Only the top eight teams advanced to the Sun Belt Conference tournament. If a team ineligible for the NCAA Tournament should finish in the top eight, its seed would fall to the next eligible team. Teams were seeded based on conference record with a tie breaker system used to separate teams who are tied. The top two seeds received a double bye, and the third and fourth seeds received a single bye.
Seed
School
Conference
Overall
Tiebreaker
1
Georgia State‡*
15–5
22–9
2
Georgia Southern*
14–6
21–8
1–1 vs. Louisiana–Lafayette
3
UL Monroe#
14–6
20–11
0–2 vs. Louisiana–Lafayette
4
LA-Lafayette#
13–7
19–12
5
Texas- Arlington
10–10
16–14
6
South Alabama
9–11
11–20
7
UALR
8–12
13–17
8
Texas State
7–13
13–16
‡ – Sun Belt Conference regular season champions. * – Received a first-round and second-round bye in the conference tournament. # – Received a first-round bye in the conference tournament. Overall record are as of the end of the regular season.
