NEW ORLEANS – Georgia Southern will open the Hercules Tires Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Championship by taking on Coastal Carolina Thursday, March 3, at 8:30 p.m. ET in the Pensacola Bay Center as the league released its tournament bracket today.
The seventh-seeded Chanticleers swept the season series from the 10th-seeded Eagles, winning 76-72 Jan. 20 in Hanner Fieldhouse and 79-58 Feb. 12 in Conway. The winner of Thursday's contest will take on defending champion and second-seeded Appalachian State Saturday, March 5, at 8:30 p.m. ET. Georgia Southern has never played Coastal Carolina or Appalachian State in the Sun Belt Tournament.