The 2009 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 4–10, 2009. The first round was held at campus sites, and all subsequent rounds took place in Hot Springs, Arkansas

Hot Springs, Arkansas

Hot Springs is the 10th most populous city in the U.S. state of Arkansas, the county seat of Garland County, and the principal city of the Hot Springs Metropolitan Statistical Area encompassing all of Garland County...

 at the Summit Arena

Summit Arena

The Summit Arena is a 6,200-seat multi-purpose arena in Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA. It hosts local sporting events, concerts, and assorted other engagements such as the Miss Arkansas Pageant. It was opened in 2003. The arena can seat 6,000 for sporting events and the circus...

. The semifinals were televised by ESPN Regional Television

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. The Sun Belt Conference Championship Game was televised by ESPN2

ESPN2

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The tournament was won by the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, in front of a crowd of 3,493.

Bracket

Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime.