2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament

2018 Atlantic Sun 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
2017–18 Atlantic Sun men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Florida Gulf Coast12–2 .857  23–12  .657
Lipscomb †10–4 .714  23–10  .697
Jacksonville8–6 .571  15–18  .455
NJIT7–7 .500  14–16  .467
North Florida7–7 .500  14–19  .424
Kennesaw State6–8 .429  10–20  .333
Stetson4–10 .286  12–20  .375
USC Upstate2–12 .143  7–25  .219
† 2018 ASUN Tournament winner

The 2018 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun 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

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. ↑ "2017 Atlantic Sun Tournament general information". Atlantic Sun 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. ↑ http://static.psbin.com/h/e/f1risl2870devn/2018_MBB_Bracket.pdf
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