[1] Western Kentucky defeated top-seeded New Orleans in the championship game, 72–63, to win their first Sun Belt men's basketball tournament.
The Hilltoppers, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1993 NCAA tournament.
Fellow Sun Belt member New Orleans joined them in the tournament, earning an at-large bid.
Central Florida departed for the TAAC after a one-year stay in the Sun Belt, leaving the conference with only ten teams.
Firstly, the tournament field decreased from eleven to nine teams (UTPA, the last-placed team in the Sun Belt standings, did not participate).