1996 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

1996 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1995–96
Teams10
SiteBarton Coliseum
Little Rock, AR
ChampionsNew Orleans (2nd title)
Winning coachTic Price (1st title)
MVPLewis Sims (New Orleans)
1995–96 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
New Orleans 14 4   .778 21 9   .700
Arkansas–Little Rock 14 4   .778 23 7   .767
Jacksonville 10 8   .556 15 13   .536
Western Kentucky 10 8   .556 13 14   .481
Southwestern Louisiana 9 9   .500 16 12   .571
Lamar 7 11   .389 12 15   .444
South Alabama 7 11   .389 12 15   .444
Arkansas State 7 11   .389 9 18   .333
Louisiana Tech 6 12   .333 11 17   .393
Texas–Pan American 6 12   .333 9 19   .321
1996 Sun Belt Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 1–5 at Barton Coliseum in Little Rock, Arkansas.

New Orleans defeated hosts, and fellow regular season co-champions, Arkansas–Little Rock in the championship game, 57–56, to win their second Sun Belt men's basketball tournament. It was UNO's first Sun Belt title since 1978 and first since being re-admitted to the conference in 1992.

The Privateers, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA tournament. No other Sun Belt members were invited to the tournament.