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Sun Belt and NAIA Buzz

   March 7, 2024
Photo credit: Sun Belt Conference

App State, ULM, Southern Miss, and Louisiana all earned victories on Wednesday at the Pensacola Bay Center to punch their tickets to the quarterfinal round of the 2024 Hercules Tires Sun Belt Women’s Basketball Championship. Today, the men play:

Thursday, March 7
Game 3 – (8) South Alabama vs. (9) Georgia Southern – 11:30 a.m. CT [ESPN+]
Game 4 – (5) Louisiana vs. (13) Coastal Carolina – 2 p.m. CT [ESPN+]
Game 5 – (6) Southern Miss vs. (11) Texas State – 5 p.m. CT [ESPN+]
Game 6 – (7) Georgia State vs. (10) Marshall – 7:30 p.m. CT [ESPN+]

Pensacola Sports CEO Ray Palmers has the details. We also discuss the NAIA Women’s Soccer National Championship coming to Pensacola in December. Listen to the podcast.

I also talked to County Commissioner Steve Barry about the NAIA announcement and how the county’s investment in Ashton Brosnaham Athletic Park has reaped dividends.

Featured Photo by Todd Greene on Unsplash

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