SAN MARCOS, TX — To coincide with the upcoming 2022-23 NCAA Division I basketball season, the Sun Belt Conference has elected to return to in-person media days occurring in New Orleans, the league announced Wednesday morning. 

"We are excited to take the next step forward for Sun Belt basketball by welcoming our 14 men's and women's programs to New Orleans for Sun Belt Basketball Media Days ahead of the 2022-23 season," said Sun Belt Conference Commissioner Keith Gill. "This in-person event will serve as the tip off to our season and will usher in a bright future for the Sun Belt on the hardwood."
 
The event, which will also be broadcasted nationwide on ESPN+, will mark the first in-person media day for Sun Belt basketball since the 2012-13 season, the year prior to Texas State's addition to the league. 
 
The Sun Belt's 14 women's basketball programs, including Texas State, will participate on Tuesday, Oct. 18, while the league's 14 men's basketball programs, also including Texas State, will appear on Wednesday, Oct. 19. Each program will be represented in New Orleans by its head coach and one student-athlete with the full slate of media day attendees and full schedule to be announced at a later date. 
 
The in-person event will open the Sun Belt's basketball season that will conclude with the Sun Belt Conference Basketball Championships at the Pensacola Bay Center in Pensacola, Fla., from Feb. 28 to March 6, 2023. 
 
The Sun Belt Conference is coming off a 2021-22 season that featured six men's basketball programs and two women's basketball programs appearing in the postseason, headlined by Coastal Carolina men's basketball's runner-up finish in The Basketball Classic, formerly the CIT. 
 
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