2016 ASUN women's basketball tournament

The 2016 ASUN women's basketball tournament was the 30th edition of the ASUN Conference championship. It took place March 4, 2016, through March 13, 2016, in several arenas. All games took place at the higher of the two teams competing with the addition of NJIT. The winner received an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament.

2016 ASUN women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201516
Teams8
Sitecampus sites
ChampionsJacksonville (1st title)
Winning coachYolett McPhee-McCuin (1st title)
MVPBrandi Buie (Jacksonville)
TelevisionESPN3
2015–16 Atlantic Sun women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Florida Gulf Coast140 1.000335  .868
Jacksonville113 .7862211  .667
USC Upstate104 .7142212  .647
Stetson95 .6432012  .625
Kennesaw State68 .4291119  .367
North Florida311 .214723  .233
Lipscomb212 .143525  .167
NJIT113 .071426  .133
2016 Atlantic Sun Tournament winner
As of April 2, 2016
Rankings from AP poll

Format

The A-Sun Championship is a six-day single-elimination tournament. Eight teams will compete in the championship.[1]

Seeds

Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker
1 Florida Gulf Coast 14–0 26–4
2 Jacksonville 11–3 19–10
3 USC Upstate 10–4 19–10
4 Stetson 9–5 18–10
5 Kennesaw State 6–8 11–18
6 North Florida 3–11 7–22
7 Lipscomb 2–12 5–24
8 NJIT 1–13 4–25
Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 4
1 7:00 PM #8 NJIT at #1 Florida Gulf Coast ESPN3 1,284
2 7:00 PM #5 Kennesaw State at #4 Stetson 415
3 7:00 PM #6 North Florida at #3 USC Upstate 217
4 7:00 PM #7 Lipscomb at #2 Jacksonville 263
Semifinals – Wednesday, March 9
5 7:00 PM #4 Stetson at #1 Florida Gulf Coast ESPN3 1,505
6 7:00 PM #3 USC Upstate at #2 Jacksonville 432
Championship – Sunday, March 13
7 2:00 PM #2 Jacksonville at #1 Florida Gulf Coast ESPN3 2,133
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
March 4
ESPN3
Semifinals
March 9
ESPN3
Championship
March 13
ESPN3
         
1 Florida Gulf Coast 60
8 NJIT 31
1 Florida Gulf Coast 61
4 Stetson 46
4 Stetson 74
5 Kennesaw State 56
1 Florida Gulf Coast 54
2 Jacksonville 56
2 Jacksonville 80
7 Lipscomb 51
2 Jacksonville 67
3 USC Upstate 56
3 USC Upstate 76
6 North Florida 50

See also

References

  1. "Championship Format". Atlantic Sun. Presto Sports. Archived from the original on February 2, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
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