PENSACOLA, Fla. – The Louisiana men's basketball team punched its ticket to the NCAA Tournament with a thrilling 71-66 win over South Alabama in the Sun Belt Tournament championship game Monday at the Pensacola Bay Center.

The Ragin' Cajuns will make their seventh appearance all-time in the NCAA Tournament and first since 2014. The win marked the fifth time Louisiana has won the Sun Belt Conference Tournament and second under head coach Bob Marlin