1995 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

1995 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1994–95
Teams	10
Site	Barton Coliseum Little Rock, AR
Champions	Western Kentucky (2nd title)
Winning coach	Matt Kilcullen (1st title)
MVP	Chris Robinson (Western Kentucky)
Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournaments

1994–95 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 21 Western Kentucky †	17	–	1		.944			27	–	4		.871
New Orleans	13	–	5		.722			20	–	11		.645
Jacksonville	12	–	6		.667			18	–	9		.667
Texas–Pan American	10	–	8		.556			14	–	14		.500
Louisiana Tech	9	–	9		.500			14	–	13		.519
Arkansas-Little Rock	9	–	9		.500			17	–	12		.586
South Alabama	7	–	11		.389			9	–	18		.333
Lamar	6	–	12		.333			11	–	16		.407
Southwestern Louisiana	4	–	14		.222			7	–	22		.241
Arkansas State	3	–	15		.167			8	–	20		.286
† 1995 Sun Belt Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1995 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 2–5 at Barton Coliseum in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Top-seeded Western Kentucky defeated hosts Arkansas–Little Rock in the championship game, 82–79, to win their second Sun Belt men's basketball tournament. It was WKU's second Sun Belt title in three years.

The Hilltoppers, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA tournament. No other Sun Belt members were invited to the tournament.

Format

No teams left or joined the Sun Belt before the season, leaving conference membership fixed at ten teams.

With all teams participating in the tournament this year, the field increased from nine to ten teams. With all teams seeded based on regular-season conference records, the top six teams were all placed directly into the quarterfinal round while the four lowest-seeded teams were placed into the preliminary first round.

Bracket

	First round Thursday, March 2					Quarterfinals Friday, March 3					Semifinals Saturday, March 4					Championship Sunday, March 5
						1	Western Kentucky	87
						9	Southwestern Louisiana	72
	9	Southwestern Louisiana	57
	8	Lamar	55
											1	Western Kentucky	64
											4	Texas–Pan American	61
						5	Louisiana Tech	48
						4	Texas–Pan American	51
																1	Western Kentucky	82
																6	Arkansas–Little Rock	79
						3	Jacksonville	76
						6	Arkansas–Little Rock	99
											6	Arkansas–Little Rock	64
											2	New Orleans	52
	7	South Alabama	83
	10	Arkansas State	96
						10	Arkansas State	61
						2	New Orleans	87

See also

• Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament