We’re heading into the final day of the 2024-25 Sun Belt Conference men’s basketball regular season, with still plenty to be decided in terms of seeding for the conference tournament.

Tylan Pope scored 23 points, including six points in the second overtime period as Texas State beat James Madison 102-93 in double overtime in the regular season finale on Friday, preventing the Dukes from clinching the Sun Belt Conference title outright and leaving them in a four-way tie with Arkansas State,

Obinna Anochili-Killen has enjoyed a successful five-year career at Marshall. The Herd’s all-time leader in blocked shots picked up a pair of Sun Belt Conference honors Monday, including being named the league’s top defender. Additionally, Anochili-Killen, who starred at Chapmanville High School, was named to the All-Sun Belt second team.

The 2025 championships mark the fifth consecutive year that Pensacola has welcomed the Sun Belt Conference and the championship games.

James Madison, which won all 18 of its conference regular-season games, provided the Player of the Year (Peyton McDaniel), Sixth Woman of the Year (Ro Scott) and Coach of the Year (Sean O’Regan). JMU’s Kseniia Kozlova joined McDaniel on the first team, and the Dukes’ Ashanti Barnes — formerly of Lake Taylor High and ODU — made the third team.