1992 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

August 2023 1992 Sun Belt Conference I Men's 200px 11 Mississippi Coast Coliseum Biloxi, MS Southwestern Louisiana 1st Marty Fletcher 1st Todd Hill Southwestern Louisiana The 1992 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 4–8, 1992 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi.1991–92 Sun Belt Conference Season Summary sports-reference.com Sports Reference LLC 2016 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/sun-belt/1992.html April 23, 2016 Southwestern Louisiana defeated top-seeded 1991 non3 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Louisiana Tech in the championship game, 75–71, to win their first Sun Belt men's basketball tournament. The Ragin' Cajuns, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1992 NCAA tournament. Fellow Sun Belt member Louisiana Tech joined them in the tournament, earning an at-large bid. Format The Sun Belt saw some drastic membership changes before the 1991–92 season. Five long-time members departed the conference: UAB joined the Great Midwest, Old Dominion joined the CAA, and South Florida, UNC Charlotte, and VCU joined the Metro Conference. In turn, eight new teams were added: Arkansas–Little Rock, Arkansas State, Central Florida, Lamar, Louisiana Tech, New Orleans, Southwestern Louisiana, and Texas–Pan American. Most came from the newly-defunct American South Conference while UALR came over from the Trans-America Athletic Conference. In turn, the tournament format saw its own changes. Firstly, the tournament field expanded from eight to eleven teams. With all teams seeded based on regular-season conference records, the top five teams were given byes into the quarterfinal round while the bottom six teams were placed into the preliminary first round. Bracket First roundWednesday, March 4Thursday, March 5 QuarterfinalsThursday, March 5Friday, March 6 SemifinalsSaturday, March 7 ChampionshipSunday, March 8 9 1991 men Jacksonville Dolphins Jacksonville 105 8 1991 none Lamar Cardinals Lamar 78 11 1991 none Texas–Pan American Broncs Texas–Pan American 53 6 1991 men Little Rock Trojans Arkansas–Little Rock 65 7 1991 men New Orleans Privateers New Orleans 66 10 1991 men UCF Golden Knights Central Florida 47 1 1991 none Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Louisiana Tech 80 9 Jacksonville 66 5 1991 none South Alabama Jaguars South Alabama 94 4 Western Kentucky 95 3 1991 men Arkansas State Indians Arkansas State 45 6 Arkansas–Little Rock 48 7 New Orleans 69 2 SW Louisiana 73 1 Louisiana Tech 74 4 Western Kentucky 60 6 Arkansas–Little Rock 61 2 SW Louisiana 64 1 Louisiana Tech 71 2 SW Louisiana 75 See also American South Conference men's basketball tournament (1988–1991) Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament References Category:Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament Tournament Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament