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2025 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

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2025 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2024–25
Teams14
SitePensacola Bay Center
Pensacola, Florida
TelevisionESPN+, ESPN2
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2024–25 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Arkansas State 9 2   .818 18 5   .783
Troy 8 3   .727 15 7   .682
South Alabama 7 4   .636 15 8   .652
James Madison 7 4   .636 14 9   .609
Appalachian State 7 4   .636 13 9   .591
Marshall 7 4   .636 14 10   .583
Old Dominion 6 5   .545 10 13   .435
Texas State 5 6   .455 12 11   .522
Southern Miss 5 6   .455 10 13   .435
Louisiana 5 6   .455 7 16   .304
Georgia Southern 4 7   .364 11 12   .478
Georgia State 4 7   .364 8 15   .348
Louisiana–Monroe 2 9   .182 6 18   .250
Coastal Carolina 1 10   .091 8 15   .348
2025 Sun Belt tournament winner
As of February 1, 2025

The 2025 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament will be the postseason men's basketball tournament for Sun Belt Conference during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. All tournament games will be played at Pensacola Bay Center between March 4–10, 2025.[1] The winner will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA tournament.

Seeds

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All 14 conference teams will qualify for the tournament. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The conference adopted a unique stepladder system giving the top two teams byes to the tournament semifinals and the No. 3 and No. 4 teams byes to the tournament quarterfinals. The conference changed the tournament format in an effort to reward teams that played well during the regular season. The top 10 teams will receive at least one bye.[2]

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
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Schedule

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Game Time Matchup Score Television
First round – Tuesday, March 4
1 5:00 pm No. 12 vs. No. 13 ESPN+
2 7:30 pm No. 11 vs. No. 14
Second round – Wednesday, March 5
3 5:00 pm No. 9 vs. Winner Game 1 ESPN+
4 7:30 pm No. 10 vs. Winner Game 2
Third round – Thursday, March 6
5 5:00 pm No. 8 vs. Winner Game 3 ESPN+
6 7:30 pm No. 7 vs. Winner Game 4
Fourth round – Friday, March 7
7 5:00 pm No. 5 vs. Winner Game 5 ESPN+
8 7:30 pm No. 6 vs. Winner Game 6
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 8
9 5:30 pm No. 4 vs. Winner Game 7 ESPN+
10 8:00 pm No. 3 vs. Winner Game 8
Semifinals – Sunday, March 9
11 5:00 pm No. 1 vs. Winner Game 9 ESPN+
12 7:30 pm No. 2 vs. Winner Game 10
Championship – Monday, March 10
13 6:00 pm Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 12 ESPN2
Game times in CT. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

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First round
Tuesday, March 4
ESPN+
Second round
Wednesday, March 5
ESPN+
Third round
Thursday, March 6
ESPN+
Fourth round
Friday, March 7
ESPN+
Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 8
ESPN+
Semifinals
Sunday, March 9
ESPN+
Championship
Monday, March 10
ESPN2
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4 
5 
 
8 
9  
12 
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3
6 
 
7
10 
11 
14

Source:[3]

See also

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2025 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament

References

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  1. ^ "2025 Sun Belt Men's Basketball Championship". sunbeltsports.org. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
  2. ^ "Sun Belt Announces Changes to Basketball Championships Brackets". sunbeltsports.org. October 31, 2024. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
  3. ^ "2025 SBC MBB Bracket (PDF) - Sun Belt Conference" (PDF). sunbeltsports.org. Retrieved February 2, 2025.