2000 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

2000 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1999–00
Teams9
SiteAlltel Arena
North Little Rock, AR
ChampionsLouisiana–Lafayette (3rd title)
Winning coachJessie Evans (1st title)
MVPVirgil Stanescu (South Alabama)
← 1999
2001 →
1999–2000 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
South Alabama 13 3   .813 20 10   .667
Louisiana–Lafayette 13 3   .813 25 9   .735
Louisiana Tech 12 4   .750 21 8   .724
Florida International 9 7   .563 16 14   .533
Western Kentucky 8 8   .500 11 18   .379
Arkansas State 7 9   .438 10 18   .357
New Orleans 6 10   .375 11 18   .379
Denver 3 13   .188 6 22   .214
Arkansas-Little Rock 1 15   .063 4 24   .143
2000 Sun Belt Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2000 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 4–7 at Alltel Arena in North Little Rock, Arkansas.[1]

Louisiana–Lafayette defeated top-seeded 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.

  1. ^ "1999–00 Sun Belt Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2016.