The 2022 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for Sun Belt Conference during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. All tournament games were played at Pensacola Bay Center in Florida during March 3–7, 2022. The winner, Georgia State, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA tournament.
Seeds All 12 conference teams qualified for the tournament. The top four teams received a bye into the quarterfinals. SeedSchoolConferenceNET ranking(March 2, 2021)1Texas State12–3119th2Appalachian State12–6158th3Georgia State9–5177th4Troy10–6175th5South Alabama9–7132nd6Arkansas State8–7171st7Coastal Carolina8–8146th8Louisiana8–9195th9UT Arlington7–10233rd10Georgia Southern5–11248th11Louisiana–Monroe5–13278th12Little Rock3–11325th
Schedule GameTime MatchupScoreTelevisionFirst round – Thursday, March 3 – Pensacola Bay Center, Pensacola, FL111:30 amNo. 8 Louisiana vs. No. 9 UT Arlington67–64ESPN+22:00 pmNo. 5 South Alabama vs. No. 12 Little Rock71–7535:00 pmNo. 6 Arkansas State vs. No. 11 Louisiana–Monroe81–7747:30 pmNo. 7 Coastal Carolina vs. No. 10 Georgia Southern64–70Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 5 – Pensacola Bay Center, Pensacola, FL511:30 amNo. 1 Texas State vs. No. 8 Louisiana72–79ESPN+62:00 pmNo. 4 Troy vs. No. 12 Little Rock69–6275:00 pmNo. 3 Georgia State vs. No. 6 Arkansas State65–6287:30 pmNo. 2 Appalachian State vs. No. 10 Georgia Southern73–60Semifinals – Sunday, March 6 – Pensacola Bay Center, Pensacola, FL95:00 pmNo. 8 Louisiana vs. No. 4 Troy66–57ESPN+107:30 pmNo. 3 Georgia State vs. No. 2 Appalachian State71–66Championship – Monday, March 7 – Pensacola Bay Center, Pensacola, FL116:00 pmNo. 8 Louisiana vs. No. 3 Georgia State71–80ESPN2Game times in CT. Rankings denote tournament seed
Bracket
See also 2022 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament
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