Sun Belt Tournament Preview For Tuesday, March 4 | ULL vs ULM | Coastal vs USM
The 2025 Sun Belt Tournament kicks off on Tuesday at the Pensacola Bay Center as Coastal Carolina takes on Southern Miss, and Louisiana battles UL-Monroe in a bayou showdown.
The Sun Belt Tournament has been played at the Pensacola Bay Center since 2021. Scoring didn’t seem to be too much of a problem at the neutral site venue last season. The 13 games that were played here last year saw an average of 149.7 points per game.
2025 Sun Belt Tournament Details
Dates: March 4-10
Broadcast: All opening round games will be on ESPN+ and Monday’s championship game will be on ESPN2.
Location: Pensacola Bay Center in Pensacola, Florida.
Defending Champ: James Madison
#667 Coastal Carolina vs #668 Southern Miss
This is the No. 12 (Southern Miss) vs No. 13 (Coastal) opening round game in the Sun Belt Tournament, held at the Pensacola Bay Center in Pensacola, Florida.
Coastal won the lone regular season meeting 87-78 at Southern Miss on February 20. Chanticleers’ guard Jordan Battle finished that contest with 29 points. That game featured 76 free throw attempts, although neither team was particularly good at making them (combined to shoot 61.8-percent).
We’re probably not going to see that many free throw attempts again, but we will look toward another high-scoring game. Southern Miss plays at a top-20 pace in the country. The Eagles’ defense has allowed an average of 81.7 points per game across their last seven contests.
The over is 5-2 in those seven games. The over is 10-5 in Coastal’s last 15 games. Neither team is heavily-reliant on three-point attempts, so the unfamiliar shooting backdrop should not be too big of an issue since neither team likes to fire from beyond the arc. Recommendation: Over 140.5 Points.
#669 UL-Monroe vs #670 Louisiana
This is the No. 11 (Louisiana) vs No. 14 (UL-Monroe) opening round game in the Sun Belt Tournament, held at the Pensacola Bay Center in Pensacola, Florida.
What a strange season it has been for these bayou foes. UL-Monroe only won three conference games in 18 tries. Two of those three wins came against South Alabama, who won the tiebreakers and is the No. 1 seed in this tournament. Monroe has won a total of four games since Thanksgiving, and two of them were against the No. 1 team in the conference. Go figure.
On the other side, Louisiana fired longtime head coach Bob Marlin in the middle of the season. The Ragin’ Cajuns won both regular season meetings in January by five and three points. Both of those games stayed under their respective totals, and that’s the direction we’re going to look in this one.
This is a neutral site game, but the road has not been kind to Louisiana’s offense this season. The under is 6-2 in the Ragin’ Cajuns last eight road games. Louisiana has scored an average of 66.3 points per game.
In the 14-team Sun Belt, Louisiana is No. 12 in offensive efficiency, last in offensive rebounding, No. 11 in three-point shooting, No. 13 in two-point shooting and No. 13 in assist rate. Monroe is last in offensive efficiency, No. 13 in effective field goal shooting, No. 11 in offensive rebounding and last in two-point shooting. Recommendation: Under 139.5 Points.
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