2018 ASUN men's basketball tournament
| 2018 ASUN men's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2017–18 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Site | Campus sites |
| Champions | Lipscomb (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Casey Alexander (1st title) |
| MVP | Garrison Mathews (Lipscomb) |
| Attendance | 16,590 |
| Television | ESPN3, ESPN |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida Gulf Coast | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 23 | – | 12 | .657 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lipscomb † | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 23 | – | 10 | .697 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jacksonville | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 15 | – | 18 | .455 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NJIT | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Florida | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 14 | – | 19 | .424 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kennesaw State | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 10 | – | 20 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stetson | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 12 | – | 20 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC Upstate | 2 | – | 12 | .143 | 7 | – | 25 | .219 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2018 ASUN Tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2018 ASUN men's basketball tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the ASUN Conference. The tournament was the 39th year the league has conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 26, March 1, and 4, 2018 at campus sites of the higher seeds.[1] Lipscomb defeated regular season champion Florida Gulf Coast in the tournament championship to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, the school's first trip to the NCAA Tournament.[2]
Seeds
[edit]Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida Gulf Coast | 12–2 | |
| 2 | Lipscomb | 10–4 | |
| 3 | Jacksonville | 8–6 | |
| 4 | NJIT | 7–7 | 1–1 vs. UNF, 0–2 vs. FGCU, 1–1 vs. LU, 1–1 vs. JU |
| 5 | North Florida | 7–7 | 1–1 vs. NJIT, 0–2 vs. FGCU, 1–1 vs. LU, 0–2 vs. JU |
| 6 | Kennesaw State | 6–8 | |
| 7 | Stetson | 4–10 | |
| 8 | USC Upstate | 2–12 |
Schedule
[edit]| Time | Matchup | Score | Television | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinals – Monday, February 26 | |||||
| 7:00 pm | No. 8 USC Upstate at No. 1 Florida Gulf Coast | 76–96 | ESPN3 | 2,832 | |
| 7:30 pm | No. 5 North Florida at No. 4 NJIT | 80–76 | 1,235 | ||
| 7:00 pm | No. 6 Kennesaw State at No. 3 Jacksonville | 68–87 | 725 | ||
| 8:00 pm | No. 7 Stetson at No. 2 Lipscomb | 73–89 | 1,877 | ||
| Semifinals – Thursday, March 1 | |||||
| 7:00 pm | No. 5 North Florida at No. 1 Florida Gulf Coast | 72–95 | ESPN3 | 3,321 | |
| 8:00 pm | No. 3 Jacksonville at No. 2 Lipscomb | 62–77 | 1,967 | ||
| Final – Sunday, March 4 | |||||
| 3:00 pm | No. 2 Lipscomb at No. 1 Florida Gulf Coast | 108–96 | ESPN | 4,633 | |
| *Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. | |||||
Bracket
[edit]| Quarterfinals February 26 ESPN3 | Semifinals March 1 ESPN3 | Championship March 4 ESPN | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Florida Gulf Coast | 96 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | USC Upstate | 76 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Florida Gulf Coast | 95 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | North Florida | 72 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | NJIT | 76 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | North Florida | 80 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Florida Gulf Coast | 96 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Lipscomb | 108 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Lipscomb | 89 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Stetson | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Lipscomb | 77 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Jacksonville | 62 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Jacksonville | 87 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Kennesaw State | 68 | ||||||||||||
See also
[edit]- 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
- ASUN men's basketball tournament
- 2018 ASUN women's basketball tournament
References
[edit]- ^ "2018 ASUN Tournament general information". ASUN Conference. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
- ^ Reynolds, Tim (March 4, 2018). "Madness! Lipscomb tops FGCU 108-96, wins NCAA berth". ABC News. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- ^ "2018 ASUN Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). ASUN Conference. Retrieved April 30, 2022.