2024 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament

2024 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2023–24
Teams	14
Site	Pensacola Bay Center Pensacola, Florida
Champions	Marshall (1st title)
Winning coach	Kim Caldwell (1st title)
MVP	Abby Beeman (Marshall)
Television	ESPN+, ESPNU
Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournaments

2023–24 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Marshall †	17	–	1		.944			26	–	7		.788
Troy	15	–	3		.833			22	–	12		.647
James Madison	13	–	5		.722			23	–	12		.657
Old Dominion	12	–	6		.667			22	–	10		.688
Louisiana–Monroe	10	–	8		.556			21	–	14		.600
Southern Miss	10	–	8		.556			20	–	14		.588
Louisiana	10	–	8		.556			17	–	14		.548
Appalachian State	9	–	9		.500			17	–	15		.531
Georgia State	9	–	9		.500			15	–	15		.500
Arkansas State	6	–	12		.333			13	–	17		.433
Coastal Carolina	5	–	13		.278			12	–	21		.364
Georgia Southern	4	–	14		.222			15	–	18		.455
Texas State	4	–	14		.222			14	–	18		.438
South Alabama	2	–	16		.111			9	–	23		.281
† 2024 Sun Belt tournament winner

The 2024 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Sun Belt Conference during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. All tournament games were be played at Pensacola Bay Center between March 5–11. The winner, Marshall, received the Sun Belt's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA tournament.^[1]

Seeds

All 14 conference teams qualified for the tournament. The top four teams received a double-bye into the quarterfinals and the top ten a bye into the second round.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Marshall	17–1
2	Troy	15–3
3	James Madison	13–5
4	Old Dominion	12–6
5	Louisiana–Monroe	10–8	3–1 against Southern Miss/Louisiana
6	Louisiana	10–8	2–2 against Southern Miss/Louisiana–Monroe
7	Southern Miss	10–8	1–3 against Louisiana–Monroe/Louisiana
8	Georgia State	9–9	1–1 vs. Appalachian State 0–2 vs. Marshall 1–0 vs. Troy
9	Appalachian State	9–9	1–1 vs. Georgia State 0–2 vs. Marshall 0–1 vs. Troy
10	Arkansas State	6–12
11	Coastal Carolina	5–13
12	Georgia Southern	4–12	1–0 against Texas State
13	Texas State	4–12	0–1 against Georgia Southern
14	South Alabama	2–16

Schedule

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Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television
First round – Tuesday, March 5
1	11:30 am	No. 12 Georgia Southern vs. No. 13 Texas State	72–70	ESPN+
2	2:00 pm	No. 11 Coastal Carolina vs. No. 14 South Alabama	79–60
Second round – Wednesday, March 6
3	11:30 am	No. 8 Georgia State vs. No. 9 Appalachian State	73–68	ESPN+
4	2:00 pm	No. 5 Louisiana–Monroe vs. No. 12 Georgia Southern	78–57
5	5:00 pm	No. 6 Southern Miss vs. No. 11 Coastal Carolina	70–53
6	7:30 pm	No. 7 Louisiana vs. No. 10 Arkansas State	54–41
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 8
7	11:30 am	No. 1 Marshall vs. No. 9 Appalachian State	116–74	ESPN+
8	2:00 pm	No. 4 Old Dominion vs. No. 5 Louisiana–Monroe	67–64
9	5:00 pm	No. 3 James Madison vs. No. 6 Southern Miss	77–49
10	7:30 pm	No. 2 Troy vs. No 7. Louisiana	67–65
Semifinals – Sunday, March 10
11	11:30 am	No. 1 Marshall vs. No. 4 Old Dominion	76–70	ESPN+
12	2:00 pm	No. 3 James Madison vs. No. 7 Louisiana	64–54
Championship – Monday, March 11
13	1:00 pm	No. 1 Marshall vs. No. 3 James Madison	95–92^OT	ESPNU
Game times in CT. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

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	First round Tuesday, March 5 ESPN+					Second round Wednesday, March 6 ESPN+					Quarterfinals Friday, March 8 ESPN+					Semifinals Sunday, March 10 ESPN+					Championship Monday, March 11 ESPNU
											1	Marshall	116
						8	Georgia State	68			9	Appalachian State	74
						9	Appalachian State	73								1	Marshall	76
																4	Old Dominion	70
											4	Old Dominion	67
						5	Louisiana–Monroe	78			5	Louisiana-Monroe	64
	12	Georgia Southern	72			12	Georgia Southern	57													1	Marshall	95*
	13	Texas State	70																		3	James Madison	92
											2	Troy	65
						7	Louisiana	54			7	Louisiana	67
						10	Arkansas State	41								7	Louisiana	54
																3	James Madison	64
											3	James Madison	77
						6	Southern Miss	70			6	Southern Miss	49
	11	Coastal Carolina	79			11	Coastal Carolina	53
	14	South Alabama	60

• =denotes overtime period.

See also

2024 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

References

1. "Marshall wins Sun Belt crown for 2nd NCAA berth". ESPN.com. March 11, 2024. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
2. "2024 Sun Belt Women's Basketball Championship". sunbeltsports.org. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
3. "2023-24 WBB Championship Bracket (PDF) - Sun Belt Conference" (PDF). sunbeltsports.org. Retrieved February 4, 2024.