2020 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

2020 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2019–20
Teams	10
Site	Campus sites (1st, 2nd, Qrts) Smoothie King Center (Semis, Championship) New Orleans, Louisiana
Television	ESPN+, ESPN2
Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournaments

2019–20 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Little Rock	15	–	5		.750			21	–	10		.677
South Alabama	13	–	7		.650			20	–	11		.645
Texas State	13	–	7		.650			21	–	11		.656
Georgia State	12	–	8		.600			19	–	13		.594
Georgia Southern	12	–	8		.600			20	–	13		.606
Appalachian State	11	–	9		.550			18	–	15		.545
UT Arlington	10	–	10		.500			14	–	18		.438
Louisiana	8	–	12		.400			14	–	19		.424
Arkansas State	8	–	12		.400			16	–	16		.500
Coastal Carolina	8	–	12		.400			16	–	17		.485
Louisiana–Monroe	5	–	15		.250			9	–	20		.310
Troy	5	–	15		.250			9	–	22		.290
Note: The 2020 Sun Belt Tournament was canceled after the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2020 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for Sun Belt Conference during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Tournament first round, second round, and quarterfinal games were played at the campus sites of the higher seeded team between March 7–11. The semifinals and championship game would have been held from March 14–15, 2020, in New Orleans, Louisiana, at the Smoothie King Center. The regular season champion would have received the Sun Belt's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA tournament.

Seeds

Only the top 10 of the 12 conference teams will qualify for the tournament. The No. 5 and No. 6 seeds will receive and first round bye, the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds receive a double bye to the quarterfinals, while the No. 1 and No. 2 seeded teams receive a triple bye to the semifinals. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Little Rock	15–5
2	South Alabama	13–7	1–0 vs. Texas State
3	Texas State	13–7	0–1 vs. South Alabama
4	Georgia State	12–8	1–0 vs. Little Rock
5	Georgia Southern	12–8	0–1 vs. Little Rock
6	Appalachian State	11–9
7	UT Arlington	10–10
8	Louisiana	8–12	2–1 vs. Arkansas State/Coastal Carolina
9	Arkansas State	8–12	2–2 vs. Georgia State/Georgia Southern
10	Coastal Carolina	8–12	1–3 vs. Georgia State/Georgia Southern

Schedule

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television
First round – Saturday, March 7, 2020 – campus sites
1	11:00 am	No. 9 Arkansas State at No. 8 Louisiana	66–73	ESPN+
2	2:00 pm	No. 10 Coastal Carolina at No. 7 UT Arlington	63-62
Second round – Monday, March 9, 2020 – campus sites
3	6:00 pm	No. 8 Louisiana at No. 5 Georgia Southern	81–82	ESPN+
4	6:00 pm	No. 10 Coastal Carolina at No. 6 Appalachian State	65–70
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 11, 2020 – campus sites
5	6:00 pm	No. 5 Georgia Southern at No. 4 Georgia State	81-62	ESPN+
6	7:00 pm	No. 6 Appalachian State at No. 3 Texas State	68-85
Semifinals – Saturday, March 14, 2020 – Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA
7	CCD	No. 1 Little Rock vs. No. 5 Georgia Southern		ESPN+
8	CCD	No. 2 South Alabama vs. No. 3 Texas State
Championship – Sunday, March 15, 2020 – Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA
9	CCD	Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner		ESPN2
Game times are in Central Time. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

	First round Saturday, March 7					Second round Monday, March 9					Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 11					Semifinals Saturday, March 14					Championship Sunday, March 15
																1	Little Rock
																5	Georgia Southern
											4	Georgia State	62
											5	Georgia Southern	81
						5	Georgia Southern	82
	8	Louisiana	73			8	Louisiana	81
	9	Arkansas State	66
																2	South Alabama
																3	Texas State
											3	Texas State	85
											6	Appalachian State	68
						6	Appalachian State	70
	7	UT Arlington	62			10	Coastal Carolina	65
	10	Coastal Carolina	63

See also

2020 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament