2023 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament

2023 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2022–23
Teams	14
Site	Pensacola Bay Center Pensacola, Florida
Champions	James Madison (1st title)
Winning coach	Sean O'Regan (1st title)
Television	ESPN+, ESPNU
Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournaments

2022–23 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
James Madison †	13	–	5		.722			27	–	8		.771
Texas State	13	–	5		.722			24	–	10		.706
Southern Miss	13	–	5		.722			21	–	10		.677
Georgia Southern	12	–	6		.667			21	–	10		.677
Old Dominion	12	–	6		.667			22	–	13		.629
Troy	12	–	6		.667			17	–	13		.567
Louisiana	10	–	8		.556			22	–	21		.512
Marshall	9	–	9		.500			17	–	14		.548
Coastal Carolina	9	–	9		.500			14	–	17		.452
Arkansas State	6	–	12		.333			13	–	19		.406
Appalachian State	6	–	12		.333			11	–	20		.355
Georgia State	5	–	13		.278			12	–	21		.364
Louisiana–Monroe	3	–	15		.167			7	–	23		.233
South Alabama	3	–	15		.167			7	–	23		.233
† 2023 Sun Belt tournament winner As of November 6, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

The 2023 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for Sun Belt Conference during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. All tournament games were played at Pensacola Bay Center between February 28 – March 6. The winner, James Madison, received the Sun Belt's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA tournament.^[1]

Seeds

All 14 conference teams qualified for the tournament. The top four teams received a bye into the quarterfinals.

Seed	Team	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	James Madison	13–5	2–0 vs. Texas State/Southern Miss
2	Texas State	13–5	2–1 vs. James Madison/Southern Miss
3	Southern Miss	13–5	0–3 vs. James Madison/Texas State
4	Troy	12–6	1–2 vs. James Madison/Texas State
5	Old Dominion	12–6	0–3 vs. James Madison/Texas State
6	Georgia Southern	12–6	0–3 vs. Old Dominion/Troy
7	Louisiana	10–8
8	Marshall	9–9	1–0 vs. Southern Miss
9	Coastal Carolina	9–9	0–1 vs. Southern Miss
10	Appalachian State	6–12	1–0 vs. Arkansas State
11	Arkansas State	6–12	0–1 vs. Appalachian State
12	Georgia State	5–13
13	South Alabama	3–15	1–2 vs. James Madison/Texas State
14	Louisiana–Monroe	3–15	0–2 vs. James Madison/Texas State

Schedule

Game	Time [2]	Matchup	Score	Television
First round – Tuesday, February 28 – Pensacola Bay Center, Pensacola, FL
1	11:30 am	No. 12 Georgia State vs. No. 13 South Alabama	59-44	ESPN+
2	2:00 pm	No. 11 Arkansas State vs. No. 14 Louisiana-Monroe	76-65
Second round – Wednesday, March 1 – Pensacola Bay Center, Pensacola, FL
3	11:30 am	No. 8 Marshall vs. No. 9 Coastal Carolina	60-53	ESPN+
4	2:00 pm	No. 5 Old Dominion vs. No. 12 Georgia State	66-56
5	5:00 pm	No. 6 Georgia Southern vs. No. 11 Arkansas State	76-81
6	7:30 pm	No. 7 Louisiana vs. No. 10 Appalachian State	38-51
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 3 – Pensacola Bay Center, Pensacola, FL
7	11:30 am	No. 1 James Madison vs. No. 8 Marshall	62-43	ESPN+
8	2:00 pm	No. 4 Troy vs. No. 5 Old Dominion	83–86
9	5:00 pm	No. 3 Southern Miss vs. No. 11 Arkansas State	79–72
10	7:30 pm	No. 2 Texas State vs. No. 10 Appalachian State	56–47
Semifinals – Sunday, March 5 – Pensacola Bay Center, Pensacola, FL
11	11:30 am	No. 1 James Madison vs. No. 5 Old Dominion	70-64	ESPN+
12	2 pm	No. 2 Texas State vs. No. 3 Southern Miss	85-57
Championship – Monday, March 6 – Pensacola Bay Center, Pensacola, FL
13	1 pm	No. 1 James Madison vs. No. 2 Texas State	81-51	ESPNU
Game times in CT. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	First round Tuesday, February 28, 2023 ESPN+					Second round Wednesday, March 1st, 2023 ESPN+					Quarterfinals Friday, March 3rd, 2023 ESPN+					Semifinals Sunday, March 5th, 2023 ESPN+					Championship game Monday, March 6th, 2023 ESPNU
											1	James Madison	62
						8	Marshall	60			8	Marshall	43
						9	Coastal Carolina	53								1	James Madison	70
																5	Old Dominion	64
											4	Troy	83
						5	Old Dominion	66			5	Old Dominion	86
	12	Georgia State	59			12	Georgia State	56													1	James Madison	81
	13	South Alabama	44																		2	Texas State	51
											2	Texas State	56
						7	Louisiana	38			10	Appalachian State	47
						10	Appalachian State	51								2	Texas State	85
																3	Southern Miss	57
											3	Southern Miss	79
						6	Georgia Southern	76			11	Arkansas State	72
	11	Arkansas State	76			11	Arkansas State	81
	14	Louisiana-Monroe	65

See also

2023 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

References

1. "James Madison women claim Sun Belt title, NCAA bid". AP NEWS. March 6, 2023. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
2. "2023 Sun Belt Women's Basketball Championship" (PDF). sunbeltsports.org. Retrieved April 5, 2023.