Both UALR Trojans Teams Earn First-Round Byes in Sun Belt Tournaments at Summit Arena

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Both UALR Trojans Teams Earn First-Round Byes in Sun Belt Tournaments at Summit Arena

by ArkansasSports360.com Staff on Monday, Feb. 27, 2012 9:02 am

UALR hopes to repeat its tournament performance from 2011 when the men's team took its first Sun Belt title at Summit Arena and headed to the NCAA Tournament. (Photo by Mark Wagner)

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Brackets for the Sun Belt Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament to be played in Hot Springs beginning on Saturday have been released.

(Click here to see the full tournament brackets for the men's teams and here for the women's teams.)

Both UALR teams earned first-round byes and will play their respective games on Sunday. The women's Trojans team earned a first-seed and will face the winner of Saturday's Arkansas State/South Alabama game on Sunday afternoon.

The men's team earned a No. 2 seed in its bracket and will play against either Western Kentucky or Florida International on Sunday evening.

The Arkansas State men's team is seeded at No. 9 and meets No. 8 Florida Atlantic on Saturday. The winner of that game will face a matchup against No. 1 seed Middle Tennessee.

This is the fourth consecutive time the Sun Belt has held its basketball tournaments at Hot Springs' Summit Arena and Convention Center. Last year, an attendance of 16,583 was recorded as both UALR teams took conference titles and earned berths in the NCAA Tournaments.

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