South Alabama basketball announces Sun Belt schedule

South Alabama basketball announces Sun Belt schedule

South Alabama’s 2023-24 Sun Belt Conference schedule for men’s basketball has been released.

Richie Riley’s Jaguars open conference play at Old Dominion on Dec. 30, a Saturday. South Alabama then returns home for back-to-back games vs. Appalachian State on Jan. 4 and Georgia State on Jan. 6.

Other Sun Belt home games for South Alabama include Troy (Jan. 18), Louisiana (Jan. 2), Georgia Southern (Feb. 7), Texas State (Feb. 15), Arkansas State (Feb. 17), Southern Miss (Feb. 28) and Louisiana-Monroe (March 1). The Jaguars will travel to James Madison (Jan. 11), Marshall (Jan. 13), ULM (Jan. 25), Troy (Jan. 27), Texas State (Feb. 1), Louisiana (Feb. 3), Southern Miss (Feb. 22), Arkansas State (Feb. 24).

The Sun Belt Conference tournament is set for March 5-11 at Pensacola (Fla.) Bay Center. The Jaguars are also scheduled to travel to Buffalo for the MAC-Sun Belt Challenge on Nov. 11.

South Alabama went 19-15 in 2022-23, reaching the championship game of the Sun Belt tournament. The Jaguars return only a handful of key players from last year’s team, including guard Tyrell Jones, 3-point specialist Judah Brown and forward Marshall Kearing.

South Alabama will announce its full non-conference schedule at a later date. Here is the full conference schedule (home games in all caps):

Dec. 30, at Old Dominion

Jan. 4, APPALACHIAN STATE

Jan. 6, GEORGIA STATE

Jan. 11, at James Madison

Jan. 13, at Marshall

Jan. 18, TROY

Jan. 20, LOUISIANA

Jan. 25, at Louisiana-Monroe

Jan. 27, at Troy

Feb. 1, at Texas State

Feb. 3, at Louisiana

Feb. 7, GEORGIA SOUTHERN

Feb. 15, TEXAS STATE

Feb. 17, ARKANSAS STATE

Feb. 22, at Southern Miss

Feb. 24, at Arkansas State

Feb. 28, SOUTHERN MISS

March 1, LOUISIANA-MONROE

March 5-11, Sun Belt Conference tournament (at Pensacola, Fla.)