1996 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

August 2023 1996 Sun Belt Conference I Men's 200px 10 Barton Coliseum Little Rock, AR New Orleans 2nd Tic Price 1st Lewis Sims New Orleans The 1996 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 1–5 at Barton Coliseum in Little Rock, Arkansas.1995–96 Sun Belt Conference Season Summary sports-reference.com Sports Reference LLC 2016 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/sun-belt/1996.html April 25, 2016 New Orleans defeated hosts, and fellow regular season co-champions, 1995 men Little Rock Trojans Arkansas–Little Rock in the championship game, 57–56, to win their second Sun Belt men's basketball tournament. It was UNO's first Sun Belt title since 1978 and first since being re-admitted to the conference in 1992. The Privateers, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA tournament. No other Sun Belt members were invited to the tournament. Format No teams left or joined the Sun Belt before the season, leaving conference membership fixed at ten teams. With all teams participating in the tournament this year, the field increased from nine to ten teams. With all teams seeded based on regular-season conference records, the top six teams were all placed directly into the quarterfinal round while the four lowest-seeded teams were placed into the preliminary first round. Bracket First roundFriday, March 1 QuarterfinalsSaturday, March 2 SemifinalsSunday, March 3 ChampionshipTuesday, March 5 9 1995 men Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Louisiana Tech 70 8 1995 men Arkansas State Red Wolves Arkansas State 65 7 1995 men South Alabama Jaguars South Alabama 48 10 1995 men UTRGV Vaqueros Texas–Pan American 61 1 New Orleans 67 9 Louisiana Tech 57 5 1995 men Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns SW Louisiana 98 4 1995 men Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Western Kentucky 94 3 1995 men Jacksonville Dolphins Jacksonville 63 6 1995 men Lamar Cardinals Lamar 62 10 UTPA 71 2 1995 men Little Rock Trojans Arkansas–Little Rock 89 1 New Orleans 75 5 SW Louisiana 71 3 Jacksonville 60 2 Arkansas–Little Rock 67 1 New Orleans 57 2 Arkansas–Little Rock 56 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