1993 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

1993 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1992–93
Teams	9
Site	Mississippi Coast Coliseum Biloxi, MS
Champions	Western Kentucky (1st title)
Winning coach	Ralph Willard (1st title)
MVP	Darnell Mee (Western Kentucky)
Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournaments

1992–93 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 17 New Orleans	18	–	0		1.000			26	–	4		.867
No. 20 Western Kentucky †	14	–	4		.778			26	–	6		.813
SW Louisiana	11	–	7		.611			17	–	13		.567
Arkansas State	11	–	7		.611			16	–	12		.571
Arkansas-Little Rock	10	–	8		.556			15	–	12		.556
South Alabama	9	–	9		.500			15	–	13		.536
Lamar	9	–	9		.500			15	–	12		.556
Jacksonville	3	–	15		.167			5	–	22		.185
Louisiana Tech	3	–	15		.167			7	–	21		.250
Texas-Rio Grande Valley	2	–	16		.111			2	–	20		.091
† 1993 Sun Belt Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1993 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 6–9 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi.

Western Kentucky defeated top-seeded New Orleans in the championship game, 72–63, to win their first Sun Belt men's basketball tournament.

The Hilltoppers, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1993 NCAA tournament. Fellow Sun Belt member New Orleans joined them in the tournament, earning an at-large bid.

Format

Central Florida departed for the TAAC after a one-year stay in the Sun Belt, leaving the conference with only ten teams.

As such, the tournament again saw some changes. Firstly, the tournament field decreased from eleven to nine teams (UTPA, the last-placed team in the Sun Belt standings, did not participate). With all teams seeded based on regular-season conference records, the top seven teams were all placed into the quarterfinal round while the two lowest-seeded teams (besides last-placed UTPA) were placed into the preliminary first round.

Bracket

	First round Saturday, March 6					Quarterfinals Sunday, March 7					Semifinals Monday, March 8					Championship Tuesday, March 9
						1	#17 New Orleans	63
						9	Louisiana Tech	52
	9	Louisiana Tech	63
	8	Jacksonville	62
											1	#13 New Orleans	73
											4	Arkansas State	59
						5	Arkansas–Little Rock	60
						4	Arkansas State	74
																1	#13 New Orleans	63
																2	Western Kentucky	72
						3	SW Louisiana	78
						6	South Alabama	87
											6	South Alabama	73
											2	Western Kentucky	83
						7	Lamar	68
						2	Western Kentucky	78

See also

• Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament