2000 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

Men's basketball tournament held in the year 2000 August 2023 2000 Sun Belt Conference I Men's 200px 9 Alltel Arena North Little Rock, AR Louisiana–Lafayette 3rd Jessie Evans 1st Virgil Stanescu 1999 men South Alabama Jaguars South Alabama The 2000 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 4–7 at Alltel Arena in North Little Rock, Arkansas.1999–00 Sun Belt Conference Season Summary sports-reference.com Sports Reference LLC 2016 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/sun-belt/2000.html April 30, 2016 Louisiana–Lafayette defeated top-seeded 1999 men South Alabama Jaguars South Alabama in the championship game, 51–50, to win their third Sun Belt men's basketball tournament. The Ragin' Cajuns, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA tournament. No other Sun Belt members earned bids to the tournament. Format The Sun Belt added one team, Denver, in the offseason, bringing total membership up to nine. The tournament field also expanded, adding a preliminary first round for two of the lowest seeded teams in the conference. With all nine Sun Belt teams seeded based on regular season conference records, the ninth-seeded team, rather than entering the play-in game, was paired with the tournament's top seed directly in the quarterfinals. Instead, the seventh- and eighth-seeded teams contested the play-in game, with a chance to play the second-seeded team in the ensuing quarterfinal round. Bracket First roundSaturday, March 4 QuarterfinalsSaturday, March 4Sunday, March 5 SemifinalsMonday, March 6 ChampionshipTuesday, March 7 high 7 1999 men New Orleans Privateers New Orleans 67 8 1999 men Denver Pioneers Denver 65 1 1999 men South Alabama Jaguars South Alabama 74 9 1999 men Little Rock Trojans Arkansas–Little Rock 58 5 1999 none Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Western Kentucky 79 4 1999 men FIU Golden Panthers Florida International 60 3 1999 none Louisiana Tech Bulldogs Louisiana Tech 84 6 1999 men Arkansas State Red Wolves Arkansas State 77 7 New Orleans 35 2 Louisiana–Lafayette 55 1 South Alabama 64 5 Western Kentucky 61 3 Louisiana Tech 58 2 Louisiana–Lafayette 73 1 South Alabama 50 2 Louisiana–Lafayette 51 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