Troy beat Arkansas State on Monday night to clinch a spot in the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2017.

For the second consecutive season, the Arkansas State men’s basketball team’s dream of making the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1999 fell one game short with a loss in the championship game of the Sun Belt Tournament.

SportsLine's model revealed its college basketball predictions for the Troy Trojans vs. Arkansas State Red Wolves on Monday in the Sun Belt Tournament championship game

Win or lose, it was already a day of historic hoops for Red Wolves fans. Arkansas State University’s men’s and women’s basketball teams had never competed for a conference title on the same day. Arkansas State women’s basketball clinches Sun Belt title,

The Red Wolves earned their first NCAA Tournament berth. The Dukes are on the bubble at 28-5 after seeing their 20-game winning streak end.

Arkansas State men’s basketball led by 8 in the 2nd half, but Troy used a 15-4 run en route to a 94-81 victory in the Sun Belt Championship Game. A-State falls in the final in Pensacola for the 2nd straight season.

The Arkansas State men’s basketball team lost to the Troy Trojans in the finals of the Sun Belt Conference tournament Monday.

Our Arkansas State vs Troy predictions for the Sun Belt Tournament final has the Red Wolves pulling away with a hard-fought win.

Arkansas State defeats James Madison for the Sun Belt Championship and earns an NCAA tournament bid.

It’s like muscle memory,” SBC Commissioner Keith Gill said about being in Pensacola. “What can we add and how can we enhance the championship?”