The stage is set for the 2025 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball tournament, which will take place March 4-10 at the Pensacola Bay Center. All 14 teams from the conference will compete in the single-elimination tournament.

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The Troy Trojans and the Arkansas State Red Wolves play for the Sun Belt Championship. Monday's meeting will be the third of the season between the two teams.

The Monarchs finished Year 1 under coach Mike Jones by playing some of their best basketball over the final week, becoming the lone rabble-rouser in a tournament that has otherwise followed the

Troy split with Arkansas State during the regular season, losing 84-78 at home in January before winning 71-70 in Jonesboro in February. The Trojans and Red Wolves tied for the Sun Belt regular-season title with South Alabama and James Madison, and Cross said he’s counting on another close game Monday night.

Tayton Conerway had 22 points, Jackson Fields scored 21 and Troy rolled to a 79-60 victory over James Madison on Sunday night in a Sun Belt Conference Tournament semifinal.

The top-seeded South Alabama Jaguars (21-10, 13-5 Sun Belt) are squaring off against the No. 4 seed Arkansas State Red Wolves (23-9, 13-5 Sun Belt) in the Sun Belt Tournament on Sunday at