Sun Belt Basketball Preview 2023-2024

Sun Belt Basketball Preview 2023-24

Conference Previews

SEC	Big Ten	Big 12
Pac-12	Big East	ACC
MWC	American	WCC
A10	MVC	Others


Player Ratings	Bracketology	Top 180
Mid-Major	Award/Final 4	Transfer Portal
Hot Seat	Coach Rankings	Resources

Our model, ADJeff ratings, are just a rating of the D1 players and their Adjust Efficiency by strength of schedule. There are other factors we consider in the overall team rankings like coaching, continuity, incoming freshmen, JUCO, team build, fit, etc.

		Team ADJeff
1	Arkansas State	2.3
2	USM	1.9
3	James Madison	1.7
4	App State	1.4
5	Coastal Carolina	1.6
6	Troy	1.2
7	Marshall	1.2
8	Old Dominion	1.2
9	Louisiana	1.2
10	South Alabama	1.2
11	Texas St.	1.1
12	Georgia State	1.1
13	Georgia Southern	0.9
14	Louisiana Monroe	0.9

Last Years Net

Southern Miss	87
Marshall	83
Louisiana	89
James Madison	94
Old Dominion	153
Troy	135
South Alabama	106
Georgia Southern	207
Appalachian State	197
ULM	296
Texas State	194
Coastal Carolina	293
Arkansas State	283
Georgia State	291

Arkansas State had an influx of talent that is hard to ignore. It’s probably not a pick many would make but we like what Bryan Hodgson has done in his first off season. Bringing in Freddy Hicks is the best player in the conference by our model. The coaching is the unknown. USM or JMU would probably be safer picks but then again it was only two years ago USM was 342nd in NET.

Top Sun Belt Players By ADJeff

		PER	ADJeff
Freddy Hicks	Arkansas St	21.8	2.9
Andre Curbelo	USM	13.9	2.5
Terrence Edwards	James Madison	23.7	2.4
Kevin Easley	CCU	19.0	2.1
Austin Crowley	USM	19.9	2.1
CJ Huntley	App State	18.2	2.0
Laquill Hardnett	Arkansas St	16.4	2.0
Brayon Freeman	CCU	14.6	1.9
Christyon Eugene	Troy	16.5	1.8
Nate Martin	Marshall	19.1	1.7