The Sun Belt officially released their 2023 Hercules Tires Men’s Basketball Championship bracket schedule Friday evening.
Both the men’s and women’s tournaments will take place from February 28th through March 6th. The location will be Pensacola Bay Center in Pensacola, Florida.
In their first year in the conference, Southern Miss claimed the top seed with a 25-6 overall record and was 14-4 in league play. The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns finished with the number two seed as their record was 23-7 overall with a 13-5 conference record.
The third and fourth seeds were claimed by Marshall and James Madison. All four teams have earned a double bye into the quarterfinal round.
Here is the full schedule:
Tuesday, February 28
Game 1 – (12) Coastal Carolina vs. (13) Arkansas State – 5 p.m. CT
Game 2 – (11) Texas State vs. (14) Georgia State – 7:30 p.m. CT
Thursday, March 2
Game 3 – (8) South Alabama vs. (9) App State – 11:30 a.m. CT
Game 4 – (5) Troy vs. Winner Game 1 – 2 p.m. CT
Game 5 – (6) Old Dominion vs. Winner Game 2 – 5 p.m. CT
Game 6 – (7) Georgia Southern vs. (10) ULM – 7:30 p.m. CT
Saturday, March 4
Game 7 – (1) Southern Miss vs. Winner Game 3 – 11:30 a.m. CT
Game 8 – (4) James Madison vs. Winner Game 4 – 2 p.m. CT
Game 9 – (3) Marshall vs. Winner Game 5 – 5 p.m. CT
Game 10 – (2) Louisiana vs. Winner Game 6 – 7:30 p.m. CT
Sunday, March 5
Game 11 – Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8 – 5 p.m. CT
Game 12 – Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10 – 7:30 p.m. CT
Monday, March 6 (Championship)
Game 13 – Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 12 – 6 p.m. CT