STATESBORO, Ga. (WHSV) - Ro Scott provided 17 points off the bench, Ashanti Barnes and Peyton McDaniel each had double-doubles, and James Madison stayed perfect in Sun Belt Conference play, defeating Georgia Southern 77-60.

So you can understand why a mid-major conference might want to put a thumb on the scale a little to help its best teams reach the Big Dance. The Sun Belt Conference announced in August it would change the conference tournament format.

One of the greatest seasons in all of sports is almost among us. March Madness always delivers the goods, and the Sun Belt Conference Tournament looks like a perfect appetizer.

(WHSV) - James Madison’s softball team is projected to finish fifth, according to the Sun Belt Preseason Coach’s Poll released Wednesday. The Dukes also received one first place vote. JMU is coming off a 31-22 (12-12 SBC) campaign in 2024, which saw the season end in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament quarterfinals to the No. 1 seeded Louisiana.

Marshall’s Jalen Speer was named Sun Belt Conference men’s basketball player of the week on Tuesday, the conference announced. The graduate guard averaged 20.5 points, four assists and two rebounds per game while shooting 7 of 12 from 3-point range for the week.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Marshall Softball's Brooklyn Ulrich has been named the 2025 Sun Belt Conference Preseason Player of the Year, announced by the league Wednesday.

The truth is UL men’s interim coach Derrick Zimmerman is far too focused on his current issues to comment on an individual game’s important on th Ragin’ Cajuns months from

The Sun Belt Conference announced Friday it fined Marshall $100,000 for opting out of the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl last month even though the Thundering Herd's roster had been depleted to 41 players.

The Sun Belt issued a $100,000 fine to Marshall after the program opted out of last month's Independence Bowl against Army, citing an exodus of players via the transfer portal. "W

Marshall University was hit with a fine by the Sun Belt Conference on Friday for opting out of its bowl game.The conference announced in a news release that it

Brooklyn Ulrich started her college softball career as a pinch-runner. The Marshall University redshirt junior second baseman has come a long way since that freshman season. On Wednesday, Ulrich was named the Sun Belt Conference preseason player of the year.

James Madison had started to get used to dominating in Sun Belt play, but Sunday afternoon at the Atlantic Union Bank Center against Coastal Carolina, the Dukes got to be