Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament - Champions By Year

Champions By Year

Season Tournament Champion Score Runner-Up MVP Game Site
1977 UNC Charlotte 71–70 New Orleans Cedric Maxwell, UNC Charlotte First round at campus sites; rest at Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina
1978 New Orleans 22–20 South Alabama Nate Mills, New Orleans First round at campus sites; rest at Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina
1979 Jacksonville 68–54 South Florida James Ray, Jacksonville First round at campus sites; rest at Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina
1980 VCU 105–88 UAB Edmund Sherod, VCU First round at campus sites; rest at Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina
1981 VCU 62–61 (OT) UAB Kenny Stancil, VCU Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum; Jacksonville, Florida
1982 UAB 94–83 VCU Oliver Robinson, UAB Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex; Birmingham, Alabama
1983 UAB 64–47 South Florida Cliff Pruitt, UAB Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex; Birmingham, Alabama
1984 UAB 62–60 Old Dominion McKinley Singleton, UAB Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex; Birmingham, Alabama
1985 VCU 87–82 Old Dominion Mike Schlegel, VCU Hampton Coliseum; Hampton, Virginia
1986 Jacksonville 70–69 UAB Otis Smith, Jacksonville Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex; Birmingham, Alabama
1987 UAB 72–60 Western Kentucky Tracy Foster, UAB E. A. Diddle Arena; Bowling Green, Kentucky
1988 UNC Charlotte 81–79 VCU Byron Dinkins, UNC Charlotte Richmond Coliseum; Richmond, Virginia
1989 South Alabama 105–59 Jacksonville Jeff Hodge, South Alabama Charlotte Coliseum; Charlotte, North Carolina
1990 South Florida 81–74 UNC Charlotte Radenko Dobras, South Florida Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex; Birmingham, Alabama
1991 South Alabama 86–81 Old Dominion Chris Gatling, Old Dominion Mobile Civic Center; Mobile, Alabama
1992 Southwestern Louisiana 75–71 Louisiana Tech Todd Hill, Southwestern Louisiana Mississippi Coast Coliseum; Biloxi, Mississippi
1993 Western Kentucky 72–63 New Orleans Darnell Mee, Western Kentucky Mississippi Coast Coliseum; Biloxi, Mississippi
1994 Southwestern Louisiana 78–72 Western Kentucky Michael Allen, Southwestern Louisiana E. A. Diddle Arena; Bowling Green, Kentucky
1995 Western Kentucky 82–79 Arkansas-Little Rock Chris Robinson, Western Kentucky Barton Coliseum; Little Rock, Arkansas
1996 New Orleans 57–56 Arkansas-Little Rock Lewis Sims, New Orleans Barton Coliseum; Little Rock, Arkansas
1997 South Alabama 44–43 Louisiana Tech Rusty Yoder, South Alabama Barton Coliseum; Little Rock, Arkansas
1998 South Alabama 62–59 Southwestern Louisiana Toby Madison, South Alabama Cajundome; Lafayette, Louisiana
1999 Arkansas State 65–48 Western Kentucky Chico Fletcher, Arkansas State Cajundome; Lafayette, Louisiana
2000 Louisiana-Lafayette 51–50 South Alabama Virgil Stanescu, South Alabama Alltel Arena; Little Rock, Arkansas
2001 Western Kentucky 64–54 South Alabama Chris Marcus, Western Kentucky Mitchell Center; Mobile, Alabama
2002 Western Kentucky 76–70 Louisiana–Lafayette Derek Robinson, Western Kentucky Lakefront Arena; New Orleans, Louisiana
2003 Western Kentucky 64–52 Middle Tennessee Patrick Sparks, Western Kentucky E. A. Diddle Arena; Bowling Green, Kentucky
2004 Vacated 67–58 New Orleans Bo McCalebb, New Orleans E. A. Diddle Arena; Bowling Green, Kentucky
2005 Vacated 88–69 Denver Tiras Wade, Louisiana-Lafayette UNT Coliseum; Denton, Texas
2006 South Alabama 95–70 Western Kentucky Chey Christie, South Alabama Murphy Center, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
2007 North Texas 83–75 Arkansas State Calvin Watson, North Texas First round at campus sites; rest at Cajundome; Lafayette, Louisiana
2008 Western Kentucky 67–57 Middle Tennessee Jeremy Evans, Western Kentucky First round at campus sites; rest at Mitchell Center; Mobile, Alabama
2009 Western Kentucky 64–55 South Alabama A. J. Slaughter, Western Kentucky Summit Arena; Hot Springs, Arkansas
2010 North Texas 66–63 Troy Eric Tramiel, North Texas Summit Arena; Hot Springs, Arkansas
2011 Arkansas-Little Rock 64–63 North Texas Solomon Bozeman, Arkansas-Little Rock Summit Arena; Hot Springs, Arkansas
2012 Western Kentucky 74–70 North Texas George Fant, Western Kentucky Summit Arena; Hot Springs, Arkansas
2013 Western Kentucky 65–63 FIU T. J. Price, Western Kentucky Summit Arena; Hot Springs, Arkansas

Note: 'Southwestern Louisiana' became the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, in 1999.

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