2023 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

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.

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. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1Southern Miss14–42 Louisiana13–5 1–0 vs. Marshall3 Marshall13–5 0–1 vs. Louisiana4 James Madison12–65 Troy11–7 1–0 vs. Old Dominion 6 Old Dominion11–7 0–1 vs. Troy 7 Georgia Southern9–9 3–0 vs. South Alabama/Appalachian State8 South Alabama9–9 1–1 vs. Georgia Southern/Appalachian State9 Appalachian State9–9 0–3 vs. Georgia Southern/South Alabama 10Louisiana–Monroe7–1111Texas State 6–1212 Coastal Carolina5–1313Arkansas State4–1414Georgia State3–15

Schedule GameTime MatchupScoreTelevisionFirst round – Tuesday, February 28 15:00 pmNo. 12 Coastal Carolina vs. No. 13 Arkansas State69–86ESPN+27:30 pmNo. 11 Texas State vs. No. 14 Georgia State81–76Second round – Thursday, March 2 311:30 amNo. 8 South Alabama vs. No. 9 Appalachian State68–61ESPN+42:00 pmNo. 5 Troy vs. No. 13 Arkansas State63–5955:00 pmNo. 6 Old Dominion vs.No. 11 Texas State65-3667:30 pmNo. 7 Georgia Southern vs. No. 10 Louisiana–Monroe 66-57Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 4 711:30 amNo. 1 Southern Miss vs. No. 8 South Alabama61–78ESPN+82:00 pmNo. 4 James Madison vs. No. 5 Troy75–7295:00 pmNo. 3 Marshall vs. No. 11 Texas State68–71107:30 pmNo. 2 Louisiana vs. No. 7 Georgia Southern67–49Semifinals – Sunday, March 5 115:00 pmNo. 8 South Alabama vs. No. 4 James Madison75–66ESPN+127:30 pmNo. 2 Louisiana vs. No. 11 Texas State64–58Championship – Monday, March 6 136:00 pmNo. 8 South Alabama vs. No. 2 Louisiana66–71ESPN2Game times in CT. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

See also 2023 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament

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