Sun Belt Basketball Tournament 2026 Bracket: Schedule, Scores, dates, game times, How to Watch on TV, Stream, seeding and Results

We have the dates, time, matchups, TV channels, live streaming outlets and more for the 2026 Sun Belt Conference Tournament Bracket here.

The 2026 Sun Belt Basketball Tournaments wrapped up on Monday, March 9, at the Pensacola Bay Center. Troy successfully defended its men's title, while James Madison climbed from the No. 4 seed to claim the women's crown.

2026 Men’s Tournament Results

Top-seeded Troy secured back-to-back championships by defeating No. 10 Georgia Southern 77–61. Georgia Southern made a remarkable underdog run, winning four games in five days to reach the final.

When is the 2026 Sun Belt Basketball Tournament.

The Sun Belt Tournament will be held from Tuesday, March 3 to Monday, March 9 at Pensacola Bay Center in Pensacola, Florida.

How to Watch the Sun Belt Conference Tournament

When: March 3-09

Where: Pensacola Bay Center in Pensacola, FL

Format: No. 1, No. 2 seeds get bye to Semifinals, No. 3, No. 4 seeds get bye to Quarterfinals; Seeds 11-14 play in first round, groups of next two seeds play their first game in next round

Watch: ESPN+ and ESPN2; Championship Game on ESPN2 on Mar. 10 at 7 p.m. ET

2026 Sun Belt Conference Tournament Bracket: Schedule Scores, Date, time, TV, live stream, Results.

All times CT

Tuesday, March 3

Game 1: (13) Georgia State 75, Louisiana 84,

Game 2: (14) ULM 80, Old Dominion 87,

Wednesday, March 4

Game 3: Louisiana 72, (9) James Madison 87,

Game 4: Old Dominion 84, (10) Georgia Southern 88,

Thursday, March 5

Game 5: (9) James Madison 80, (8) Southern Miss 86.

Game 6: (10) Georgia Southern 80, (7) Arkansas State 77,

Friday, March 6

Game 7: (8) Southern Miss 81, (5) Texas State 77,

Game 8: (10) Georgia Southern 83, (6) South Alabama 71,

Saturday, March 7

Game 9: (8) Southern Miss 86, (4) Appalachian State 73,

Game 10: (10) Georgia Southern 96, (3) Coastal Carolina 72,

Sunday, March 8

Game 11: (8) Southern Miss vs. (1) Troy – 6:00 p.m. CT | ESPN+

Game 12: (10) Georgia Southern vs. (2) Marshall – 8:30 p.m. CT | ESPN+

Monday, March 9 — Sun Belt Championship Game

Game 13: (1) Troy 77, (10) Georgia Southern 61,

VSIN Betting Trends for the Sun Belt Conference Tournament

With one of the most unusual brackets of any league around, getting a bye in the Sun Belt tournament hasn’t been very advantageous recently, as teams that did are 16-8 SU but 9-15 ATS (37.5%) against teams that didn’t over the last five years.

Small favorites in the Sun Belt have been money of late, as those laying 4.5 points or less are 33-14 SU and 30-16-1 ATS (65.2%) dating back to 2016.

Totals above 146 have trended Under of late in the Sun Belt tournament, 18-7 Under the total (72%) since 2017.

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