2024 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament
Collegiate baseball tournament
2024 Sun Belt Conference Teams 10 Format Double-elimination Finals site Champions Southern Miss (2nd title)Winning coach Christian Ostrander (1st title) MVP Colby Allen (Southern Miss) Television ESPN+
2024 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament was held at Riverwalk Stadium in Montgomery , Alabama from May 21 to May 26.[ 2] 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]
Seeding
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
Play-in round
Double-elimination round
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
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.
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
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