 70
| RD2-seed08= 6
| RD2-team08= Troy
| RD2-score08=90
| RD3-seed01= 1
| RD3-team01= Texas–Arlington
| RD3-score01= 62
| RD3-seed02= 4
| RD3-team02= Texas State
| RD3-score02= 83
| RD3-seed03=2
| RD3-team03= Georgia State
| RD3-score03= 63
| RD3-seed04= 6
| RD3-team04= Troy
| RD3-score04= 74
| RD4-seed01= 4
| RD4-team01= Texas State
| RD4-score01= 53
| RD4-seed02= 6
| RD4-team02= Troy
| RD4-score02= 59
}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.sunbeltsports.org/custompages/champs/201617/MBB/MBB.asp 2017 Sun Belt Men's Basketball Championship]
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