Sun Belt Women's Basketball Tournament

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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.


[edit] 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 Summit Arena; Hot Springs, Arkansas
2010 same
2011 same

[edit] 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
¹Old Dominion
5
 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1990
Middle Tennessee State
4
 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Florida International
1
 2002
¹Charlotte
1
 1988
TOTAL
26

¹no longer a conference member

[edit] References

http://www.sunbeltsports.org/

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