# 2025 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2025 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Sun Belt Conference during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. All tournament games were played at Pensacola Bay Center between March 4–10. The winner, Arkansas State, received the Sun Belt's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA tournament.

## Seeds

All 14 conference teams qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system implemented to seed teams with identical conference records. The conference adopted a unique stepladder system giving the top two teams byes to the tournament semifinals and the No. 3 and No. 4 teams byes to the tournament quarterfinals. The conference changed the tournament format in an effort to reward teams that played well during the regular season. The top 10 teams received at least one bye.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker 1 | Tiebreaker 2 |
| 1 | James Madison | 18–0 | | |
| 2 | Arkansas State | 15–3 | | |
| 3 | Troy | 13–5 | | |
| 4 | Coastal Carolina | 12–6 | | |
| 5 | Old Dominion | 9–9 | 1–1 vs APPST | 1–1 vs GAST |
| 6 | Appalachian State | 9–9 | 1–0 vs ULL | 0–2 vs GAST |
| 7 | Louisiana | 9–9 | 0–1 vs APPST | |
| 8 | Georgia State | 8–10 | | |
| 9 | Louisiana–Monroe | 7–11 | 1–1 vs TXST | 1–1 vs Troy |
| 10 | Texas State | 7–11 | 1–1 vs ULM | 0–2 vs Troy |
| 11 | Marshall | 6–12 | 2–0 vs GASO | |
| 12 | Georgia Southern | 6–12 | 0–2 vs Marshall | |
| 13 | Southern Miss | 5–13 | | |
| 14 | South Alabama | 2–16 | | |

## Schedule

| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television |
| First round – Tuesday, March 4 |||||
| 1 | 11:30 am | No. 12 Georgia Southern vs. No. 13 Southern Miss | 70–59 | ESPN+ |
| 2 | 2:00 pm | No. 11 Marshall vs. No. 14 South Alabama | 73–59 | ESPN+ |
| Second round – Wednesday, March 5 |||||
| 3 | 11:30 am | No. 9 Louisiana–Monroe vs. No. 12 Georgia Southern | 69–75 | ESPN+ |
| 4 | 2:00 pm | No. 10 Texas State vs. No. 11 Marshall | 62–68 | ESPN+ |
| Third round – Thursday, March 6 |||||
| 5 | 11:30 am | No. 8 Georgia State vs. No. 12 Georgia Southern | 70–64 | ESPN+ |
| 6 | 2:00 pm | No. 7 Louisiana vs. No. 11 Marshall | 46–48 | ESPN+ |
| Fourth round – Friday, March 7 |||||
| 7 | 11:30 am | No. 5 Old Dominion vs. No. 8 Georgia State | 62–65 | ESPN+ |
| 8 | 2:00 pm | No. 6 Appalachian State vs. No. 11 Marshall | 66–75 | ESPN+ |
| Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 8 |||||
| 9 | 11:30 am | No. 4 Coastal Carolina vs. No. 8 Georgia State | 77–68 | ESPN+ |
| 10 | 2:00 pm | No. 3 Troy vs. No. 11 Marshall | 85–54 | ESPN+ |
| Semifinals – Sunday, March 9 |||||
| 11 | 11:30 am | No. 1 James Madison vs. No. 4 Coastal Carolina | 89–65 | ESPN+ |
| 12 | 2:00 pm | No. 2 Arkansas State vs. No. 3 Troy | 81–66 | ESPN+ |
| Championship – Monday, March 10 |||||
| 13 | 1:00 pm | No. 1 James Madison vs. No. 2 Arkansas State | 79–86$^{OT}$ | ESPN2 |
| Game times in CST through the quarterfinals and CDT for the semifinals and championship. Rankings denote tournament seed. |||||

## Bracket

| First round Tuesday, March 4 ESPN+ | First round Tuesday, March 4 ESPN+ | First round Tuesday, March 4 ESPN+ | Second round Wednesday, March 5 ESPN+ | Second round Wednesday, March 5 ESPN+ | Second round Wednesday, March 5 ESPN+ | Third round Thursday, March 6 ESPN+ | Third round Thursday, March 6 ESPN+ | Third round Thursday, March 6 ESPN+ | Fourth round Friday, March 7 ESPN+ | Fourth round Friday, March 7 ESPN+ | Fourth round Friday, March 7 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Saturday, March 8 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Saturday, March 8 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Saturday, March 8 ESPN+ | | Semifinals Sunday, March 9 ESPN+ | Semifinals Sunday, March 9 ESPN+ | Semifinals Sunday, March 9 ESPN+ | | | Championship Monday, March 10 ESPN2 | Championship Monday, March 10 ESPN2 | Championship Monday, March 10 ESPN2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | James Madison | 89 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Coastal Carolina | 77 | | 4 | | | Coastal Carolina | 65 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 5 | Old Dominion | 62 | 8 | Georgia State | 68 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 8 | Georgia State | 70 | 8 | Georgia State | 65 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 9 | Louisiana–Monroe | 69 | 12 | Georgia Southern | 64 | | | | | | | | | 1 | James Madison | 79 | | | |
| 12 | Georgia Southern | 70 | 12 | Georgia Southern | 75 | | | | | | | | 2 | Arkansas State | 86* |
| 13 | Southern Miss | 59 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Arkansas State | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | Arkansas State | 81 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Troy | 85 | | | | | | | 3 | Troy | 66 |
| | | | | | | | | | 6 | Appalachian State | 66 | 11 | Marshall | 54 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 7 | Louisiana | 46 | 11 | Marshall | 75 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 10 | Texas State | 62 | 11 | Marshall | 48 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Marshall | 73 | 11 | Marshall | 68 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | South Alabama | 59 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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