Sport Basketball Current champion UALR Lady Trojans Current location New Orleans Number of teams 8 | Played 1983–present Conference Sun Belt Conference Current stadium Lakefront Arena | |
Format Single-elimination tournament 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.