2024 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament


The 2024 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament was held at Riverwalk Stadium in Montgomery, Alabama from May 21 to May 26.[2] The tournament used a double-elimination format as in past years. The winner of the tournament, Southern Miss, earned the Sun Belt Conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. This was the second straight tournament title for Southern Miss, a team who has only been in the conference for two years.[3]

2024 Sun Belt Conference
baseball tournament
Teams10
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsSouthern Miss (2nd title)
Winning coachChristian Ostrander (1st title)
MVPColby Allen (Southern Miss)
TelevisionESPN+
2024 Sun Belt Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 22 Louisiana ‍‍‍y 23 7 0   .767 40 18 0   .690
No. 23 Southern Miss ‍‍y 20 10 0   .667 40 18 0   .690
Troy  ‍‍‍ 18 12 0   .600 37 22 0   .627
James Madison ‍‍‍y 17 13 0   .567 34 23 0   .596
Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍ 17 13 0   .567 33 25 0   .569
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍ 16 13 1   .550 33 21 1   .609
Coastal Carolina ‍‍‍y 16 14 0   .533 34 23 0   .596
Old Dominion  ‍‍‍ 15 15 0   .500 31 26 0   .544
South Alabama  ‍‍‍ 14 16 0   .467 31 24 0   .564
Texas State  ‍‍‍ 13 17 0   .433 27 29 0   .482
Georgia State  ‍‍‍ 13 17 0   .433 25 32 0   .439
Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍ 11 19 0   .367 25 30 0   .455
Marshall  ‍‍‍ 9 21 0   .300 18 37 0   .327
Arkansas State  ‍‍‍ 7 22 1   .250 21 32 1   .398
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 26, 2024[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

Seeding

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Since 2017, the top ten teams (based on conference results) from the conference earn are invited to the tournament. The teams will be seeded based on conference winning percentage, with the bottom four seeds competing in a play-in round. The remaining eight teams will then play a two bracket, double-elimination tournament. The winner of each bracket will play a championship final.[4]

Results

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Play-in round

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Tuesday, May 21
Team R
#10 Georgia State 1
#7 Coastal Carolina 5
Notes: Georgia State eliminated
Tuesday, May 21
Team R
#9 South Alabama 2
#8 Old Dominion 3
Notes: South Alabama eliminated

Double-elimination round

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First round Second round Semifinals Finals
             
8 Old Dominion 7
1 Louisiana 3
8 Old Dominion 6
5 Georgia Southern 8
5 Georgia Southern 12
4 James Madison 4
5 Georgia Southern 7
4 James Madison 1
4 James Madison 10
1 Louisiana 9
8 Old Dominion 5
4 James Madison 15(8)
5 Georgia Southern 11
2 Southern Miss 14
6 App State 5
3 Troy 6
3 Troy 5
2 Southern Miss 6
7 Coastal Carolina 0
2 Southern Miss 5
6 App State 5
2 Southern Miss 7
7 Coastal Carolina 3
6 App State 6
6 App State 10
3 Troy 6

Schedule

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Game Time* Matchup# Score Notes Reference
Tuesday, May 21
1 3:00pm No. 7 Coastal Carolina vs No. 10 Georgia State 5−1 Georgia State eliminated [5]
2 6:30pm No. 8 Old Dominion vs No. 9 South Alabama 3−2 South Alabama eliminated [5]
Wednesday, May 22
3 9:00am No. 3 Troy vs No. 8 App State 6−5 [6]
4 12:30pm No. 2 Southern Miss vs No. 7 Coastal Carolina 5−0 [7]
5 4:00pm No. 8 Old Dominion vs No. 1 Louisiana 7−3 [8]
6 7:30pm No. 5 Georgia Southern vs No. 4 James Madison 12−4 [9]
Thursday, May 23
7 9:00am No. 6 App State vs No. 7 Coastal Carolina 6−3 Coastal Carolina eliminated [10]
8 12:30pm No. 4 James Madison vs No. 1 Louisiana 10−9 Louisiana eliminated [11]
9 4:00pm No. 2 Southern Miss vs No. 3 Troy 6−5 [12]
10 7:30pm No. 8 Old Dominion vs No. 5 Georgia Southern 8−6 [13]
Friday, May 24
11 3:00pm No. 3 Troy vs No. 6 App State 6−10 Troy eliminated [14]
12 6:30pm No. 4 James Madison vs No. 8 Old Dominion 15−5 (8) Old Dominion eliminated [15]
Saturday, May 25
13 9:00am No. 2 Southern Miss vs No. 6 App State 7−5 App State eliminated [16]
14 12:30pm No. 4 James Madison vs No. 5 Georgia Southern 1−7 James Madison eliminated [17]
15 4:00pm Game 13 rematch (not necessary)
16 7:30pm Game 14 rematch (not necessary)
Sunday, May 26
17 1:00pm No. 2 Southern Miss vs No. 5 Georgia Southern 14−11 Southern Miss wins championship [18]
*Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

All–Tournament Team

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Source:[19]

Player Team
Colby Allen (MVP) Southern Miss
Billy Oldham Southern Miss
Nick Monistere Southern Miss
Mitchell Gross Georgia Southern
Sam Blancato Georgia Southern
Jarrett Brown Georgia Southern
T.J. McKenzie Georgia Southern
Mike Mancini James Madison
Brendan O'Donnell James Madison
Banks Tolley App State
C.J. Boyd App State
Maverick Stallings Old Dominion
Jacob Gomez Old Dominion


References

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  2. ^ "Sun Belt Conference Baseball Championship". experiencemontgomeryal.org. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
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  4. ^ "Sun Belt Announces Changes to Baseball Regular Season, Championship Format; Future Championship Sites Named". Sun Belt Conference. November 11, 2016. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
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