Sun Belt Women's Basketball Tournament

Sun Belt Women's Basketball Tournament
Conference Basketball Championship
Sport	Basketball
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Number of teams	13
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium	Summit Arena
Current location	Hot Springs, Arkansas
Played	1983-present
Current champion	Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders
Most championships	Western Kentucky Lady Toppers (8)
Official website	SunBeltSports.org Women's Basketball

The Sun Belt Women's Basketball Tournament has been played every year since the 1982-83 academic year. The winner of the tournament is guaranteed an automatic berth into the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship.

In 2008, the Sun Belt received an at-large berth, as Middle Tennessee State received an invite to the national tournament. In 2010 it happened again, as UALR also received an at-large big, having entered the conference tourney as a #1 seed, then taking MTSU to double overtime before eventually falling by a mere 2 points.

Basketball champions by year

Season	Tournament Champion	Score	Runner-Up	Game Site
1983	Old Dominion	78-67	Western Kentucky	Old Dominion University Fieldhouse; Norfolk, Virginia
1984	Old Dominion	78-69	South Alabama	same
1985	Old Dominion	76-63	Western Kentucky	same
1986	Western Kentucky	69-61	Old Dominion	E. A. Diddle Arena; Bowling Green, Kentucky
1987	Old Dominion	64-61	South Alabama	ODU Fieldhouse
1988	UNC Charlotte	74-69	VCU	USF Sun Dome, Tampa, Florida
1989	Western Kentucky	67-54	South Alabama	E.A. Diddle Arena; Bowling Green, KY.
1990	Old Dominion	72-57	UAB	ODU Fieldhouse
1991	Western Kentucky	81-73	UAB	UAB Arena; Birmingham, Alabama
1992	Western Kentucky	65-62	Arkansas State	E.A. Diddle Arena; Bowling Green, KY
1993	Western Kentucky	81-73	Louisiana Tech	Thomas Assembly Center; Ruston, Louisiana
1994	Louisiana Tech	68-43	Western Kentucky	E. A. Diddle Arena; Bowling Green, KY
1995	Western Kentucky	71-68	Louisiana Tech	same
1996	Louisiana Tech	71-53	Western Kentucky	Convocation Center; Jonesboro, Arkansas
1997	Louisiana Tech	80-68	Western Kentucky	E. A. Diddle Arena; Bowling Green, KY
1998	Louisiana Tech	69-68	Western Kentucky	Thomas Assembly Center; Ruston, LA
1999	Louisiana Tech	84-60	Florida International	Convocation Center; Jonesboro, Ark.
2000	Louisiana Tech	97-94	Western Kentucky	E.A. Diddle Arena
2001	Louisiana Tech	67-55	Denver	Mitchell Center; Mobile, AL
2002	Florida International	66-49	North Texas	Lakefront Arena; New Orleans, LA
2003	Western Kentucky	86-83	Middle Tennessee	E. A. Diddle Arena
2004	Middle Tennessee	79-57	Western Kentucky	same
2005	Middle Tennessee	67-52	Louisiana-Lafayette	UNT Coliseum; Denton, TX
2006	Middle Tennessee	84-73	Western Kentucky	Murphy Center, Murfreesboro, TN
2007	Middle Tennessee	77-67	Louisiana-Lafayette	first round at campus sites; rest at Cajundome; Lafayette, Louisiana
2008	Western Kentucky	65-49	Middle Tennessee	first round games at higher seed; rest at Mitchell Center
2009	Middle Tennessee	74-54	University of Arkansas at Little Rock	Summit Arena; Hot Springs, Arkansas
2010	Middle Tennessee	70-68 (ot)	UALR	same
2011				same

Performance By School

Member	Winners	Winning Years
Western Kentucky	8	1986, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 2003, 2008
¹Louisiana Tech	7	1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
Middle Tennessee State	6	2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010
¹Old Dominion	5	1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1990
Florida International	1	2002
¹Charlotte	1	1988
TOTAL	26

¹no longer a conference member

See also

• Sun Belt Men's Basketball Tournament

References

http://www.sunbeltsports.org/

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