# 2023 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament

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

## Seeds

All 14 conference teams qualified for the tournament. The teams were seeded by record within the conference, along with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The top-ten teams received a first-round bye and the top-four teams received a double bye, automatically advancing them into the quarterfinals.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker |
| 1 | Southern Miss | 14–4 | |
| 2 | Louisiana | 13–5 | 1–0 vs. Marshall |
| 3 | Marshall | 13–5 | 0–1 vs. Louisiana |
| 4 | James Madison | 12–6 | |
| 5 | Troy | 11–7 | 1–0 vs. Old Dominion |
| 6 | Old Dominion | 11–7 | 0–1 vs. Troy |
| 7 | Georgia Southern | 9–9 | 3–0 vs. South Alabama/Appalachian State |
| 8 | South Alabama | 9–9 | 1–1 vs. Georgia Southern/Appalachian State |
| 9 | Appalachian State | 9–9 | 0–3 vs. Georgia Southern/South Alabama |
| 10 | Louisiana–Monroe | 7–11 | |
| 11 | Texas State | 6–12 | |
| 12 | Coastal Carolina | 5–13 | |
| 13 | Arkansas State | 4–14 | |
| 14 | Georgia State | 3–15 | |

## Schedule

| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television |
| First round – Tuesday, February 28 |||||
| 1 | 5:00 pm | No. 12 Coastal Carolina vs. No. 13 Arkansas State | 69–86 | ESPN+ |
| 2 | 7:30 pm | No. 11 Texas State vs. No. 14 Georgia State | 81–76 | ESPN+ |
| Second round – Thursday, March 2 |||||
| 3 | 11:30 am | No. 8 South Alabama vs. No. 9 Appalachian State | 68–61 | ESPN+ |
| 4 | 2:00 pm | No. 5 Troy vs. No. 13 Arkansas State | 63–59 | ESPN+ |
| 5 | 5:00 pm | No. 6 Old Dominion vs.No. 11 Texas State | 65-36 | ESPN+ |
| 6 | 7:30 pm | No. 7 Georgia Southern vs. No. 10 Louisiana–Monroe | 66-57 | ESPN+ |
| Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 4 |||||
| 7 | 11:30 am | No. 1 Southern Miss vs. No. 8 South Alabama | 61–78 | ESPN+ |
| 8 | 2:00 pm | No. 4 James Madison vs. No. 5 Troy | 75–72 | ESPN+ |
| 9 | 5:00 pm | No. 3 Marshall vs. No. 11 Texas State | 68–71 | ESPN+ |
| 10 | 7:30 pm | No. 2 Louisiana vs. No. 7 Georgia Southern | 67–49 | ESPN+ |
| Semifinals – Sunday, March 5 |||||
| 11 | 5:00 pm | No. 8 South Alabama vs. No. 4 James Madison | 75–66 | ESPN+ |
| 12 | 7:30 pm | No. 2 Louisiana vs. No. 11 Texas State | 64–58 | ESPN+ |
| Championship – Monday, March 6 |||||
| 13 | 6:00 pm | No. 8 South Alabama vs. No. 2 Louisiana | 66–71 | ESPN2 |
| Game times in CT. Rankings denote tournament seed |||||

## Bracket

| First round Tuesday, February 28 ESPN+ | First round Tuesday, February 28 ESPN+ | First round Tuesday, February 28 ESPN+ | Second round Thursday, March 2 ESPN+ | Second round Thursday, March 2 ESPN+ | Second round Thursday, March 2 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Saturday, March 4 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Saturday, March 4 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Saturday, March 4 ESPN+ | | | Semifinals Sunday, March 5 ESPN+ | Semifinals Sunday, March 5 ESPN+ | Semifinals Sunday, March 5 ESPN+ | Championship Monday, March 6 ESPN2 | Championship Monday, March 6 ESPN2 | Championship Monday, March 6 ESPN2 |
| | | | | | | 1 | Southern Miss | 61 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | South Alabama | 68 | 8 | South Alabama | 78 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 9 | Appalachian State | 61 | | | | | | 8 | South Alabama | 75 | |
| | | | | | | | | | 4 | James Madison | 66 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | James Madison | 75 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Troy | 63 | 5 | Troy | 72 | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Coastal Carolina | 69 | 13 | Arkansas State | 59 | | | | | | | | 8 | South Alabama | 66 |
| 13 | Arkansas State | 86 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 2 | Louisiana | 71 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Louisiana | 67 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Georgia Southern | 66 | 7 | Georgia Southern | 49 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 10 | Louisiana-Monroe | 57 | | | | | | 2 | Louisiana | 64 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 11 | Texas State | 58 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Marshall | 68 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Old Dominion | 36 | 11 | Texas State | 71 | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Texas State | 81 | 11 | Texas State | 65 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Georgia State | 74 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |