2024 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

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

Seeds All 14 conference teams qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 10 teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye, automatically advancing them into the quarterfinals. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1Appalachian State 16–22James Madison 15–33Troy13–54Arkansas State 11–7 5Louisiana 10–86Southern Miss 9–97Georgia State 8–10 2–1 against Georgia Southern/South Alabama8South Alabama8–10 1–1 against Georgia State/Georgia Southern9Georgia Southern8–10 1–2 against Georgia State/South Alabama10Marshall7–11 1–0 against Texas State11Texas State7–11 0–1 against Marshall12 Louisiana–Monroe6–1213Coastal Carolina 5–1314Old Dominion 3–15

Schedule

GameTime MatchupScoreTelevisionAttendanceFirst round – Tuesday, March 5 15:00 pmNo. 12 Louisiana-Monroe vs. No. 13 Coastal Carolina71–75ESPN+79527:30 pmNo. 11 Texas State vs. No. 14 Old Dominion92–83OTSecond round – Thursday, March 7311:30 amNo. 8 South Alabama vs. No. 9 Georgia Southern71–76ESPN+88242:00 pmNo. 5 Louisiana vs. No. 13 Coastal Carolina80–6655:00 pmNo. 6 Southern Miss vs. No. 11 Texas State59–751,20767:30 pmNo. 7 Georgia State vs. No. 10 Marshall 74–86Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 9 711:30 amNo. 1 Appalachian State vs. No. 9 Georgia Southern85–80 ESPN+2,05982:00 pmNo. 4 Arkansas State vs. No. 5 Louisiana89–6295:00 pmNo. 3 Troy vs. No. 11 Texas State68–742,501107:30 pmNo. 2 James Madison vs. No. 10 Marshall81–64Semifinals – Sunday, March 10 115:00 pmNo. 1 Appalachian State vs. No. 4 Arkansas State65–67ESPN+1,829127:30 pmNo. 11 Texas State vs. No. 2 James Madison68–73Championship – Monday, March 11 136:00 pmNo. 4 Arkansas State vs. No. 2 James Madison71–91ESPN2,548Game times in CT. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

See also 2024 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament

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