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NEW ORLEANS – Seeds and matchups for the 2021 Sun Belt Conference Women's Basketball Championship, presented by First Bank and Trust, were announced Sunday.
The Sun Belt Conference Tournament will be held in Pensacola, Fla. March 5-8 with all 12 teams competing in the single-elimination tournament. Tournament games will be played at the Pensacola Bay Center and Pensacola State College.
The West Division’s top team, Louisiana (14-5, 13-1 Sun Belt), won the Sun Belt regular season title based on best winning percentage in conference play (.929) and earned a number one seed and a first-round bye. The other number one seed is the East’s top team Troy (19-5, 15-2) whose conference winning percentage was .882.
UTA and Georgia State earned number two seeds and also have first-round byes.
The tournament opens with first-round games on Friday, March 5, quarterfinal games on Saturday, March 6 and semifinal games on Sunday, March 7. The championship game is on Monday, March 8 at 1 p.m. CT/2 p.m. ET.
The first-round, quarterfinal and semifinal games will be televised live on ESPN+ with Monday’s championship game slated for ESPNU. All tournament games are available through the
ESPN App, accessible on computers, smartphones, tablets and connected devices. Live statistics are available on
SunBeltSports.org.
COVID note: there will be no reseeding based on a team's inability to participate. If a team is unable to play, their opponent will advance to the next round via the no-contest rule.
Tickets for games at the Pensacola Bay Center are available through
Ticketmaster.
First Round
Friday, March 5
Game 1 - (4W) Texas State vs. (5E) Georgia Southern (ESPN+), 11:30 a.m. PSC
Game 2 - (3E) App State vs. ULM (ESPN+), 11 a.m. PBC
Game 3 - (3W) Little Rock vs. (6E) Coastal Carolina (ESPN+), 1:30 p.m. PBC
Game 4 - (4E) South Alabama vs. (5W) Arkansas State (ESPN+), 2 p.m. PSC
Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 6
Game 5 - Game 1 Winner vs. (1E) Troy (ESPN+), 11 a.m. PBC
Game 6 - Game 2 Winner vs. (2W) UTA (ESPN+), 11:30 a.m. PSC
Game 7 - Game 3 Winner vs. (2E) Georgia State (ESPN+), 2 p.m. PSC
Game 8 - Game 4 Winner vs. (1W) Louisiana (ESPN+), 1:30 p.m. PBC
Semifinals
Sunday, March 7
Game 9 - Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner (ESPN+), 11 a.m. PBC
Game 10 - Game 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner (ESPN+), 1:30 p.m. PBC
Championship Game
Monday, March 8
Game 11 - Game 9 Winner vs. Game 10 Winner (ESPNU), 1 p.m. PBC
PBC = Pensacola Bay Center
PSC = Pensacola State College
All times are central and subject to change.