2017-18 Sun Belt Men's Basketball Weekly News and Notes:
Week 19 Release (PDF) | Standings | Composite Schedule | Stats | Championship Recap
#FUNBELT FACTS
• Sun Belt men’s basketball sends multiple teams to the postseason for the fifth-straight season with Georgia State in the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, Louisiana in the Postseason National Invitation Tournament and ULM in the CollegeInsider.com Tournament.
• Georgia State is making the Sun Belt’s 55th NCAA Tournament appearance. The conference holds a 27-55 (.329) record in 54 appearances. The current composition of Sun Belt schools have combined to post a 9-49 (.155) record in 12 appearances. A Sun Belt team has won a game in the Big Dance in four of the last six years – Western Kentucky in 2012, Middle Tennessee 2013, Georgia State in 2015 and Little Rock in 2016.
• Georgia State enters the NCAA Tournament just four three-pointers away from breaking the Sun Belt’s single-season record of 318 by Coastal Carolina in 2016-17. The Panthers sit at 315 treys made.
• Louisiana is making the Sun Belt’s second-straight appearance in the NIT. The conference holds a 19-31 (.380) record in games played by teams representing the Sun Belt. The last Sun Belt team to advance to the NIT semifinals was UAB in 1989.
• ULM is making the Sun Belt’s eighth appearance in the CIT. The conference holds a 7-7 (.500) record in seven appearances.
• Coastal Carolina junior guard Christian Adams was named 2017-18 CoSIDA Second Team Academic All-America in men’s basketball. He was one of 16 players named Academic All-America and received the honor based on his 4.0 grade point average (GPA).
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Wednesday, March 14
NIT First Round
No. 6 Louisiana at No. 3 LSU (ESPN3), 6:00 PM
Thursday, March 15
CIT First Round
ULM at Austin Peay (WatchCIT.com), 7:00 PM
Friday, March 16
NCAA South Region First Round
Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tenn.
No. 15 Georgia State vs. No. 2 Cincinnati (TBS/March Madness Live), 1:00 PM
Friday-Sunday, March 16-18
NIT Second Round
Louisiana/LSU vs. No. 2 Utah/No. 7 UC Davis, TBD
Sunday, March 18
NCAA South Region Second Round
Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tenn.
Georgia State/Cincinnati vs. No 7 Nevada/No. 10 Texas (TBS/March Madness Live), TBD