NEW ORLEANS – Georgia Southern will open play in the Hercules Tires Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Championship by taking on ULM Thursday, March 2, at 8:30 p.m. ET in the Pensacola Bay Center as the league released its tournament bracket tonight.
ULM topped the Eagles 72-59 Jan. 19 in Hanner Fieldhouse in their lone meeting in the regular season. The seventh-seeded Eagles and 10th-seeded Warhawks have played three times in the Sun Belt Tournament, and GS has won all three meetings. The winner of Thursday's contest will take on second-seeded and preseason favorite Louisiana Saturday at 8:30 p.