Sun Belt and NAIA Buzz

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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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Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”