2009 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2009 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2008–09
Teams	13
Site	Summit Arena Hot Springs, Arkansas
Champions	WKU (7th title)
Winning coach	Ken McDonald (1st title)
MVP	A. J. Slaughter (WKU)
Television	ESPN Regional Television, ESPN2
Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments «2008  2010»

The 2009 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 4–10, 2009. The first round was held at campus sites and all subsequent rounds took place in Hot Springs, Arkansas at the Summit Arena. The semifinals were televised by ESPN Regional Television. The Sun Belt Conference Championship Game was televised by ESPN2.

The tournament was won by the WKU Hilltoppers, in front of a crowd of 3,493.

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 4					Second round Sunday, March 8					Semifinals Monday, March 9					Championship Game Tuesday, March 10
						1	WKU	66
						9	Florida International	48
	8	Louisiana-Lafayette	69
	9	Florida International	71
											1	WKU	77
										4	North Texas	70
	4	North Texas	79
	13	Florida Atlantic	73
						4	North Texas	88
						5	Middle Tennessee St	79
	5	Middle Tennessee St	69
	12	Arkansas State	62
																1	WKU	64
																6	South Alabama	56
						3	Troy	75
						6	South Alabama	78
	6	South Alabama	62
	11	New Orleans	60
											6	South Alabama	54
										2	Arkansas-Little Rock	44
						2	Arkansas-Little Rock	58
						7	Denver	55
	7	Denver	66
	10	Louisiana-Monroe	57

Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime.

External links

• http://www.sunbeltsports.org/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4100&ATCLID=1550959

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