2023 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament

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2023 Sun Belt Conference
baseball tournament
Teams10
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsSouthern Miss (1 title)
Winning coach Scott Berry  (1 title)
MVP Tanner Hall (Southern Miss)
Television ESPN+
2023 Sun Belt Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 21 Coastal Carolina  y237 .7674221 .667
No. 9 Southern Miss  y228 .7334620 .697
Troy  y1812 .6004022 .645
Louisiana  y1812 .6004124 .631
Texas State  1713 .5673623 .610
Appalachian State  1613 .5523025 .545
James Madison  1513 .5363125 .554
Georgia State  1614 .5333029 .508
Georgia Southern  1614 .5332729 .482
Old Dominion  1515 .5003223 .582
South Alabama  1119 .3672331 .426
Arkansas State  919 .3212031 .392
Louisiana–Monroe  623 .2071737 .315
Marshall  525 .1671637 .302
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 25, 2023 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2023 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament was held at Riverwalk Stadium in Montgomery, Alabama from May 23 to May 28, 2023. The tournament used a double-elimination format. The winner of the tournament earned the Sun Belt Conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Contents

Seeding

In a change from previous years, the top ten teams (based on conference results) from the conference earn invites to the tournament. The teams will be seeded based on conference winning percentage, with the bottom four seeds competing in a play-in round. The remaining eight teams will then play a two bracket, double-elimination tournament. The winner of each bracket will play a championship final. [2]

Results

Play-in round

All games played on Tuesday, May 22 are single elimination. The lowerseeded first round winner will advance to play the No. 1 seed, while the higher-seeded first round winner will face the No. 2 seed.

Tuesday, May 23
Team R
#10 Old Dominion1
#7 James Madison2
Tuesday, May 23
Team R
#9 Georgia Southern5
#8 Georgia State8

Double-elimination round

Results

First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
1Coastal Carolina5
8Georgia State4
1Coastal Carolina6
4Louisiana3
4Louisiana6
5Texas State1
1Coastal Carolina31
4Louisiana74
5Texas State6 (12 Inn.)
8Georgia State55Texas State6
4Louisiana12
4Louisiana2
3Troy10 (10 Inn.)
2Southern Miss6
6App State9
3Troy6
2Southern Miss7
2Southern Miss7
7James Madison1
2Southern Miss211 (7 Inn)
6App State41
6App State8
7James Madison76App State14
3Troy10

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