The Sun Belt Conference holds some clout in college football. Louisiana and Coastal Carolina are both currently ranked, and Appalachian State has come on strong recently. Unfortunately for the Arkansas State Red Wolves, this clout hasn’t quite transferred to basketball.
Last Year
In 2020-21, Arkansas State went 11-13 (7-8) and took fourth in the Sun Belt West Division. They were led by homegrown guard Marquis Eaton and Nicaraguan forward Norchad Omier. Omier averaged 12.6 PPG and 12.3 RPG last year, the third-most rebounds per game in all of college basketball.
The Sun Belt made an interesting scheduling decision last year that I wish more conferences had adopted.