Solar Belt Match 2023: Bracket, schedule, scores, groups, and extra

The run to the Last 4 kicks off in earnest on Tuesday evening, with the Hercules Tires Males’s Basketball Championship.

This has been a reasonably tumultuous yr within the “Enjoyable Belt,” because of convention realignment. Whereas the strikes have been largely made to handle the altering panorama of school soccer — the Solar Belt added added Marshall, Previous Dominion and Southern Miss from Convention USA, alongside James Madison from the Colonial Athletic — the brand new panorama had a huge effect on the faculty basketball season.

All 4 additions completed within the prime half of the convention standings, and every completed with a successful report on the yr. In actual fact, three of the additions — James Madison, Marshall, and Southern Miss — are among the many prime 4 seeds within the match, with Southern Miss getting into this week as the highest seed.

Marshall at the moment sits because the highest-ranked Solar Belt crew in Ken Pomeroy’s rankings, ranked 79th. The convention general rose to thirteenth in Pomeroy’s rankings, up from seventeenth a season in the past.

Right here is the bracket, together with the schedule of video games.

2023 males’s Solar Belt match bracket

2023 males’s Solar Belt match schedule

February 28 First Spherical

Recreation 1: Arkansas State 86, Coastal Carolina 69

Recreation 2: Texas State 81, Georgia State 76

March 2 Second Spherical

Recreation 3: South Alabama 68, App State 61

Recreation 4: Troy 63, Arkansas State 59

Recreation 5: Texas State 65, Previous Dominion 36

Recreation 6: Georgia Southern 66, UL Monroe 57

March 4 Quarterfinals

Recreation 7: South Alabama 78, Southern Miss 61

Recreation 8: James Madison 75, Troy 72

Recreation 9: Texas State 71, Marshall 68

Recreation 10: Louisiana 69, Georgia Southern 49

March 5 Semifinals

Recreation 11: South Alabama 75, James Madison 66

Recreation 12: Louisiana 64, Texas State 58

March 6 Championship

Recreation 13: Louisiana 71, South Alabama 66