NEW ORLEANS — The Sun Belt Conference released its 2021-22 men’s basketball conference schedule on Tuesday.
 
The men’s teams will play an 18-game conference slate, with each team opening its conference season on Thursday, Dec. 30. 2021 Sun Belt Conference tournament champion App State will host Louisiana to headline opening day action. 

The season will conclude with all 12 teams competing in the 2022 Sun Belt Men’s Basketball Championship at the Pensacola Bay Center in Pensacola, Fla., from Thursday, March 3, to Monday, March 7. 
 
During the conference regular season, teams will compete every Thursday and Saturday from Dec. 30 and Jan. 1 through the last weekend of February. In the Sun Belt Men’s Basketball Championship, the top four teams will earn byes to the quarterfinals, which will be played on Saturday, March 5. The remaining eight teams will open the tournament with a quadruple header on Thursday, March 3, with games tipping from 11:30 a.m. ET to 7:30 p.m. ET. The semifinals are set for Sunday, March 6, at 5 p.m. ET and 7:30 p.m. ET, with the final slated for 6 p.m. ET on Monday, March 7. All tournament games will be available on ESPN+, with the championship game to be televised on ESPN or ESPN2.
 
Last year, App State won four games in as many days—including a pair of overtime contests—en route to its first Sun Belt championship since joining the conference in 2014-15. The Mountaineers finished the regular season fourth in the East Division with a 7-8 record. Most Outstanding Player Michael Almonacy, who notched a career-high 32 points—the second highest single-game total in the tournament—in the final against Georgia State, is using his final year of eligibility to return to the Mountaineers.
 
Team-by-Team Schedules
 
App State
12/30  Louisiana
1/1  ULM
1/6  at South Alabama
1/8  at Troy
1/13  Coastal Carolina
1/15  at Coastal Carolina
1/20  at Georgia State
1/22  at Georgia Southern
1/27  Arkansas State
1/29  Little Rock
2/3  at Texas State
2/5  at UT Arlington
2/10  Georgia Southern
2/12  Georgia State
2/17  Troy
2/19  South Alabama
2/24  at Little Rock
2/26  at Arkansas State
 
Arkansas State
12/30  Georgia State
1/1  Georgia Southern
1/6  at Louisiana
1/8  at ULM
1/13  Little Rock
1/15  at Little Rock
1/20  UT Arlington
1/22  Texas State
1/27  at App State
1/29  at Coastal Carolina
2/3  ULM
2/5  Louisiana
2/10  at Troy
2/12  at South Alabama
2/17  at Texas State
2/19  at UT Arlington
2/24  Coastal Carolina
2/26  App State
 
Coastal Carolina
12/30  ULM
1/1  Louisiana
1/6  at Troy
1/8  at South Alabama
1/13  at App State
1/15  App State
1/20  at Georgia Southern
1/22  at Georgia State
1/27  Little Rock
1/29  Arkansas State
2/3  at UT Arlington
2/5  at Texas State
2/10  Georgia State
2/12  Georgia Southern
2/17  South Alabama
2/19  Troy
2/24  at Arkansas State
2/26  at Little Rock
 
Georgia Southern
12/30  at Little Rock
1/1  at Arkansas State
1/6  Texas State
1/8  UT Arlington
1/13  at Troy
1/15  at South Alabama
1/20  Coastal Carolina
1/22  App State
1/27  at ULM
1/29  at Louisiana
2/3  South Alabama
2/5  Troy
2/10  at App State
2/12  at Coastal Carolina
2/17  at Georgia State
2/19  Georgia State
2/24  Louisiana
2/26  ULM
 
Georgia State
12/30  at Arkansas State
1/1  at Little Rock
1/6  UT Arlington
1/8  Texas State
1/13  at South Alabama
1/15  at Troy
1/20  App State
1/22  Coastal Carolina
1/27  at Louisiana
1/29  at ULM
2/3  Troy
2/5  South Alabama
2/10  at Coastal Carolina
2/12  at App State
2/17  Georgia Southern
2/19  at Georgia Southern
2/24  ULM
2/26  Louisiana
 
Little Rock
12/30  Georgia Southern
1/1  Georgia State
1/6  at ULM
1/8  at Louisiana
1/13  at Arkansas State
1/15  Arkansas State
1/20  Texas State
1/22  UT Arlington
1/27  at Coastal Carolina
1/29  at App State
2/3  Louisiana
2/5  ULM
2/10  at South Alabama
2/12  at Troy
2/17  at UT Arlington
2/19  at Texas State
2/24  App State
2/26  Coastal Carolina
 
Louisiana
12/30  at App State
1/1  at Coastal Carolina
1/6  Arkansas State
1/8  Little Rock
1/13  at UT Arlington
1/15  at Texas State
1/20  South Alabama
1/22  Troy
1/27  Georgia State
1/29  Georgia Southern
2/3  at Little Rock
2/5  at Arkansas State
2/10  Texas State
2/12  UT Arlington
2/17  at ULM
2/19  ULM
2/24  at Georgia Southern
2/26  at Georgia State
 
ULM
12/30  at Coastal Carolina
1/1  at App State
1/6  Little Rock
1/8  Arkansas State
1/13  at Texas State
1/15  at UT Arlington
1/20  Troy
1/22  South Alabama
1/27  Georgia Southern
1/29  Georgia State
2/3  at Arkansas State
2/5  at Little Rock
2/10  UT Arlington
2/12  Texas State
2/17  Louisiana
2/19  at Louisiana
2/24  at Georgia State
2/26  at Georgia Southern
 
South Alabama
12/30  at UT Arlington
1/1  at Texas State
1/6  App State
1/8  Coastal Carolina
1/13  Georgia State
1/15  Georgia Southern
1/20  at Louisiana
1/22  at ULM
1/27  Troy
1/29  at Troy
2/3  at Georgia Southern
2/5  at Georgia State
2/10  Little Rock
2/12  Arkansas State
2/17  at Coastal Carolina
2/19  at App State
2/24  Texas State
2/26  UT Arlington
 
UT Arlington
12/30  South Alabama
1/1  Troy
1/6  at Georgia State
1/8  at Georgia Southern
1/13  Louisiana
1/15  ULM
1/20  at Arkansas State
1/22  at Little Rock
1/27  Texas State
1/29  at Texas State
2/3  Coastal Carolina
2/5  App State
2/10  at ULM
2/12  at Louisiana
2/17  Little Rock
2/19  Arkansas State
2/24  at Troy
2/26  at South Alabama
 
Texas State
12/30  Troy
1/1  South Alabama
1/6  at Georgia Southern
1/8  at Georgia State
1/13  ULM
1/15  Louisiana
1/20  at Little Rock
1/22  at Arkansas State
1/27  at UT Arlington
1/29  UT Arlington
2/3  App State
2/5  Coastal Carolina
2/10  at Louisiana
2/12  at ULM
2/17  Arkansas State
2/19  Little Rock
2/24  at South Alabama
2/26  at Troy
 
Troy
12/30  at Texas State
1/1  at UT Arlington
1/6  Coastal Carolina
1/8  App State
1/13  Georgia Southern
1/15  Georgia State
1/20  at ULM
1/22  at Louisiana
1/27  at South Alabama
1/29  South Alabama
2/3  at Georgia State
2/5  at Georgia Southern
2/10  Arkansas State
2/12  Little Rock
2/17  at App State
2/19  at Coastal Carolina
2/24  UT Arlington
2/26  Texas State
 
2021-22 Sun Belt Conference Men’s Basketball Schedule
 
Thursday, Dec. 30
Louisiana at App State
ULM at Coastal Carolina
Georgia State at Arkansas State
Georgia Southern at Little Rock
South Alabama at UT Arlington
Troy at Texas State
 
Saturday, Jan. 1
ULM at App State
Louisiana at Coastal Carolina
Georgia State at Little Rock
Georgia Southern at Arkansas State
South Alabama at Texas State
Troy at UT Arlington
 
Thursday, Jan. 6
App State at South Alabama
Coastal Carolina at Troy
UT Arlington at Georgia State
Texas State at Georgia Southern
Arkansas State at Louisiana
Little Rock at ULM
 
Saturday, Jan. 8
App State at Troy
Coastal Carolina at South Alabama
Texas State at Georgia State
UT Arlington at Georgia Southern
Little Rock at Louisiana
Arkansas State at ULM
 
Thursday, Jan. 13
Coastal Carolina at App State
Georgia State at South Alabama
Georgia Southern at Troy
Louisiana at UT Arlington
ULM at Texas State
Little Rock at Arkansas State
 
Saturday, Jan. 15
App State at Coastal Carolina
Georgia State at Troy
Georgia Southern at South Alabama
Louisiana at Texas State
ULM at UT Arlington
Arkansas State at Little Rock
 
Thursday, Jan. 20
App State at Georgia State
Coastal Carolina at Georgia Southern
South Alabama at Louisiana
Troy at ULM
UT Arlington at Arkansas State
Texas State at Little Rock
 
Saturday, Jan. 22
App State at Georgia Southern
Coastal Carolina at Georgia State
South Alabama at ULM
Troy at Louisiana
UT Arlington at Little Rock
Texas State at Arkansas State
 
Thursday, Jan. 27
Arkansas State at App State
Little Rock at Coastal Carolina
Georgia State at Louisiana
Georgia Southern at ULM
South Alabama at Troy
Texas State at UT Arlington
 
Saturday, Jan. 29
Little Rock at App State
Arkansas State at Coastal Carolina
Georgia Southern at Louisiana
Georgia State at ULM
South Alabama at Troy
UT Arlington at Texas State
 
Thursday, Feb. 3
App State at Texas State
Coastal Carolina at UT Arlington
Troy at Georgia State
South Alabama at Georgia Southern
Louisiana at Little Rock
ULM at Arkansas State
 
Saturday, Feb. 5
App State at UT Arlington
Coastal Carolina at Texas State
South Alabama at Georgia State
Troy at Georgia Southern
Louisiana at Arkansas State
ULM at Little Rock
 
Thursday, Feb. 10
Georgia Southern at App State
Georgia State at Coastal Carolina
Little Rock at South Alabama
UT Arlington at ULM
Texas State at Louisiana
Arkansas State at Troy
 
Saturday, Feb. 12
Georgia Southern at Coastal Carolina
Georgia State at App State
Arkansas State at South Alabama
Little Rock at Troy
UT Arlington at Louisiana
Texas State at ULM
 
Thursday, Feb. 17
Troy at App State
South Alabama at Coastal Carolina
Georgia Southern at Georgia State
Louisiana at ULM
Arkansas State at Texas State
Little Rock at UT Arlington
 
Saturday, Feb. 19
South Alabama at App State
Troy at Coastal Carolina
Georgia State at Georgia Southern
ULM at Louisiana
Little Rock at Texas State
Arkansas State at UT Arlington
 
Thursday, Feb. 24
App State at Little Rock
Coastal Carolina at Arkansas State
ULM at Georgia State
Louisiana at Georgia Southern
Texas State at South Alabama
UT Arlington at Troy
 
Saturday, Feb. 26
App State at Arkansas State
Coastal Carolina at Little Rock
ULM at Georgia Southern
Louisiana at Georgia State
Texas State at Troy
UT Arlington at South Alabama