2001 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

2001 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2000–01
Teams11
SiteMitchell Center
Mobile, AL
ChampionsWestern Kentucky (3rd title)
Winning coachDennis Felton (1st title)
MVPChris Marcus (Western Kentucky)
← 2000
2002 →
2000–01 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Western Kentucky 14 2   .875 24 7   .774
Arkansas State 10 6   .625 17 13   .567
Louisiana Tech 10 6   .625 17 12   .586
Arkansas-Little Rock 9 7   .563 18 11   .621
Florida International 5 11   .313 8 21   .276
Middle Tennessee 1 15   .063 5 22   .185
West
South Alabama 11 5   .688 22 11   .667
Louisiana–Lafayette 10 6   .625 16 13   .552
New Orleans 10 6   .625 17 12   .586
New Mexico State 10 6   .625 14 14   .500
Denver 5 11   .313 10 18   .357
North Texas 1 15   .063 4 24   .143
2001 Sun Belt Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll


The 2001 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 2–6 at the Mitchell Center at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama.[1]

Top-seeded Western Kentucky defeated hosts South Alabama in the championship game, 64–54, to win their third Sun Belt men's basketball tournament.

The Hilltoppers, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA tournament. No other Sun Belt members earned bids to the tournament.

  1. ^ "2000–01 Sun Belt Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2016.