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The South Alabama Jaguars men's basketball program has competed in the Sun Belt Conference since 1978 when the league was formed. Since 1968, the Jaguars have compiled an overall record of 694–507 (.580). South Alabama has won the Sun Belt Conference championship five times and reached the NCAA tournament eight times.
South Alabama has won the most championships, at 13. The Sun Belt also has imposed several seasons under divisional structure (1981-1994; 2016-2021). In 2022, the structure reverted back to standard structure (1978-1980; 1995-2015; 2022-present).
The Sun Belt has a storied basketball history, sending multiple teams into the NCAA tournament in the 1980s and 1990s (most recently 1994), and then again in 2008 when both regular season champion South Alabama, and tournament winner Western Kentucky received bids, and in 2013 with Western Kentucky and Middle Tennessee.
They lost to the 3rd-seeded Florida Gators, 76–50, who went on to win the 2006 NCAA men's basketball tournament. The 2005-2006 basketball season marked the best turnaround in the nation for a Division I basketball program. South Alabama was 10–18 in 2004-05 and went 24–7 in 2005–2006.
Men's basketball. All 16 SEC members play men's basketball. Although this article lists both regular-season and tournament champions, the SEC has awarded its official men's basketball championship based solely on regular-season record since the 1950–51 season, whether or not the tournament existed at a given time.
Alabama was retroactively recognized as the pre-NCAA tournament national champion for the 1929–30 season by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll. The team has appeared in the NCAA tournament 24 times, most recently in 2024, and has made ten Sweet Sixteens, two Elite Eights, and one Final Four in the tournament. Alabama's current head coach is Nate Oats.
No Tournament – LSU 1953 Final Four: 1954 Kentucky LSU: No Tournament – 1955 Kentucky: No Tournament – 1956 Alabama: No Tournament – 1957 Kentucky: No Tournament – 1958 Kentucky: No Tournament – Kentucky 1958 NCAA Champions: 1959 Mississippi State: No Tournament – 1960 Auburn: No Tournament – 1961 Mississippi State: No ...
Current champion. Samford. Most championships. tied Chattanooga, Davidson (12) TV partner (s) SportSouth, ESPN2. Official website. SoConSports.com Men's Basketball. This is a list of regular season and tournament champions in men's basketball of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Southern Conference .