2018 ASUN men's basketball tournament

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]

2018 ASUN men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201718
Teams8
SiteCampus sites
ChampionsLipscomb (1st title)
Winning coachCasey Alexander (1st title)
MVPGarrison Mathews (Lipscomb)
Attendance16,590
TelevisionESPN3, ESPN
2017–18 ASUN men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Florida Gulf Coast122 .8572312  .657
Lipscomb104 .7142310  .697
Jacksonville86 .5711518  .455
NJIT77 .5001416  .467
North Florida77 .5001419  .424
Kennesaw State68 .4291020  .333
Stetson410 .2861220  .375
USC Upstate212 .143725  .219
2018 ASUN Tournament winner

Seeds

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

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

[3]

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

References

  1. "2018 ASUN Tournament general information". ASUN Conference. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  2. Reynolds, Tim (March 4, 2018). "Madness! Lipscomb tops FGCU 108-96, wins NCAA berth". ABC News. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  3. "2018 ASUN Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). ASUN Conference. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
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