NEW ORLEANS – The Sun Belt Conference has announced its men’s basketball conference schedule for the 2026-27 season.
Each Sun Belt Conference men’s basketball program will play an 18-game league slate. The first conference game will be played Saturday, December 5 when Georgia State visits ULM before the first full week of action tips off Wednesday, Dec. 16 with a six-game slate.
The 2026-27 Sun Belt Conference men’s basketball season will culminate with the 2027 Visit Pensacola Sun Belt Men’s Basketball Championship presented by Air Force Reserve which will be held March 2-8 at the Pensacola Bay Center in Pensacola, Fla.
Last season, Troy won both the Sun Belt’s regular season and tournament titles for the second year in a row and made its fourth NCAA Tournament appearance in program history as the No. 13 seed in the South Region. The Trojans became just the sixth repeat champion in the Sun Belt’s 50-year history and the first since Georgia State in 2018 and 2019. The Trojans concluded the season with 22 victories as the conference’s only program in the with at least 20 wins in each of the last five seasons.
Additionally, South Alabama posted its second-straight 20-win season and earned a postseason berth to compete in the NIT, marking the fifth consecutive season a Sun Belt program received an invitation to the tournament.
The 2026-27 season will also mark the fourth year of the
MAC-SBC Challenge – a scheduling alliance that features 12 Sun Belt Conference teams and 12 Mid-American Conference (MAC) teams. The Sun Belt reigns unbeaten through three years of the Challenge, capturing titles in 2023-24 and 2025-26, respectively, including a tie in 2024-25.
Team-by-Team Schedules
App State
12/19 at Louisiana Tech
12/31 Troy
1/2 South Alabama
1/7 at Arkansas State
1/9 at ULM
1/13 at Old Dominion
1/16 Georgia State
1/20 Coastal Carolina
1/23 at Georgia Southern
1/27 Old Dominion
1/30 at Marshall
2/6 Southern Miss
2/10 at James Madison
2/13 Georgia Southern
2/18 Marshall
2/20 at Georgia State
2/23 at Coastal Carolina
2/26 James Madison
Arkansas State
12/16 South Alabama
12/19 Georgia Southern
12/31 at James Madison
1/2 at Marshall
1/7 App State
1/9 Georgia State
1/14 at Louisiana Tech
1/16 Southern Miss
1/23 at Old Dominion
1/27 Louisiana
1/30 at Troy
2/3 at South Alabama
2/10 ULM
2/13 Troy
2/17 at Louisiana
2/20 at ULM
2/24 at Southern Miss
2/26 Louisiana Tech
Coastal Carolina
12/16 at Georgia Southern
12/19 at Troy
12/31 Louisiana Tech
1/2 ULM
1/7 at Southern Miss
1/9 at South Alabama
1/15 Louisiana
1/20 at App State
1/23 Marshall
1/27 Georgia Southern
1/30 at Georgia State
2/3 James Madison
2/11 at Marshall
2/13 Old Dominion
2/17 Georgia State
2/20 at James Madison
2/23 App State
2/26 at Old Dominion
Georgia Southern
12/16 Coastal Carolina
12/19 at Arkansas State
12/31 Louisiana
1/2 Southern Miss
1/7 at South Alabama
1/9 at Troy
1/13 James Madison
1/16 at Marshall
1/20 at Georgia State
1/23 App State
1/27 at Coastal Carolina
1/30 Old Dominion
2/3 Marshall
2/11 at Old Dominion
2/13 at App State
2/20 Louisiana Tech
2/23 at James Madison
2/26 Georgia State
Georgia State
12/5 at ULM
12/16 at James Madison
12/31 Southern Miss
1/2 Louisiana
1/6 at Troy
1/9 at Arkansas State
1/14 Marshall
1/16 at App State
1/20 Georgia Southern
1/23 James Madison
1/28 at Marshall
1/30 Coastal Carolina
2/3 at Old Dominion
2/13 South Alabama
2/17 at Coastal Carolina
2/20 App State
2/23 Old Dominion
2/26 at Georgia Southern
James Madison
12/16 Georgia State
12/19 at Southern Miss
12/31 Arkansas State
1/2 Troy
1/7 at Louisiana Tech
1/9 at Louisiana
1/13 at Georgia Southern
1/16 Old Dominion
1/21 Marshall
1/23 at Georgia State
1/30 ULM
2/3 at Coastal Carolina
2/10 App State
2/13 at Marshall
2/17 at Old Dominion
2/20 Coastal Carolina
2/23 Georgia Southern
2/26 at App State
Louisiana
12/16 ULM
12/19 Marshall
12/31 at Georgia Southern
1/2 at Georgia State
1/7 Old Dominion
1/9 James Madison
1/15 at Coastal Carolina
1/21 South Alabama
1/23 Troy
1/27 at Arkansas State
1/30 at Southern Miss
2/3 Louisiana Tech
2/10 at Troy
2/13 Southern Miss
2/17 Arkansas State
2/20 at South Alabama
2/24 at Louisiana Tech
2/26 at ULM
ULM
12/5 Georgia State
12/16 at Louisiana
12/31 at Old Dominion
1/2 at Coastal Carolina
1/7 Marshall
1/9 App State
1/14 South Alabama
1/16 at Troy
1/20 at Southern Miss
1/23 Louisiana Tech
1/30 at James Madison
2/3 Troy
2/10 at Arkansas State
2/13 at Louisiana Tech
2/17 Southern Miss
2/20 Arkansas State
2/24 at South Alabama
2/26 Louisiana
Louisiana Tech
12/16 at Troy
12/19 App State
12/31 at Coastal Carolina
1/2 at Old Dominion
1/7 James Madison
1/9 Marshall
1/14 Arkansas State
1/16 at South Alabama
1/21 Troy
1/23 at ULM
1/28 Southern Miss
1/30 South Alabama
2/3 at Louisiana
2/11 at Southern Miss
2/13 ULM
2/20 at Georgia Southern
2/24 Louisiana
2/26 at Arkansas State
Marshall
12/16 Old Dominion
12/19 at Louisiana
12/31 South Alabama
1/2 Arkansas State
1/7 at ULM
1/9 at Louisiana Tech
1/14 at Georgia State
1/16 Georgia Southern
1/21 at James Madison
1/23 at Coastal Carolina
1/28 Georgia State
1/30 App State
2/3 at Georgia Southern
2/11 Coastal Carolina
2/13 James Madison
2/18 at App State
2/20 at Old Dominion
2/26 Troy
Old Dominion
12/16 at Marshall
12/19 at South Alabama
12/31 ULM
1/2 Louisiana Tech
1/7 at Louisiana
1/9 at Southern Miss
1/13 App State
1/16 at James Madison
1/23 Arkansas State
1/27 at App State
1/30 at Georgia Southern
2/3 Georgia State
2/11 Georgia Southern
2/13 at Coastal Carolina
2/17 James Madison
2/20 Marshall
2/23 at Georgia State
2/26 Coastal Carolina
South Alabama
12/16 at Arkansas State
12/19 Old Dominion
12/31 at Marshall
1/2 at App State
1/7 Georgia Southern
1/9 Coastal Carolina
1/14 at ULM
1/16 Louisiana Tech
1/21 at Louisiana
1/23 Southern Miss
1/27 at Troy
1/30 at Louisiana Tech
2/3 Arkansas State
2/13 at Georgia State
2/18 Troy
2/20 Louisiana
2/24 ULM
2/26 at Southern Miss
Southern Miss
12/19 James Madison
12/31 at Georgia State
1/2 at Georgia Southern
1/7 Coastal Carolina
1/9 Old Dominion
1/13 Troy
1/16 at Arkansas State
1/20 ULM
1/23 at South Alabama
1/28 at Louisiana Tech
1/30 Louisiana
2/6 at App State
2/11 Louisiana Tech
2/13 at Louisiana
2/17 at ULM
2/20 at Troy
2/24 Arkansas State
2/26 South Alabama
Troy
12/16 Louisiana Tech
12/19 Coastal Carolina
12/31 at App State
1/2 at James Madison
1/6 Georgia State
1/9 Georgia Southern
1/13 at Southern Miss
1/16 ULM
1/21 at Louisiana Tech
1/23 at Louisiana
1/27 South Alabama
1/30 Arkansas State
2/3 at ULM
2/10 Louisiana
2/13 at Arkansas State
2/18 at South Alabama
2/20 Southern Miss
2/26 at Marshall
2026-27 Sun Belt Conference Men’s Basketball Schedule
Saturday, December 5
Georgia State at ULM
Wednesday, December 16
Coastal Carolina at Georgia Southern
Georgia State at James Madison
Old Dominion at Marshall
South Alabama at Arkansas State
Louisiana at ULM
Louisiana Tech at Troy
Saturday, December 19
App State at Louisiana Tech
Coastal Carolina at Troy
Georgia Southern at Arkansas State
James Madison at Southern Miss
Marshall at Louisiana
Old Dominion at South Alabama
Thursday, December 31
Troy at App State
Louisiana Tech at Coastal Carolina
Louisiana at Georgia Southern
Southern Miss at Georgia State
Arkansas State at James Madison
South Alabama at Marshall
ULM at Old Dominion
Saturday, January 2
South Alabama at App State
ULM at Coastal Carolina
Southern Miss at Georgia Southern
Louisiana at Georgia State
Troy at James Madison
Arkansas State at Marshall
Louisiana Tech at Old Dominion
Wednesday, January 6
Georgia State at Troy
Thursday, January 7
App State at Arkansas State
Coastal Carolina at Southern Miss
Georgia Southern at South Alabama
James Madison at Louisiana Tech
Marshall at ULM
Old Dominion at Louisiana
Saturday, January 9
App State at ULM
Coastal Carolina at South Alabama
Georgia Southern at Troy
Georgia State at Arkansas State
James Madison at Louisiana
Marshall at Louisiana Tech
Old Dominion at Southern Miss
Wednesday, January 13
App State at Old Dominion
James Madison at Georgia Southern
Troy at Southern Miss
Thursday, January 14
Marshall at Georgia State
Arkansas State at Louisiana Tech
South Alabama at ULM
Saturday, January 16
Georgia State at App State
Louisiana at Coastal Carolina
Georgia Southern at Marshall
Old Dominion at James Madison
Southern Miss at Arkansas State
Louisiana Tech at South Alabama
ULM at Troy
Wednesday, January 20
Coastal Carolina at App State
Georgia Southern at Georgia State
ULM at Southern Miss
Thursday, January 21
Marshall at James Madison
South Alabama at Louisiana
Troy at Louisiana Tech
Saturday, January 23
App State at Georgia Southern
Marshall at Coastal Carolina
James Madison at Georgia State
Arkansas State at Old Dominion
Louisiana Tech at ULM
Troy at Louisiana
Southern Miss at South Alabama
Wednesday, January 27
Old Dominion at App State
Georgia Southern at Coastal Carolina
Louisiana at Arkansas State
South Alabama at Troy
Thursday, January 28
Georgia State at Marshall
Southern Miss at Louisiana Tech
Saturday, January 30
App State at Marshall
Coastal Carolina at Georgia State
Old Dominion at Georgia Southern
ULM at James Madison
South Alabama at Louisiana Tech
Louisiana at Southern Miss
Arkansas State at Troy
Wednesday, February 3
James Madison at Coastal Carolina
Marshall at Georgia Southern
Georgia State at Old Dominion
Louisiana Tech at Louisiana
Troy at ULM
Arkansas State at South Alabama
Wednesday, February 10
App State at James Madison
ULM at Arkansas State
Louisiana at Troy
Thursday, February 11
Coastal Carolina at Marshall
Georgia Southern at Old Dominion
Louisiana Tech at Southern Miss
Saturday, February 13
Georgia Southern at App State
Old Dominion at Coastal Carolina
James Madison at Marshall
South Alabama at Georgia State
Troy at Arkansas State
Southern Miss at Louisiana
ULM at Louisiana Tech
Wednesday, February 17
Georgia State at Coastal Carolina
James Madison at Old Dominion
Arkansas State at Louisiana
Southern Miss at ULM
Thursday, February 18
Marshall at App State
Troy at South Alabama
Saturday, February 20
App State at Georgia State
Coastal Carolina at James Madison
Marshall at Old Dominion
Louisiana Tech at Georgia Southern
Arkansas State at ULM
Louisiana at South Alabama
Southern Miss at Troy
Tuesday, February 23
App State at Coastal Carolina
Georgia Southern at James Madison
Old Dominion at Georgia State
Wednesday, February 24
Louisiana at Louisiana Tech
Arkansas State at Southern Miss
ULM at South Alabama
Friday, February 26
James Madison at App State
Georgia State at Georgia Southern
Coastal Carolina at Old Dominion
Troy at Marshall
Louisiana at ULM
Louisiana Tech at Arkansas State
South Alabama at Southern Miss