1999 Sun Belt Conference Tournament

The 1999 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament was held May 18 - 22 in Metairie, LA. #4 Florida International University defeated #3 Western Kentucky University for the title. Outfielder Barry Paulk of Florida International was named tournament MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of South Alabama	27-5	Steve Kittrell
2	University of Southwestern Louisiana	24-9	Tony Robichaux
3	Western Kentucky University	21-12	Joel Murrie
4	Florida International University	17-16	Danny Price
5	University of New Orleans	15-18	Tom Schwaner
6	Louisiana Tech University	10-22	Jeff Richardson
7	University of Arkansas at Little Rock	10-22	Brian Rhees
8	Arkansas State University	6-26	Bill Bethea

Results

Bracket

	Round 1					Round 2					Round 3										Finals
	1	South Alabama	9
	8	Arkansas State	2
						1	South Alabama	5
						4	Florida International	7
	4	Florida International	9
	5	New Orleans	8
											4	Florida International	8
											2	SW Louisiana	4
	2	SW Louisiana	10
	7	Ark.-Little Rock	0
						2	SW Louisiana	9
						3	Western Kentucky	2
	3	Western Kentucky	4
	6	Louisiana Tech	3																		4	Florida International	3
																					3	Western Kentucky	2
	Losers Bracket 1					Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3					Losers Bracket 4
						1	South Alabama	8
	8	Arkansas State	0			5	New Orleans	4								2	SW Louisiana	0
	5	New Orleans	9								1	South Alabama	5			3	Western Kentucky	6
											3	Western Kentucky	6
						3	Western Kentucky	9
	7	Ark.-Little Rock	4			7	Ark.-Little Rock	2
	6	Louisiana Tech	3

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Western Kentucky University	4-3	Louisiana Tech University
Game 2	University of Southwestern Louisiana	10-0	University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Game 3	University of South Alabama	9-2	Arkansas State University
Game 4	Florida International University	9-8	University of New Orleans
Game 5	University of Arkansas at Little Rock	4-3	Louisiana Tech University	Louisiana Tech eliminated
Game 6	University of Southwestern Louisiana	9-2	Western Kentucky University
Game 7	University of New Orleans	9-0	Arkansas State University	Arkansas State eliminated
Game 8	Florida International University	7-5	University of South Alabama
Game 9	Western Kentucky University	9-2	University of Arkansas at Little Rock	Arkansas Little Rock eliminated
Game 10	University of South Alabama	8-4	University of New Orleans	New Orleans eliminated
Game 11	Florida International University	8-4	University of Southwestern Louisiana
Game 12	Western Kentucky University	6-5	University of South Alabama	South Alabama eliminated
Game 13	Western Kentucky University	6-0	University of Southwestern Louisiana	Southwestern Louisiana eliminated
Game 14	Florida International University	3-2	Western Kentucky University	Florida International advances to NCAA tournament