The Sun Belt Conference tournament is back. And so is the format known as “The Gauntlet.” Four teams tied atop the Sun Belt standings this season with matching 13-5 records in conference play — South Alabama,

The Monarchs finished Year 1 under coach Mike Jones by playing some of their best basketball over the final week, becoming the lone rabble-rouser in a tournament that has otherwise followed the

A memorable and in some ways courageous postseason run by the Old Dominion men’s basketball team finally ended late Saturday night as the Monarchs were ousted from the Sun Belt Conference Tournament by Troy.