The 2020 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for

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during the

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. Tournament first round, second round, and quarterfinal games were played at the campus sites of the higher seeded team between March 7–11. The semifinals and championship game would have been held from March 14–15, 2020, in

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, at the

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. The regular season champion would have received the Sun Belt's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA tournament.

Seeds

Only the top 10 of the 12 conference teams will qualify for the tournament. The No. 5 and No. 6 seeds will receive and first round bye, the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds receive a double bye to the quarterfinals, while the No. 1 and No. 2 seeded teams receive a triple bye to the semifinals. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Schedule

Bracket

References

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Seeds

Schedule

Bracket

See also

References