App State men’s basketball won its first ever Sun Belt Championship, sending the Mountaineers to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 21 years.
In just his second season with the program, head coach Dustin Kerns has revamped the program, bringing the Mountaineers from eight straight losing seasons to the team’s first conference title since 2000, and first ever Sun Belt title since joining the conference in 2014.
Tied for seventh place in the complete regular season Sun Belt standings, and having lost six of their final seven regular-season games, the Mountaineers found themselves facing improbable odds before the tournament began.