2024–25 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball season

2024–25 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Duration	November 4, 2025 – March 2025
Number of teams	14
TV partner(s)	ESPN
2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Tournament

2024–25 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Appalachian State	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Arkansas State	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Coastal Carolina	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Georgia Southern	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Georgia State	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
James Madison	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Louisiana	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Louisiana–Monroe	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Marshall	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Old Dominion	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
South Alabama	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Southern Miss	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Texas State	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Troy	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
† 2025 Sun Belt tournament winner

The 2024–25 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball season is the season for Sun Belt Conference men's basketball teams that will begin with practices in October 2024, followed by the start of the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play will begin in December 2024, and conclude in March 2025. The 2025 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament will take place at the Pensacola Bay Center in Pensacola, Florida.

Head coaches

Coaching changes

Coastal Carolina

On December 6, 2023, head coach Cliff Ellis retired with assistant coach Benny Moss named interim head coach for the rest of the season. On March 12, 2024, Western Carolina head coach Justin Gray was named new head coach.

James Madison

On March 25, 2024, Mark Byington left to become head coach of Vanderbilt. On March 29, 2024, Morehead State head coach Preston Spradlin was named new head coach of the Dukes.

Marshall

On March 25, 2024, head coach Dan D'Antoni and Marshall parted ways. Later that day, associate head coach Cornelius Jackson was named his successor.

Old Dominion

Jeff Jones resigned following a heart attack he had on December 20, 2023, and special assistant coach Kieran Donahue was named interim head coach for the rest of the season. Jones retired on February 26, 2024. Former Old Dominion player and Maryland assistant coach Mike Jones was named new head coach on March 1, 2024.

Coaches

Team	Head coach	Previous job	Years at school	Overall record	Sun Belt record	Sun Belt titles	Sun Belt Tournament titles	NCAA Tournaments
Appalachian State	Dustin Kerns	Presbyterian	6	97–65 (.599)	55–35 (.611)	1	1	1
Arkansas State	Bryan Hodgson	Alabama (Asst.)	2	20–16 (.556)	11–7 (.611)	0	0	0
Coastal Carolina	Justin Gray	Western Carolina	1	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	0	0
Georgia Southern	Charlie Henry	Alabama (Asst.)	2	8–23 (.258)	8–10 (.444)	0	0	0
Georgia State	Jonas Hayes	Xavier (Assoc.)	3	24–38 (.387)	11–25 (.306)	0	0	0
James Madison	Preston Spradlin	Morehead State	1	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	0	0
Louisiana	Bob Marlin	Sam Houston	15	265–188 (.585)	150–103 (.593)	1	1	1
Louisiana–Monroe	Keith Richard	LSU (Asst.)	15	163–271 (.376)	91–165 (.355)	0	0	0
Marshall	Cornelius Jackson	Marshall (Assoc.)	1	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	0	0
Old Dominion	Mike Jones	Maryland (Asst.)	1	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	0	0
South Alabama	Richie Riley	Nicholls State	7	110–83 (.570)	57–50 (.533)	0	0	0
Southern Miss	Jay Ladner	Southeastern Louisiana	6	65–88 (.425)	33–57 (.367)	0	0	0
Texas State	Terrence Johnson	Texas State (Asst.)	5	69–51 (.575)	37–29 (.561)	2	0	0
Troy	Scott Cross	TCU (Asst.)	6	80–76 (.513)	43–45 (.489)	0	0	0

Regular season

Early season tournaments

Team	Tournament	Finish
Appalachian State	Live Oak Bank Holiday Classic
South Alabama	Jaguar Classic

Player of the week

Week	Player(s) of the Week	School

Records against other conferences

Power 6 Conferences
Conference	Record
ACC	0–0
Big East	0–0
Big Ten	0–0
Big 12	0–0
Pac–12	0–0
SEC	0–0
Combined	0–0
Other NCAA Division I Conferences	Record
America East	0–0
American	0–0
ASUN	0–0
Atlantic 10	0–0
Big Sky	0–0
Big South	0–0
Big West	0–0
CAA	0–0
Conference USA	0–0
Horizon	0–0
Independents/Non-Division I	0–0
Ivy	0–0
MAAC	0–0
MAC	0–0
MEAC	0–0
Missouri Valley	0–0
Mountain West	0–0
Northeast	0–0
OVC	0–0
Patriot	0–0
Southern	0–0
Southland	0–0
SWAC	0–0
Summit	0–0
West Coast	0–0
WAC	0–0
Combined

Post season

Sun Belt tournament

Main article: 2025 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

• The tournament will be held at the Pensacola Bay Center in Pensacola, Florida, in March 2025.

NCAA tournament

Main article: 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

Seed	Region	School	First Four	1st round	2nd round	Sweet 16	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
		W–L (%):	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–) Total: 0–0 (–)