2024 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2024 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Sun Belt Conference during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. All tournament games were played at Pensacola Bay Center between March 5–11, 2024.^[1] The winner, James Madison, received the Sun Belt's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA tournament.^[2]

2024 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2023–24
Teams	14
Site	Pensacola Bay Center Pensacola, Florida
Champions	James Madison (1st title)
Winning coach	Mark Byington (1st title)
MVP	Noah Freidel (James Madison)
Television	ESPN+, ESPN
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2023–24 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Appalachian State	16	–	2		.889			27	–	7		.794
James Madison †	15	–	3		.833			32	–	4		.889
Troy	13	–	5		.722			20	–	12		.625
Arkansas State	11	–	7		.611			20	–	17		.541
Louisiana	10	–	8		.556			19	–	14		.576
Southern Miss	9	–	9		.500			16	–	16		.500
Georgia State	8	–	10		.444			14	–	17		.452
South Alabama	8	–	10		.444			16	–	16		.500
Georgia Southern	8	–	10		.444			9	–	24		.273
Marshall	7	–	11		.389			13	–	20		.394
Texas State	7	–	11		.389			17	–	18		.486
Louisiana–Monroe	6	–	12		.333			11	–	19		.367
Coastal Carolina	5	–	13		.278			9	–	22		.290
Old Dominion	3	–	15		.167			7	–	25		.219
† 2024 Sun Belt tournament winner

Seeds

All 14 conference teams qualified for the tournament. Teams were be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 10 teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye, automatically advancing them into the quarterfinals.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Appalachian State	16–2
2	James Madison	15–3
3	Troy	13–5
4	Arkansas State	11–7
5	Louisiana	10–8
6	Southern Miss	9–9
7	Georgia State	8–10	2–1 against Georgia Southern/South Alabama
8	South Alabama	8–10	1–1 against Georgia State/Georgia Southern
9	Georgia Southern	8–10	1–2 against Georgia State/South Alabama
10	Marshall	7–11	1–0 against Texas State
11	Texas State	7–11	0–1 against Marshall
12	Louisiana–Monroe	6–12
13	Coastal Carolina	5–13
14	Old Dominion	3–15

Schedule

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Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television
First round – Tuesday, March 5
1	5:00 pm	No. 12 Louisiana-Monroe vs. No. 13 Coastal Carolina	71–75	ESPN+
2	7:30 pm	No. 11 Texas State vs. No. 14 Old Dominion	92–83OT
Second round – Thursday, March 7
3	11:30 am	No. 8 South Alabama vs. No. 9 Georgia Southern	71–76	ESPN+
4	2:00 pm	No. 5 Louisiana vs. No. 13 Coastal Carolina	80–66
5	5:00 pm	No. 6 Southern Miss vs. No. 11 Texas State	59–75
6	7:30 pm	No. 7 Georgia State vs. No. 10 Marshall	74–86
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 9
7	11:30 am	No. 1 Appalachian State vs. No. 9 Georgia Southern	85–80 OT	ESPN+
8	2:00 pm	No. 4 Arkansas State vs. No. 5 Louisiana	89–62
9	5:00 pm	No. 3 Troy vs. No. 11 Texas State	68–74
10	7:30 pm	No. 2 James Madison vs. No. 10 Marshall	81–64
Semifinals – Sunday, March 10
11	5:00 pm	No. 1 Appalachian State vs. No. 4 Arkansas State	65–67	ESPN+
12	7:30 pm	No. 11 Texas State vs. No. 2 James Madison	68–73
Championship – Monday, March 11
13	6:00 pm	No. 4 Arkansas State vs. No. 2 James Madison	71–91	ESPN
Game times in CT. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

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	First round Tuesday, March 5 ESPN+					Second round Thursday, March 7 ESPN+					Quarterfinals Saturday, March 9 ESPN+					Semifinals Sunday, March 10 ESPN+					Championship Monday, March 11 ESPN
											1	Appalachian State	85*
						8	South Alabama	71			9	Georgia Southern	80
						9	Georgia Southern	76								1	Appalachian State	65
																4	Arkansas State	67
											4	Arkansas State	89
						5	Louisiana	80			5	Louisiana	62
	12	Louisiana–Monroe	71			13	Coastal Carolina	66													4	Arkansas State	71
	13	Coastal Carolina	75																		2	James Madison	91
											2	James Madison	81
						7	Georgia State	74			10	Marshall	64
						10	Marshall	86								2	James Madison	73
																11	Texas State	68
											3	Troy	68
						6	Southern Miss	59			11	Texas State	74
	11	Texas State	92*			11	Texas State	75
	14	Old Dominion	83

* – Denotes overtime period

See also

2024 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament

References

1. "2024 Sun Belt Men's Basketball Championship". sunbeltsports.org. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
2. Tucker, Kyle; Bennett, Brian (March 11, 2024). "James Madison, Samford earn NCAA bids". The Athletic. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
3. "Men's Basketball - Composite Schedule". sunbeltsports.org. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
4. "2024 SBC MBB Tournament Bracket (PDF) - Sun Belt Conference" (PDF). sunbeltsports.org. Retrieved February 2, 2024.