2026 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2026 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Sun Belt Conference during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. All tournament games were played at Pensacola Bay Center between March 3–9. The winner, James Madison received the Sun Belt's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA tournament.

Seeds All 14 conference teams qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system implemented to seed teams with identical conference records. A stepladder system was utilized, giving the top two teams byes to the tournament semifinals and the No. 3 and No. 4 teams byes to the tournament quarterfinals. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1 Georgia Southern 16–22 Troy 15–33 Arkansas State 14–4 1–0 vs. James Madison4 James Madison 14–4 0–1 vs. Arkansas State5 Marshall 13–56 Old Dominion 9–97 Southern Miss 8–108 Texas State 7–119 Coastal Carolina 7–1110 Louisiana–Monroe 7–1111 Georgia State 5–13 1–0 vs. South Alabama12 South Alabama 5–13 0–1 vs. Georgia State13 Appalachian State 4–14 14 Louisiana 2–16

Schedule GameTime MatchupScoreTelevisionFirst round – Tuesday, March 3 111:30 amNo. 12 South Alabama vs. No. 13 Appalachian State68–57ESPN+22:00 pmNo. 11 Georgia State vs. No. 14 Louisiana66–71Second round – Wednesday, March 4 311:30 amNo. 9 Coastal Carolina vs. No. 12 South Alabama70–80ESPN+42:00 pmNo. 10 Louisiana–Monroe vs. No. 14 Louisiana79–63Third round – Thursday, March 5 511:30 amNo. 8 Texas State vs. No. 12 South Alabama59–69ESPN+62:00 pmNo. 7 Southern Miss vs. No. 10 Louisiana–Monroe72–89Fourth round – Friday, March 6711:30 amNo. 5 Marshall vs. No. 12 South Alabama58–73ESPN+82:00 pmNo. 6 Old Dominion vs. No. 10 Louisiana–Monroe67–68Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 7 912:00 pmNo. 4 James Madison vs. No. 12 South Alabama79–54ESPN+102:30 pmNo. 3 Arkansas State vs. No. 10 Louisiana–Monroe76–68Semifinals – Sunday, March 8 1111:30 amNo. 1 Georgia Southern vs. No. 4 James Madison53–81ESPN+122:00 pmNo. 2 Troy vs. No. 3 Arkansas State83–73Championship – Monday, March 9 131:00 pmNo. 2 Troy vs. No. 4 James Madison52–69ESPN2Game times in CST through the quarterfinals and CDT for the semifinals and championship. Rankings denote tournament seed.

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See also 2026 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

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