1999 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

August 2023 1999 Sun Belt Conference I Men's 200px 8 Cajundome Lafayette, LA 1998 men Arkansas State Red Wolves Arkansas State 1st Dickey Nutt 1st Chico Fletcher 1998 men Arkansas State Red Wolves Arkansas State The 1999 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament was held February 27–March 2 at the Cajundome at the University of Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette, Louisiana.1998–99 Sun Belt Conference Season Summary sports-reference.com Sports Reference LLC 2016 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/sun-belt/1999.html April 25, 2016 1998 men Arkansas State Red Wolves Arkansas State defeated 1998 men Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Western Kentucky in the championship game, 65–48, to win their first Sun Belt men's basketball tournament. The Indians, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA tournament, their first appearance in the Division I event. No other Sun Belt members earned bids to the tournament. Format The Sun Belt once again saw changes in its membership; three teams departed the conference, Jacksonville (TAAC), Lamar (Southland), and Texas–Pan American (Independent), while one was added, Florida International (TAAC). Total membership reduced from ten to eight. With the membership changes came some slight modifications to the tournament format. All eight teams, seeded based on regular season conference records, were now placed directly into the initial quarterfinal round as part of a single-elimination style bracket. Bracket QuarterfinalsSaturday, February 27 SemifinalsSunday, February 28 ChampionshipTuesday, March 2 1 1998 men Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Louisiana Tech 68 8 1998 men Little Rock Trojans Arkansas–Little Rock 66 5 1998 men Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Western Kentucky 80 4 1998 men Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns SW Louisiana 73 3 1998 men FIU Panthers Florida International 65 6 1998 men South Alabama Jaguars South Alabama 57 7 1998 men New Orleans Privateers New Orleans 53 2 1998 men Arkansas State Red Wolves Arkansas State 70 1 Louisiana Tech 66 5 Western Kentucky 76 3 Florida International 69 2 Arkansas State 87 5 Western Kentucky 48 2 Arkansas State 65 See also 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 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament