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First round Tuesday, March 5 ESPN+ | Second round Wednesday, March 6 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Friday, March 8 ESPN+ | Semifinals Sunday, March 10 ESPN+ | Championship Monday, March 11 ESPNU | |||||||||||||||||||
1 | Marshall | 116 | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Georgia State | 68 | 9 | Appalachian State | 74 | ||||||||||||||||||
9 | Appalachian State | 73 | 1 | Marshall | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Old Dominion | 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Old Dominion | 67 | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Louisiana–Monroe | 78 | 5 | Louisiana-Monroe | 64 | ||||||||||||||||||
12 | Georgia Southern | 72 | 12 | Georgia Southern | 57 | 1 | Marshall | 95* | |||||||||||||||
13 | Texas State | 70 | 3 | James Madison | 92 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | Troy | 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Louisiana | 54 | 7 | Louisiana | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||
10 | Arkansas State | 41 | 7 | Louisiana | 54 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | James Madison | 64 | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | James Madison | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Southern Miss | 70 | 6 | Southern Miss | 49 | ||||||||||||||||||
11 | Coastal Carolina | 79 | 11 | Coastal Carolina | 53 | ||||||||||||||||||
14 | South Alabama | 60 | |||||||||||||||||||||
The Sun Belt Conference (SBC) is a collegiate athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA's Division I since 1976. Originally a non-football conference, the Sun Belt began sponsoring football in 2001. Its football teams participate in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The 14 member institutions of the Sun Belt are distributed across the Southern United States.
The 2012 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament was held in Hot Springs, Arkansas from March 3 to March 6 at the Summit Arena and the Convention Center Court. Eleven Sun Belt teams participated in the tournament with seedings based on their conference record. Louisiana-Monroe did not compete in the 2012 Sun Belt Tournament due to failing to meet the NCAA's Academic Progress Rate requirements. This was Denver's final year in the Sun Belt due to the move to the Western Athletic Conference for the 2012–13 basketball season. The tournament winner received an automatic bid into the 2012 NCAA tournament.
The 2017 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament is the postseason conference tournament for the Sun Belt Conference. The tournament will be held at the Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana from March 8 to March 12, 2017. The tournament winner will receive the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA tournament.
The 2020 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for Sun Belt Conference during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Tournament first round, second round, and quarterfinal games were played at the campus sites of the higher seeded team between March 7–11. The semifinals and championship game would have been held from March 14–15, 2020, in New Orleans, Louisiana, at the Smoothie King Center. The regular season champion would have received the Sun Belt's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA tournament.
The 2021 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Sun Belt Conference that took place March 5–8, 2021, at the Pensacola Bay Center for majority of the games and a few First round and Quarterfinal matchups at Hartsell Arena on the campus of Pensacola State College, both in Pensacola, Florida. All games were broadcast on ESPN+, and the championship game was televised on ESPNU.
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The 2022 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for Sun Belt Conference during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. All tournament games were played at Pensacola Bay Center between March 2–7, 2022. The winner, UT Arlington, received the Sun Belt's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA tournament.
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The 2023 Sun Belt Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Sun Belt Conference held from October 30 to November 5, 2023. The nine-match tournament took place at the Foley Sports Complex in Foley, Alabama. The ten-team single-elimination tournament consisted of four rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Old Dominion Monarchs. Old Dominion successfully defended their title as the second overall seed in the tournament. They defeated James Madison 2–1 in (overtime) in the Final. This was the second Sun Belt women's soccer tournament title for the Old Dominion women's soccer program, both of which have come under head coach Angie Hind. This was Old Dominion's third straight conference title as they won the Conference USA title in 2021 before moving to the Sun Belt Conference. As tournament champions, Old Dominion earned the Sun Belt's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.
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