Southern Miss men's basketball is heading to the NIT for the first time since 2014.
The Golden Eagles will face UAB in the first round of the 2023 NIT, having learned their postseason fate Sunday.
Coach Jay Ladner – the Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year – guided Southern Miss (25-7, 14-4 SBC) to its third regular-season conference championship and first since 2000-01. The regular-season title clinched an automatic bid for the Golden Eagles despite a 78-61 quarterfinals loss to South Alabama in the conference tournament on March 4.
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Southern Miss is led in scoring by the Sun Belt's Newcomer of the Year Austin Crowley.