1999 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament

1999 TAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1998–99
Teams 8
Site Jacksonville Coliseum
Jacksonville, FL
Champions Samford (1st title)
Winning coach Jimmy Tillette (1st title)
MVP Marc Salyers (Samford)

The 1999 Trans America Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament (now known as the Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament) was held February 25–27 at the Jacksonville Coliseum in Jacksonville, Florida.[1]

Top-seeded Samford defeated Central Florida in the championship game, 89–61, to win their first TAAC/Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament.

The Bulldogs, therefore, received the TAAC's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Tournament, their first Division I tournament appearance.

Format

College of Charleston and Florida International departed the TAAC prior the season while Jacksonville was added; total membership decreased from twelve to eleven.

While the regular season division structure was ended, it was continued that only the top eight teams from the conference standings qualified for the tournament field.

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
Thursday, February 25		 Semifinals
Friday, February 26		 Championship
Saturday, February 27
                           
  1 Samford 67  
8 Campbell 51  
  1 Samford 62  
    4 Centenary (LA) 54  
5 Stetson 54
  4 Centenary (LA) 57  
    1 Samford 89
  2 Central Florida 61
  3 Georgia State 78  
6 Jacksonville 58  
3 Georgia State 60
    2 Central Florida 67  
7 Troy State 55
  2 Central Florida 66  

References

  1. ↑ "1998-99 Atlantic Sun Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
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