| Year: | 2024 |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mvpteam: | James Madison |
| Mvp: | Noah Freidel |
| Coach: | Mark Byington |
| Conference: | Sun Belt Conference |
| Titlecount: | 1st |
| Champions: | James Madison |
| City: | Pensacola, Florida |
| Arena: | Pensacola Bay Center |
| Teams: | 14 |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Division: | I |
| Television: | ESPN+, ESPN |
The 2024 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Sun Belt Conference during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. All tournament games were played at Pensacola Bay Center between March 5–11, 2024.[1] The winner, James Madison, received the Sun Belt's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA tournament.[2]
All 14 conference teams qualified for the tournament. Teams were be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 10 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 | Appalachian State | 16–2 | ||
| 2 | James Madison | 15–3 | ||
| 3 | Troy | 13–5 | ||
| 4 | Arkansas State | 11–7 | ||
| 5 | Louisiana | 10–8 | ||
| 6 | Southern Miss | 9–9 | ||
| 7 | Georgia State | 8–10 | 2–1 against Georgia Southern/South Alabama | |
| 8 | South Alabama | 8–10 | 1–1 against Georgia State/Georgia Southern | |
| 9 | Georgia Southern | 8–10 | 1–2 against Georgia State/South Alabama | |
| 10 | Marshall | 7–11 | 1–0 against Texas State | |
| 11 | Texas State | 7–11 | 0–1 against Marshall | |
| 12 | Louisiana–Monroe | 6–12 | ||
| 13 | Coastal Carolina | 5–13 | ||
| 14 | Old Dominion | 3–15 |
| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Tuesday, March 5 | |||||
| 1 | 5:00 pm | No. 12 Louisiana-Monroe vs. No. 13 Coastal Carolina | 71–75 | ESPN+ | |
| 2 | 7:30 pm | No. 11 Texas State vs. No. 14 Old Dominion | 92–83OT | ||
| Second round – Thursday, March 7 | |||||
| 3 | 11:30 am | No. 8 South Alabama vs. No. 9 Georgia Southern | 71–76 | ESPN+ | |
| 4 | 2:00 pm | No. 5 Louisiana vs. No. 13 Coastal Carolina | 80–66 | ||
| 5 | 5:00 pm | No. 6 Southern Miss vs. No. 11 Texas State | 59–75 | ||
| 6 | 7:30 pm | No. 7 Georgia State vs. No. 10 Marshall | 74–86 | ||
| Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 9 | |||||
| 7 | 11:30 am | No. 1 Appalachian State vs. No. 9 Georgia Southern | 85–80 | ESPN+ | |
| 8 | 2:00 pm | No. 4 Arkansas State vs. No. 5 Louisiana | 89–62 | ||
| 9 | 5:00 pm | No. 3 Troy vs. No. 11 Texas State | 68–74 | ||
| 10 | 7:30 pm | No. 2 James Madison vs. No. 10 Marshall | 81–64 | ||
| Semifinals – Sunday, March 10 | |||||
| 11 | 5:00 pm | No. 1 Appalachian State vs. No. 4 Arkansas State | 65–67 | ESPN+ | |
| 12 | 7:30 pm | No. 11 Texas State vs. No. 2 James Madison | 68–73 | ||
| Championship – Monday, March 11 | |||||
| 13 | 6:00 pm | No. 4 Arkansas State vs. No. 2 James Madison | 71–91 | ESPN | |
| Game times in CT. Rankings denote tournament seed | |||||
* – Denotes overtime period
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