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Arkansas-Little Rock is a assail addition to the 2011 March Madness NCAA College Basketball Tournament this season. Coming into the 2010-11 college sport season, the Trojans were not modify pet to get the Sun Belt West Division. In 2009-10, UA Little Rock ended with a achievement of 8-22 and the future did not countenance bright, although the team did convey threesome play guards for this season.

Finishing the 2010-11 college sport season, UA Little Rock is exactly where they were predicted to finish. The Trojans ended with a 19-16 record, ranked ordinal in the Sun Belt West Conference.

However, something Brobdingnagian happened at the modify of the season. UA-Little Rock beat South Alabama by double-digits in the prototypal round of the Sun Belt tournament. They followed that up by beating Arkasas State, after losing to their rivals twice in the regular season. They then upset competition favorite Middle river and foiled North Texas in the competition finale.

And now, UA Little Rock is feat dancing for the prototypal instance since 1990.

Final Record: 19-16, 7-9 Sun Belt

Projected March Madness Seed: 16 (First Four)

Biggest Win:

UA Little Rock: 69  Tulsa: 67 (12/5/10)

UA Little Rock led the mettlesome by 11 points in the ordinal half after dropping behindhand by 15 early in the game. While metropolis tried to come backwards at the end, their terminal ordinal 3 lapse brief and UA Little Rock pulled discover the win.

UA-Little Rock Player to Watch: Senior protect Solomon Bozeman became the prototypal player since 2001 to get both the Sun Belt's regular-season participant honor and the Sun Belt tournament's Most Outstanding Player honor. town ended ordinal in the association in scoring with 16.4 points per game. town also led the association in 3-point shooting, and he was the hero in the Sun Belt denomination mettlesome with a last-second 3-pointer.

Starting Lineup

• Gus Leeper, F
• Marlon Louzeiro, F
• Solomon Bozeman, G
• Alex Garcia-Mendoza, G
• D’Andre Williams, G