2024 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament

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2024 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 202324
Teams14
Site Pensacola Bay Center
Pensacola, Florida
Champions Marshall (1st title)
Winning coach Kim Caldwell (1st title)
MVP Abby Beeman (Marshall)
Television ESPN+, ESPNU
  2023
2025  
2023–24 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Marshall171 .944267  .788
Troy 153 .8331911  .633
James Madison 135 .7222312  .657
Old Dominion 126 .6672210  .688
Louisiana–Monroe 108 .5562113  .618
Southern Miss 108 .5562014  .588
Louisiana 108 .5561714  .548
Appalachian State 99 .5001715  .531
Georgia State 99 .5001515  .500
Arkansas State 612 .3331317  .433
Coastal Carolina 513 .2781221  .364
Georgia Southern 414 .2221518  .455
Texas State 414 .2221418  .438
South Alabama 216 .111923  .281
2024 Sun Belt tournament winner
As of March 27, 2024

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

Contents

Seeds

All 14 conference teams qualified for the tournament. The top four teams received a double-bye into the quarterfinals and the top ten a bye into the second round.

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1 Marshall 17–1
2 Troy 15–3
3 James Madison 13–5
4 Old Dominion 12–6
5 Louisiana–Monroe 10–83–1 against Southern Miss/Louisiana
6 Louisiana 10–82–2 against Southern Miss/Louisiana–Monroe
7 Southern Miss 10–81–3 against Louisiana–Monroe/Louisiana
8 Georgia State 9–91–1 vs. Appalachian State
0–2 vs. Marshall
1–0 vs. Troy
9 Appalachian State 9–91–1 vs. Georgia State
0–2 vs. Marshall
0–1 vs. Troy
10 Arkansas State 6–12
11 Coastal Carolina 5–13
12 Georgia Southern 4–121–0 against Texas State
13 Texas State 4–120–1 against Georgia Southern
14 South Alabama 2–16

Schedule

[2]

GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevision
First round – Tuesday, March 5
111:30 amNo. 12 Georgia Southern vs. No. 13 Texas State72–70 ESPN+
22:00 pmNo. 11 Coastal Carolina vs. No. 14 South Alabama79–60
Second round – Wednesday, March 6
311:30 amNo. 8 Georgia State vs. No. 9 Appalachian State73–68ESPN+
42:00 pmNo. 5 Louisiana–Monroe vs. No. 12 Georgia Southern78–57
55:00 pmNo. 6 Southern Miss vs. No. 11 Coastal Carolina70–53
67:30 pmNo. 7 Louisiana vs. No. 10 Arkansas State54–41
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 8
711:30 amNo. 1 Marshall vs. No. 9 Appalachian State116–74ESPN+
82:00 pmNo. 4 Old Dominion vs. No. 5 Louisiana–Monroe67–64
95:00 pmNo. 3 James Madison vs. No. 6 Southern Miss77–49
107:30 pmNo. 2 Troy vs. No 7. Louisiana67–65
Semifinals – Sunday, March 10
1111:30 amNo. 1 Marshall vs. No. 4 Old Dominion76–70ESPN+
122:00 pmNo. 3 James Madison vs. No. 7 Louisiana64–54
Championship – Monday, March 11
131:00 pmNo. 1 Marshall vs. No. 3 James Madison95–92OT ESPNU
Game times in CT. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

[3]

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
1Marshall116
8Georgia State689Appalachian State74
9Appalachian State731Marshall76
4Old Dominion70
4Old Dominion67
5Louisiana–Monroe785Louisiana-Monroe64
12Georgia Southern7212Georgia Southern571Marshall95*
13Texas State703James Madison92
2Troy65
7Louisiana547Louisiana67
10Arkansas State417Louisiana54
3James Madison64
3James Madison77
6Southern Miss706Southern Miss49
11Coastal Carolina7911Coastal Carolina53
14South Alabama60

See also

2024 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

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