Due to the Sun Belt Conferences tournament format , only the top eight basketball teams were eligible to compete , with the top two seeds receiving double byes straight into the tournaments semifinals . After competing for the conference regular season title in the final regular-season game , Georgia State and Georgia Southern received those top seeds , respectively . The Panthers faced Louisiana-Lafayette in their first game , the same team that had eliminated them from the title game of the previous season 's Sun Belt Tournament . The Panthers would end up beating the Ragin ' Cajuns 83 – 79 after allowing them to come back in the final minutes
Sun Belt Tournament
2014 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2014–15 Georgia State Panthers men's basketball team