Teams have always been seeded based on regular season conference records, although some modifications were made when the league was split into divisions during the 2000s.
[3] With some exceptions, the tournament has historically been played at the home gym of one of the conference's members (e.g. Louisiana's Cajundome, North Texas' UNT Coliseum) or at a major arena in a nearby city (e.g.
However, the tournament has been hosted at a neutral arena site each year since 2009 (Hot Springs, Arkansas, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Pensacola, Florida).
Lakefront Arena in New Orleans had previously hosted the event in 2002 when UNO was still a Sun Belt member, but the Privateers have since departed the conference.
Overall, past and present Sun Belt schools have posted 21 wins in the NCAA Tournament during the time they were conference members.