Sun Belt Women's Basketball Tournament | |
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Conference Basketball Championship | |
Sport | Basketball |
Conference | Sun Belt Conference |
Number of teams | 8 |
Format | Single-elimination tournament |
Current stadium | Lakefront Arena |
Current location | New Orleans, Louisiana |
Played | 1983–present |
Current champion | UALR Lady Trojans |
Most championships | Western Kentucky Lady Toppers (8) |
Official website | SunBeltSports.org Women's Basketball |
The Sun Belt Conference 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 2007, the Sun Belt received an at-large berth, as Louisiana–Lafayette (regular season champ of the West Division) received an invite to the national tournament despite losing in the conference tournament final. The following year, the Sun Belt received an at-large berth again, as Middle Tennessee State received an invite to the national tournament. In 2010, it happened again, as Little Rock received an at-large bid, having entered the conference tourney as a #1 seed, before losing to Middle Tennessee in double overtime.