Sun Belt Men’s Basketball’s Georgia Southern at South Alabama January 10 Matchup Elevated to ESPNU Broadcast

NEW ORLEANS – The Sun Belt Conference, at the side of ESPN, introduced that the Saturday, January 10 males’s basketball matchup between Georgia Southern and South Alabama will probably be broadcast on ESPNU with a 2 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. CT tipoff on the Mitchell Center in Mobile, Ala.

The contest is the primary of 4 wildcard appearances for the Sun Belt on the ESPN Family of Networks through the 2026 league season. The remaining wildcard appearances will happen on February 7, February 14 and February 28 with matchups to be decided.

The recreation will mark the one common season matchup and thirty first all-time assembly between Georgia Southern (10-5) and South Alabama (10-4), because the Jaguars lead the all-time sequence, 18-12. The groups final met in Mobile on Feb. 7, 2024 because the Jags outlasted the Eagles, 78-65.

 

Led by eighth-year head coach Richie Riley, South Alabama was one in every of 4 2024-25 Sun Belt common season co-champions and earned the highest seed in final 12 months’s convention match. The Jaguars had been picked third within the Sun Belt’s 2025-26 preseason ballot regardless of receiving probably the most first-place votes with 4.

 

Under third-year head coach Charlie Henry, Georgia Southern presently leads the Sun Belt in 3-pointers made per recreation (9.9), turnover margin (+4.5) and free throw makes an attempt per recreation (25.3) whereas rating second in factors per recreation (84.0).

 

Both groups possess 4 scorers averaging a minimum of 11 factors per recreation, as reigning Sun Belt Player of the Week and senior guard Chaze Harris leads South Alabama at 16.9 per contest. For Georgia Southern, two-time Sun Belt Player of the Week and senior guard Spudd Webb leads the Eagles with 16.4 factors per contest.

As a part of the Sun Belt’s complete media rights partnership with ESPN, which runs via the 2030-31 educational 12 months, the Worldwide Leader in Sports may also broadcast the championship video games of the 2026 Visit Pensacola Sun Belt Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships introduced by Air Force Reserve on Monday, March 9. The males’s basketball championship recreation will air at 7 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. CT on ESPN or ESPN2 on the Pensacola Bay Center in Pensacola, Fla.

Ticket packages at the moment are on sale for the 2026 Sun Belt Men’s & Women’s Basketball Championships. Click here for more information and to purchase your tickets today. 

 

2025-26 Sun Belt Men’s Basketball ESPN2/ESPNU Wildcard Schedule

Saturday, January 10 – Georgia Southern at South Alabama – 2 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. CT [ESPNU]

Saturday, February 7 – Wildcard – 6 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. CT [ESPN2]

Saturday, February 14 – Wildcard – 8:30 p.m. ET / 7:30 p.m. CT [ESPNU]

Friday, February 27 – Wildcard – 9 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. CT [ESPN2]