2010 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

2010 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament
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Classification	Division I
Season	2009–10
Teams	13
Site	Summit Arena Convention Center Court Hot Springs, Arkansas
Champions	North Texas (2nd title)
Winning coach	Johnny Jones (2nd title)
MVP	Eric Tramiel (North Texas)
Television	ESPN Regional Television, ESPN2
Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournaments

2009–10 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Troy	13	–	5		.722			20	–	13		.606
Middle Tennessee	13	–	5		.722			19	–	14		.576
Western Kentucky	12	–	6		.667			21	–	13		.618
Florida Atlantic	10	–	8		.556			14	–	16		.467
South Alabama	8	–	10		.444			17	–	15		.531
FIU	4	–	14		.222			7	–	25		.219
West
North Texas†	13	–	5		.722			24	–	9		.727
Arkansas State	11	–	7		.611			17	–	14		.548
Denver	10	–	8		.556			19	–	13		.594
Louisiana–Lafayette	10	–	8		.556			13	–	17		.433
Louisiana–Monroe	6	–	12		.333			12	–	19		.387
Arkansas–Little Rock	4	–	14		.222			8	–	22		.267
New Orleans	3	–	15		.167			8	–	22		.267
† 2010 Sun Belt Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament was held in Hot Springs, Arkansas from March 18 to March 29. Eight Games including the Semi-finals and final were played at Summit Arena and four other games were played at Convention Center Court in Hot Springs, Arkansas. All 13 Sun Belt teams participated in the tournament and there seedings are based on their conference record. North Texas was the tournament champion and received an automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.^[1]

Bracket

	First round Saturday, March 6					Second round Sunday, March 7					Semifinals Monday, March 8					Championship game Tuesday, March 9
						1	Troy	67
						9	South Alabama	55
	8	FAU	51
	9	South Alabama	52
											1	Troy	54
											4	Western Kentucky	48
	4	Western Kentucky	83
	13	New Orleans	58
						4	Western Kentucky	65
						5	Arkansas State	64
	5	Arkansas State	89*
	12	Ark-Little Rock	82
																1	Troy	63
																2	North Texas	66
						3	Middle Tennessee	58
						6	Denver	73
	6	Denver	71
	11	FIU	64
											6	Denver	56
											2	North Texas	63
						2	North Texas	69
						10	UL Monroe	66
	7	UL Lafayette	75
	10	UL Monroe	76

Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime.

References

1. "Mean Green win Sun Belt tourney by withstanding Troy's rally". ESPN. March 10, 2010. Retrieved February 27, 2024.^{[dead link‍]}