The Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament has been played every year since the 1982-83 academic year. The winner of the tournament is guaranteed an automatic berth into the
NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
The NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament is a single-elimination tournament played each spring in the United States, currently featuring 68 Women's sports, women's college basketball teams from the NCAA Division I, Division I level of t ...
.
In 2007, the Sun Belt received an at-large berth, as Louisiana–Lafayette (regular season champ of the West Division) received an invite to the national tournament despite losing in the conference tournament final. The following year, the Sun Belt received an at-large berth again, as Middle Tennessee State received an invite to the national tournament. In 2010, it happened again, as Little Rock received an at-large bid, having entered the conference tourney as a #1 seed, before losing to Middle Tennessee in double overtime.
The current tournament format, featuring all conference members, has been in place since the 2020–21 season. The tournament is being held in
Pensacola, Florida
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through at least the 2024–25 season. First- and second-round games are played simultaneously at Hartsell Arena on the campus of
Pensacola State College
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The main campus, located in Pensacola, was opened in 1948 and was the first institute of hig ...
and the
Pensacola Bay Center
Pensacola Bay Center (formerly Pensacola Civic Center) is an indoor arena located in Pensacola, Florida. It is owned by Escambia County and operated by ASM Global. The Bay Center has a capacity of 8,049 for hockey games, and as much as 10,000 ...
, with semifinals and finals at the Bay Center.
Champions by year
Performance by school
* Current conference members as of the 2022–23 season are indicated in bold.
See also
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Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament
The Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament has been played every year since the formation of the Sun Belt Conference for the 1976–77 academic year.
The winner of the tournament is guaranteed an automatic berth into the NCAA Division I ...
References
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