And because the Sun Belt places so much emphasis on the regular season and gives the top two seeds a bye to the semis, winning a single game to get to the finals is something Little Rock and South Alabama can do. TEAM CONF GB … Basketball News, Analysis, History, Schedule, Rumors. Lafayette Daily Advertiser. However, some strong incoming transfers will make an immediate impact. UTA will look to build on their momentum at the end of last year to push into the next tier of the Sun Belt. Boston Celtics Free Agency Recap and Analysis, 2020-21 Big 12 Basketball Conference Preview. Appalachian State appears to be on the right track with coach Dustin Kerns. Check back all season long for free college basketball picks at Sports Chat Place. Sun Belt Predicted Standings. David Azore is the top guy after averaging 14 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 3.7 assists per game as a sophomore last season. That's something I believe they can do with great ease. Desmond Williams was the best of those, averaging 9.8 points per game and shooting 38.9 percent from beyond the arc as a freshman. The Trojans, projected near the bottom in the preseason, soared to the regular-season title. Sun Belt Basketball Preview 2016-17. Sun Belt foes know how good the team is heading into the new season. Wednesday, March 11), Game 6: Winner of Game 4 vs No.3 Texas State (8:00 pm. The league was taken by storm by Little Rock in 2019-20. Kerns has a team that could push for 20 wins this season and a finish in the top four of the league. The hope is that, with a year under their belt, those guards will show some improvement. college basketball picks on Doc's Sports NCAA hoops predictions page. Monday, March 9), Game 5: Winner of Game 3 vs No.4 Georgia State (7:00 pm. The Ragin’ Cajuns are stronger at the guard position when it comes to experience, led by senior Cedric Russell. Your email address will not be published. South Alabama 8. Georgia State 7. Forrest is a player of the year candidate after averaging 17.3 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 2.8 assists last season. Western Carolina vs Troy College Basketball Picks, Odds, Predictions 11/27/20. Check out BetQL for the latest Sun Belt basketball expert picks. Monday, March 9), Game 4: Winner of Game 2 vs No.6 Appalachian State (7:00 pm. South Alabama was last season’s preseason favorite and got close to that after finishing in a tie for second. This tournament may not give us some aesthetically pleasing basketball, but It'll be competitive, and any result would not shock me. Flowers’ production at Western Michigan was already touched upon in the South Alabama capsule. The Sun Belt Conference had about as good a year as possible for a smaller, lesser-known conference. Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'Cz076w_PSnJHTfMeEZ2oGw',sig:'j7Axr17hhGpe-x1bIJNYHHGK_qeoV8BP4cBlYp5TYaY=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1184253544',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })}); Your email address will not be published. The top two seeds are the best teams in the conference. Get the most updated odds, lines, spreads, and picks from BetQL. The Trojans were anchored by Markquis Nowell and Ruot Monyyong, who formed one of the best inside-out duos in the nation. However, behind him, there is minimal experience at the Division I level. That evened out to an average finish at eighth place. Seven of their top eight players from last season are gone. Coastal Carolina was good at times and bad at times last season. However, he has graduated, and the team will need to figure out how to replace him. Sun Belt college football predictions, schedule, game previews, lines and TV listings for Week 10 of the season. By Tyler Smith. Georgia Southern will most likely take a bit of a step back this season, but are certainly capable of finishing higher if the roster comes together quicker than expected. Appalachian State and Louisiana have won their respective divisions … Georgia State will be competing for a league title this season. Still, there are a lot of new faces coming in to try and plug the holes. South Alabama had a solid season, and they come into this game with major momentum on their side having won eight straight games, which vaulted them into the No. 2 spot ahead of Texas State thanks to a head-to-head tiebreaker. He averaged two blocks and one steal per game on his way to earning this honor last season. 4 seed, Georgia State. Even if the overall record was not what UT-Arlington Head Coach Chris Ogden expected, he … Sun Belt Bracket 2021 & Sun Belt Tournament Predictions Sun Belt Conference Championship Information. 2020 Sun Belt tournament site: Campus Sites & Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA 2020 Sun Belt tournament dates: March 7th, 9th, 11th, 14th-15th, 2020 When the page first loads, this table shows advancement odds calculated before the Semifinals. A healthy Kobe Julien in the frontcourt will also boost this team. Still, Little Rock is the team to beat in the new season, though they will be tested by a few typical powers in the league. The Eagles are going the transfer route to try and reload immediately. Check out BetQL for the latest Sun Belt basketball spread odds. Trojans won't play today due to COVID-19 protocols within Middle Georgia State program. ET. The fifth and sixth seeds get started in the second round against the winner of the first two games, respectively. Find a complete listing of all the Sun Belt women's basketball teams, on ESPN.com. However, there is no doubt that he should be the favorite for it this season. Troy has enough to land a few spots out of last place. Our weekly newsletter is loaded with exclusive free picks, Sun Belt basketball preview: Ragin' Cajuns add a lot; Little Rock team to beat. That was in large part due to averaging 22 points per game. The Jaguars’ senior-heavy lineup was a big reason for the high expectations placed upon them. Georgia State went through a transition phase after former coach Ron Hunter was not brought back and went to Tulane. He averaged 17.2 points, three rebounds, 4.9 assists, and 2.2 steals per game in his sophomore season. RPI Ranking #6. Little Rock is a well-rounded team that only has to navigate the Semi-Finals and Finals in order to punch their ticket to the dance. The roster is basically intact from last season, meaning there is no reason to believe they won’t win the league again. Thread starter FiremanDanKC; Start date Dec 1, 2020; FiremanDanKC Letterman. Rob Lanier took over the reins, and the Panthers were still respectable, though certainly did not play up to what is expected in Atlanta these days. Flowers will be one of the main reasons why the Jaguars will not fall off much, if at all, in the league title race. The Red Wolves will have to fight for every win they get this season and will be fighting to stay out of last place. The biggest of those is Ozier, who was one of the key players for Sacred Heart. Eaton is the playmaker here, and he averaged 13.3 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 2.8 assists on his way to a place on the third-team. Sun Belt tournament bracket. There is no one team that stands out above the rest as Little Rock, Texas State, South Alabama and Georgia Southern have taken turns beating each other, which is why the top of the standings looks like a log jam, with Little Rock just sneaking away with the regular-season title. The Panthers just beat Little Rock. The Appalachian State Mountaineers (7-2) and the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns (8-1) square off Friday night in a battle between two of the top teams in the Sun Belt Conference. Predictive Ranking #19. He finished his career at Sidney Lanier High School in Montgomery, AL as the school’s all-time leading scorer. Mar 11, 2013 897 1,316 41 Kc, Mo. The one thing they do extremely well is rebound the basketball, topping the league in rebounds per game, and they are second in terms of field goal percentage, both two points and beyond the arc. Pearson averaged 19.4 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game on his way to being named the league’s player of the year. Get the most updated odds, lines, spreads, and picks from BetQL. Troy 5. Troy, to be blunt, was just not a good team last season. See our COVID policy here. However, that seemed to be due to a commitment to the younger guys in the backcourt who did not have experience at the college level. LWOS continues its conference previews with the 2020-21 Sun Belt Basketball Preview. Required fields are marked *. Overall, Coastal Carolina will be improved, and seventh place feels like their floor this season. Predicted Conference Standings is a prediction of each team's final conference record based on this season's previous results. Little Rock is the preseason pick, but it won’t be easy. The bad news about that is the Warhawks finished in 11th place with that group. Little Rock Women's Basketball 2019 NCAA Tournament Capsule; Georgia State Men's Basketball 2019 NCAA Tournament Capsule; Sun Belt Men's Basketball 2019 Conference Tournament Bracket #14 Coastal Carolina Baseball 2019 Preview #11 Louisiana Softball 2019 Preview #40 Louisiana Baseball 2019 Preview He is supported by a few other returners from last season’s rotation as well as some promising incoming talent. 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This year's edition of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament gets underway on March 7 with two games being played in the first round of the tournament. No credit card needed, and you will never deal with a salesman. 1.UT-Arlington 2. All Rights Reserved. … 9 UL-Lafayette (12:00 p.m. Saturday, March 7), Game 2: No.7 Texas-Arlington vs. No.10 Coastal Carolina (3:00 p.m., Saturday, March 7), Game 3: Winner of Game 1 vs No.5 Georgia Southern (7:00 pm. However, it will still take some time for everyone to learn how to play together. They lost their last game to a motivated Georgia State team, who was fighting for tournament seeding whereas Little Rock had the top spot already sewn up. However, any team would consider themselves fortunate to be getting that kind of quality of a player to insert immediately into their roster. Sun Belt Basketball Troy's Season Opener Canceled. Get daily  The Trojans rolled through the regular season with little resistance, losing just five times in 20 conference games. Sun Belt Conference Championship Information 2021 Sun Belt tournament site: Pensacola Bay Center, Pensacola, FL2021 Sun Belt tournament dates: March 5th-8th, 2021 These 2021 Sun Belt tournament advancement odds and average projected seeds are based on our projected conference standings. Nonetheless, I'm taking Little Rock to prevail should they get to the finals. South Alabama will be pushing for the top spot once again. Returning players for this team were largely role players. Kerns was tasked with building Appalachian State back into a contender when he took the job. Arkansas State Little Rock 4. Sun Belt. One of the reasons for optimism is senior Justin Forrest. The bottom two teams, UL-Monroe and Troy, have combined to go just 18-42 this season, which makes them the doormat of the Sun Belt conference (both 5-15 in Sun Belt action). Kickoff is set for 8:30 p.m. However, they will not fly under the radar this time. Appalachian State seems ready to take another step forward into the top four. Results So Far SU: 33-10, ATS: 19-20, Point Total: 23-16 - Bet on Sun B