The 21-year wait is over. App State men’s basketball is headed back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2000.
Dustin Kerns‘ Mountaineers capped an impressive Sun Belt tournament run with an 80-73 win over Georgia State Monday night, hoisting the program’s first Sun Belt trophy at the Pensacola Bay Center.
The No. 4 seed in the Sun Belt East division, App State (17-11) won four games in four days to capture its first league title since a Southern Conference crown in 2000.
“I thought we outplayed [Georgia State]. We deserved to win the tournament,” Kerns said.