Semifinals Stories
UTA is making its second consecutive, and second ever, semifinal appearance. Georgia State is in the semis for the third time in four years. Texas State is making its first-ever semis appearance. Troy is in the semifinals for the first time since 2010 and second in program history.
Together We Rise
The Sun Belt is in a class of its own as a mid-major basketball league. It is the only mid-major conference that had both a first-round pick in the 2014 and 2015 NBA Drafts while also having a team win a game in the 2015 and 2016 NCAA Tournaments.