Sunbelt Tournament Men's Bracket

[Turbine]

#1 Louisiana 84										#2 UALR (83) OT
		#1 Louisiana						#2 UALR 65
#8 South AL 58										#7 Arkansas St (78) OT
				ULA		UNO
#5 Middle Tenn 76										#3 UNO 91 (2OT)
		#5 Middle Tenn.						#3 UNO 80		8 p.m. Sun.
#4 WKU 62										#6 North Texas 89 (2OT)

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Matchup worries Cajuns

LOUISIANA La. — A quick look at the Sun Belt Conference Tournament reveals just how tenuous it is at the top of the league.

Louisiana is the No. 1 seed after posting the league’s best regular-season record of 12-3, and is favored to earn its first NCAA Tournament berth since 2000 by sweeping three foes in the tournament at Western Kentucky.

But the Cajuns’ 8th-seeded opponent for Saturday’s 5:30 p.m. quarterfinal is South Alabama, which went 1-1 with UL in two meetings this season.

“It should be a tremendous game,” UL coach Jessie Evans said. “We split with them, and we know what they’re capable of doing.”

The Jaguars handed the Cajuns their only defeat of the season in the Cajundome, rallying from a 70-60 deficit with five minutes remaining for a stunning 76-73 victory on Jan. 15.

In the return game at Mobile, the Cajuns were saved by a career-best 28-point explosion from Orien Greene in a 79-73 win.

Clearly, this is no walkover to the semifinals.

“They’re just as talented as we are,” Evans said of the Jaguars. “There will be some great matchups.

“They have some new people in the lineup this year, and once you get people on the same page, you’ll be fine. It’s the same thing with (West runner-up) New Orleans.

“We’ve made some subtle changes, but have continued to win.”

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Bruce Brown
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[1stTake]

Hands down this is the best easiest to view easiest to understand Sunbelt bracket design on the web

[RedBug58]

I'm pulling for Middle Tenn in the first round. That should be a heck of a gameThen, of course, Cajuns in round 2.

[Crowley Cajun]

Hey Turbine,

Don't you think that your bracket should look something like this? I maybe looking at this wrong, but your bracket doesn't allow for the SBC Tournament Champion to be listed. You allow for the final contestants to be listed, but nothing after that. Look at the link for the NCAA bracket and see the difference.

Do the link.

http://images.sportsline.com/images/.04_bracket.pdf

[Turbine]

UALR advances

[DrySwamp]

The championship game is Tues. right? What time?

[CajunFanatic91]

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