2023 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

2023 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2022–23
Teams	14
Site	Pensacola Bay Center Pensacola, Florida
Champions	Louisiana (7th title)
Winning coach	Bob Marlin (2nd title)
Television	ESPN+, ESPN2
Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournaments

The 2023 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for Sun Belt Conference during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. All tournament games were played at Pensacola Bay Center between February 28–March 6. The winner, Louisiana, received the Sun Belt's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA tournament.

2022–23 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Southern Miss	14	–	4		.778			25	–	8		.758
Louisiana †	13	–	5		.722			26	–	8		.765
Marshall	13	–	5		.722			24	–	8		.750
James Madison	12	–	6		.667			22	–	11		.667
Troy	11	–	7		.611			20	–	13		.606
Old Dominion	11	–	7		.611			19	–	12		.613
Georgia Southern	9	–	9		.500			17	–	16		.515
South Alabama	9	–	9		.500			19	–	16		.543
Appalachian State	9	–	9		.500			16	–	16		.500
Louisiana–Monroe	7	–	11		.389			11	–	21		.344
Texas State	6	–	12		.333			16	–	19		.457
Coastal Carolina	5	–	13		.278			11	–	20		.355
Arkansas State	4	–	14		.222			13	–	20		.394
Georgia State	3	–	15		.167			10	–	21		.323
† 2023 Sun Belt Tournament winner

Seeds

All 14 conference teams qualified for the tournament. The teams were seeded by record within the conference, along with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The top-ten 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	Southern Miss	14–4
2	Louisiana	13–5	1–0 vs. Marshall
3	Marshall	13–5	0–1 vs. Louisiana
4	James Madison	12–6
5	Troy	11–7	1–0 vs. Old Dominion
6	Old Dominion	11–7	0–1 vs. Troy
7	Georgia Southern	9–9	3–0 vs. South Alabama/Appalachian State
8	South Alabama	9–9	1–1 vs. Georgia Southern/Appalachian State
9	Appalachian State	9–9	0–3 vs. Georgia Southern/South Alabama
10	Louisiana–Monroe	7–11
11	Texas State	6–12
12	Coastal Carolina	5–13
13	Arkansas State	4–14
14	Georgia State	3–15

Schedule

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television
First round – Tuesday, February 28
1	5:00 pm	No. 12 Coastal Carolina vs. No. 13 Arkansas State	69–86	ESPN+
2	7:30 pm	No. 11 Texas State vs. No. 14 Georgia State	81–76
Second round – Thursday, March 2
3	11:30 am	No. 8 South Alabama vs. No. 9 Appalachian State	68–61	ESPN+
4	2:00 pm	No. 5 Troy vs. No. 13 Arkansas State	63–59
5	5:00 pm	No. 6 Old Dominion vs.No. 11 Texas State	65-36
6	7:30 pm	No. 7 Georgia Southern vs. No. 10 Louisiana–Monroe	66-57
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 4
7	11:30 am	No. 1 Southern Miss vs. No. 8 South Alabama	61–78	ESPN+
8	2:00 pm	No. 4 James Madison vs. No. 5 Troy	75–72
9	5:00 pm	No. 3 Marshall vs. No. 11 Texas State	68–71
10	7:30 pm	No. 2 Louisiana vs. No. 7 Georgia Southern	67–49
Semifinals – Sunday, March 5
11	5:00 pm	No. 8 South Alabama vs. No. 4 James Madison	75–66	ESPN+
12	7:30 pm	No. 2 Louisiana vs. No. 11 Texas State	64–58
Championship – Monday, March 6
13	6:00 pm	No. 8 South Alabama vs. No. 2 Louisiana	66–71	ESPN2
Game times in CT. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	First round Tuesday, February 28 ESPN+					Second round Thursday, March 2 ESPN+					Quarterfinals Saturday, March 4 ESPN+					Semifinals Sunday, March 5 ESPN+					Championship Monday, March 6 ESPN2
											1	Southern Miss	61
						8	South Alabama	68			8	South Alabama	78
						9	Appalachian State	61								8	South Alabama	75
																4	James Madison	66
											4	James Madison	75
						5	Troy	63			5	Troy	72
	12	Coastal Carolina	69			13	Arkansas State	59													8	South Alabama	66
	13	Arkansas State	86																		2	Louisiana	71
											2	Louisiana	67
						7	Georgia Southern	66			7	Georgia Southern	49
						10	Louisiana-Monroe	57								2	Louisiana	64
																11	Texas State	58
											3	Marshall	68
						6	Old Dominion	36			11	Texas State	71
	11	Texas State	81			11	Texas State	65
	14	Georgia State	74

See also

2023 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament