The ten-team single-elimination tournament consisted of four rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play.
Ten of the fourteen Sun Belt Conference teams from the regular season qualified for the 2023 Tournament.
A tiebreaker was required to determine the fifth and sixth seeds as James Madison and Louisiana–Monroe both finished with identical 4–1–5 regular season conference records.
[6] A tiebreaker was required to determine the ninth and tenth seeds as Louisiana and Southern Miss both finished with twelve conference points.
Louisiana defeated Southern Miss 2–1 in their regular season meeting and was therefore awarded the ninth seed.