NCAA Men's Basketball : Sun Belt Conference Tournament Sun Belt Tournament links => SUMMARY : TEAMS : RECORDS/HEAD-TO-HEAD : MOST FREQUENT MATCH-UPS : ROUND NOTES WINNER RUNNER-UP SEMI-FINALIST SEMI-FINALIST 2024 : James Madison Arkansas State 91-71 : Texas State Appalachian State 2023 : Louisiana-Lafayette South Alabama 71-66 : Texas State James Madison 2022 : Georgia State Louisiana-Lafayette 80-71 : Appalachian State Troy 2021 : Appalachian State Georgia State 80-73 : Coastal Carolina Louisiana-Lafayette 2020 : - : 2019 : Georgia State Texas-Arlington 73-64 : Texas State Georgia Southern 2018 : Georgia State Texas-Arlington 74-61 : Georgia Southern Louisiana-Lafayette 2017 : Troy Texas State 59-53 : Georgia State Texas-Arlington 2016 : Arkansas-Little Rock Louisiana-Monroe 70-50 : Louisiana-Lafayette Texas-Arlington 2015 : Georgia State Georgia Southern 38-36 : Louisiana-Lafayette Louisiana-Monroe 2014 : Louisiana-Lafayette Georgia State 82-81 OT : Western Kentucky Arkansas State 2013 : Western Kentucky Florida International 65-63 : Arkansas State Middle Tennessee State 2012 : Western Kentucky North Texas 74-70 : Denver Arkansas State 2011 : Arkansas-Little Rock North Texas 64-63 : Middle Tennessee State Western Kentucky 2010 : North Texas Troy 66-63 : Denver Western Kentucky 2009 : Western Kentucky South Alabama 64-56 : North Texas Arkansas-Little Rock 2008 : Western Kentucky Middle Tennessee State 67-57 : Arkansas-Little Rock South Alabama 2007 : North Texas Arkansas State 83-75 : Middle Tennessee State Western Kentucky 2006 : South Alabama Western Kentucky 95-70 : Denver Louisiana-Lafayette 2005 : Louisiana-Lafayette Denver 88-69 : Florida International Western Kentucky 2004 : Louisiana-Lafayette New Orleans 67-58 : Middle Tennessee State Arkansas-Little Rock 2003 : Western Kentucky Middle Tennessee State 64-52 : New Mexico State Denver 2002 : Western Kentucky Louisiana-Lafayette 76-70 : New Mexico State Arkansas-Little Rock 2001 : Western Kentucky South Alabama 64-54 : Louisiana-Lafayette Arkansas State 2000 : Louisiana-Lafayette South Alabama 51-50 : Louisiana Tech Western Kentucky 1999 : Arkansas State Western Kentucky 65-48 : Florida International Louisiana Tech 1998 : South Alabama Louisiana-Lafayette 62-59 : Arkansas-Little Rock Lamar 1997 : South Alabama Louisiana Tech 44-43 : Arkansas-Little Rock New Orleans 1996 : New Orleans Arkansas-Little Rock 57-56 : Louisiana-Lafayette Jacksonville 1995 : Western Kentucky Arkansas-Little Rock 82-79 : Texas-Rio Grande Valley New Orleans 1994 : Louisiana-Lafayette Western Kentucky 78-72 : New Orleans Jacksonville 1993 : Western Kentucky New Orleans 72-63 : South Alabama Arkansas State 1992 : Louisiana-Lafayette Louisiana Tech 75-71 : Arkansas-Little Rock Western Kentucky 1991 : South Alabama Old Dominion 86-81 : Virginia Commonwealth South Florida 1990 : South Florida North Carolina-Charlotte 81-74 : Jacksonville Alabama-Birmingham 1989 : South Alabama Jacksonville 105-59 : Alabama-Birmingham Western Kentucky 1988 : North Carolina-Charlotte Virginia Commonwealth 81-79 : South Alabama Old Dominion 1987 : Alabama-Birmingham Western Kentucky 72-70 : Jacksonville North Carolina-Charlotte 1986 : Jacksonville Alabama-Birmingham 70-69 : Old Dominion Western Kentucky 1985 : Virginia Commonwealth Old Dominion 87-82 : Jacksonville Alabama-Birmingham 1984 : Alabama-Birmingham Old Dominion 62-60 : Virginia Commonwealth Western Kentucky 1983 : Alabama-Birmingham South Florida 64-47 : Virginia Commonwealth Jacksonville 1982 : Alabama-Birmingham Virginia Commonwealth 94-83 : South Florida South Alabama 1981 : Virginia Commonwealth Alabama-Birmingham 62-61 OT : South Florida South Alabama 1980 : Virginia Commonwealth Alabama-Birmingham 105-88 : South Alabama Jacksonville 1979 : Jacksonville South Florida 68-54 : South Alabama North Carolina-Charlotte 1978 : New Orleans South Alabama 22-20 : Jacksonville North Carolina-Charlotte 1977 : North Carolina-Charlotte New Orleans 71-70 : Jacksonville Georgia State