2024 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament

The 2024 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament was held at Riverwalk Stadium in Montgomery, Alabama from May 21 to May 26.^[2] The tournament used a double-elimination format as in past years. The winner of the tournament, Southern Miss, earned the Sun Belt Conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. This was the second straight tournament title for Southern Miss, a team who has only been in the conference for two years.^[3]

2024 Sun Belt Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	10
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Riverwalk Stadium Montgomery, Alabama
Champions	Southern Miss (2nd title)
Winning coach	Christian Ostrander (1st title)
MVP	Colby Allen (Southern Miss)
Television	ESPN+
← 2023 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament 2025 →

2024 Sun Belt Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 22 Louisiana ‍†‍‍y	23	–	7	–	0		.767			40	–	18	–	0		.690
No. 23 Southern Miss ‍‍‡‍y	20	–	10	–	0		.667			40	–	18	–	0		.690
Troy  ‍‍‍	18	–	12	–	0		.600			37	–	22	–	0		.627
James Madison ‍‍‍y	17	–	13	–	0		.567			34	–	23	–	0		.596
Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍	17	–	13	–	0		.567			33	–	25	–	0		.569
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍	16	–	13	–	1		.550			33	–	21	–	1		.609
Coastal Carolina ‍‍‍y	16	–	14	–	0		.533			34	–	23	–	0		.596
Old Dominion  ‍‍‍	15	–	15	–	0		.500			31	–	26	–	0		.544
South Alabama  ‍‍‍	14	–	16	–	0		.467			31	–	24	–	0		.564
Texas State  ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0		.433			27	–	29	–	0		.482
Georgia State  ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0		.433			25	–	32	–	0		.439
Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0		.367			25	–	30	–	0		.455
Marshall  ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0		.300			18	–	37	–	0		.327
Arkansas State  ‍‍‍	7	–	22	–	1		.250			21	–	32	–	1		.398
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 26, 2024[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

Seeding

Since 2017, the top ten teams (based on conference results) from the conference earn are invited to the tournament. The teams will be seeded based on conference winning percentage, with the bottom four seeds competing in a play-in round. The remaining eight teams will then play a two bracket, double-elimination tournament. The winner of each bracket will play a championship final.^[4]

Results

Play-in round

Tuesday, May 21

Team	R
#10 Georgia State	1
#7 Coastal Carolina	5
Notes: Georgia State eliminated

Tuesday, May 21

Team	R
#9 South Alabama	2
#8 Old Dominion	3
Notes: South Alabama eliminated

Double-elimination round

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	8	Old Dominion	7
	1	Louisiana	3
						8	Old Dominion	6
						5	Georgia Southern	8
	5	Georgia Southern	12
	4	James Madison	4
											5	Georgia Southern	7	–
											4	James Madison	1	–
	4	James Madison	10
	1	Louisiana	9
						8	Old Dominion	5
						4	James Madison	15(8)
																	5	Georgia Southern	11
																	2	Southern Miss	14
	6	App State	5
	3	Troy	6
						3	Troy	5
						2	Southern Miss	6
	7	Coastal Carolina	0
	2	Southern Miss	5
											6	App State	5	–
											2	Southern Miss	7	–
	7	Coastal Carolina	3
	6	App State	6
						6	App State	10
						3	Troy	6

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Score	Notes	Reference
Tuesday, May 21
1	3:00pm	No. 7 Coastal Carolina vs No. 10 Georgia State	5−1	Georgia State eliminated	[5]
2	6:30pm	No. 8 Old Dominion vs No. 9 South Alabama	3−2	South Alabama eliminated	[5]
Wednesday, May 22
3	9:00am	No. 3 Troy vs No. 8 App State	6−5		[6]
4	12:30pm	No. 2 Southern Miss vs No. 7 Coastal Carolina	5−0		[7]
5	4:00pm	No. 8 Old Dominion vs No. 1 Louisiana	7−3		[8]
6	7:30pm	No. 5 Georgia Southern vs No. 4 James Madison	12−4		[9]
Thursday, May 23
7	9:00am	No. 6 App State vs No. 7 Coastal Carolina	6−3	Coastal Carolina eliminated	[10]
8	12:30pm	No. 4 James Madison vs No. 1 Louisiana	10−9	Louisiana eliminated	[11]
9	4:00pm	No. 2 Southern Miss vs No. 3 Troy	6−5		[12]
10	7:30pm	No. 8 Old Dominion vs No. 5 Georgia Southern	8−6		[13]
Friday, May 24
11	3:00pm	No. 3 Troy vs No. 6 App State	6−10	Troy eliminated	[14]
12	6:30pm	No. 4 James Madison vs No. 8 Old Dominion	15−5 (8)	Old Dominion eliminated	[15]
Saturday, May 25
13	9:00am	No. 2 Southern Miss vs No. 6 App State	7−5	App State eliminated	[16]
14	12:30pm	No. 4 James Madison vs No. 5 Georgia Southern	1−7	James Madison eliminated	[17]
15	4:00pm	Game 13 rematch (not necessary)
16	7:30pm	Game 14 rematch (not necessary)
Sunday, May 26
17	1:00pm	No. 2 Southern Miss vs No. 5 Georgia Southern	14−11	Southern Miss wins championship	[18]
*Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

All–Tournament Team

Source:^[19]

Player	Team
Colby Allen (MVP)	Southern Miss
Billy Oldham	Southern Miss
Nick Monistere	Southern Miss
Mitchell Gross	Georgia Southern
Sam Blancato	Georgia Southern
Jarrett Brown	Georgia Southern
T.J. McKenzie	Georgia Southern
Mike Mancini	James Madison
Brendan O'Donnell	James Madison
Banks Tolley	App State
C.J. Boyd	App State
Maverick Stallings	Old Dominion
Jacob Gomez	Old Dominion