1992 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

1992 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1991–92
Teams	11
Site	Mississippi Coast Coliseum Biloxi, MS
Champions	Southwestern Louisiana (1st title)
Winning coach	Marty Fletcher (1st title)
MVP	Todd Hill (Southwestern Louisiana)
Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournaments

1991–92 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Louisiana Tech	12	–	4		.750			22	–	9		.710
SW Louisiana †	12	–	4		.750			21	–	11		.656
Arkansas State	11	–	5		.688			17	–	11		.607
Western Kentucky	10	–	6		.625			21	–	11		.656
South Alabama	9	–	7		.563			14	–	14		.500
Arkansas-Little Rock	8	–	8		.500			17	–	13		.567
New Orleans	9	–	7		.563			17	–	15		.531
Lamar	7	–	9		.438			12	–	19		.387
Jacksonville	6	–	10		.375			12	–	17		.414
UCF	3	–	13		.188			10	–	18		.357
Texas-Rio Grande Valley	1	–	15		.063			3	–	26		.103
† 1992 Sun Belt Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1992 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 4–8, 1992 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi.

Southwestern Louisiana defeated top-seeded Louisiana Tech in the championship game, 75–71, to win their first Sun Belt men's basketball tournament.

The Ragin' Cajuns, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1992 NCAA tournament. Fellow Sun Belt member Louisiana Tech joined them in the tournament, earning an at-large bid.

Format

The Sun Belt saw some drastic membership changes before the 1991–92 season. Five long-time members departed the conference: UAB joined the Great Midwest, Old Dominion joined the CAA, and South Florida, UNC Charlotte, and VCU joined the Metro Conference. In turn, eight new teams were added: Arkansas–Little Rock, Arkansas State, Central Florida, Lamar, Louisiana Tech, New Orleans, Southwestern Louisiana, and Texas–Pan American. Most came from the newly-defunct American South Conference while UALR came over from the Trans-America Athletic Conference.

In turn, the tournament format saw its own changes. Firstly, the tournament field expanded from eight to eleven teams. With all teams seeded based on regular-season conference records, the top five teams were given byes into the quarterfinal round while the bottom six teams were placed into the preliminary first round.

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 4 Thursday, March 5					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 5 Friday, March 6					Semifinals Saturday, March 7					Championship Sunday, March 8
						1	Louisiana Tech	80
						9	Jacksonville	66
	9	Jacksonville	105
	8	Lamar	78
											1	Louisiana Tech	74
											4	Western Kentucky	60
						5	South Alabama	94
						4	Western Kentucky	95
																1	Louisiana Tech	71
																2	SW Louisiana	75
						3	Arkansas State	45
						6	Arkansas–Little Rock	48
	11	Texas–Pan American	53
	6	Arkansas–Little Rock	65
											6	Arkansas–Little Rock	61
											2	SW Louisiana	64
	7	New Orleans	66
	10	Central Florida	47
						7	New Orleans	69
						2	SW Louisiana	73

See also

• American South Conference men's basketball tournament (1988–1991)
• Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament