North Texas and Arkansas-Little Rock battled for the Sun Belt’s automatic NCAA Tournament bid, with the Trojans taking the conference title game, 64-63. Arkansas-Little Rock’s Soloman Bozeman hit a three-pointer with a second left on the clock to send his team to its first March Madness since 1990.
2011 NCAA Tournament Field: Arkansas-Little Rock Swipes North Texas Bid In Sun Belt Comeback
The game was close all evening -- North Texas began to pull away in the closing minutes, leading by seven with just under two to go, but Little Rock closed it to one point with 16 seconds left.
This wasn’t an ideal title game for the Sun Belt, as neither of these teams turned in a winning conference record. Both were ranked in the bottom half of the West division, and Little Rock barely mustered a record better than .500 overall. Still, do you think there’s a single Trojans fan who’s worried about that right now? You do not think that there is.
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