2019–20 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season

The 2019–20 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2019, followed by the start of the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play begins in January 2020 and will conclude in March 2020. It is the 42nd season of Atlantic Sun Conference basketball.

2019–20 Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams8
Regular season
Tournament
2019–20 Atlantic Sun men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Liberty133 .813  304  .882
North Florida133 .813  2112  .636
Lipscomb97 .563  1616  .500
Stetson97 .563  1617  .485
North Alabama*88 .500  1317  .433
Florida Gulf Coast79 .438  1022  .313
Jacksonville79 .438  1418  .438
NJIT610 .375  921  .300
Kennesaw State016 .000  128  .034
* ineligible for the 2020 NCAA Tournament due to transition period
2020 ASUN Tournament winner
As of June 27, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll

Preseason

On October 11, 2019, the conference announced its preseason honors and polls.[1]

Preseason men's basketball coaches poll

(First place votes in parenthesis)

  1. Liberty (7) 79
  2. North Florida (2) 74
  3. FGCU 60
  4. NJIT 51
  5. Lipscomb 40
  6. North Alabama 35
  7. Jacksonville 32
  8. Kennesaw State 20
  9. Stetson 14

Preseason men's basketball media poll

(First place votes in parenthesis)

  1. Liberty (44) 429
  2. North Florida (2) 340
  3. FGCU 314
  4. Lipscomb (2) 298
  5. NJIT 240
  6. North Alabama 189
  7. Jacksonville 161
  8. Kennesaw State 99
  9. Stetson 90

Honors

  • Preseason Player of the Year: Caleb Homesley, Liberty
  • Preseason Defensive Player of the Year: Wajid Aminu, North Florida
  • Fan-Voted Preseason Player of the Year: Christiaan Jones, Stetson
  • Fan-Voted Preseason Defensive Player of the Year: Jahlil Rawley, Stetson

Conference matrix

  Florida Gulf Coast Jacksonville Kennesaw State Liberty Lipscomb NJIT North Alabama North Florida Stetson
vs. Florida Gulf Coast 0−10−22−01−11−11−02−01−1
vs. Jacksonville 1−00−22−01−10−21−12−01−0
vs. Kennesaw State 2−02−01−02−01−02−02−02−0
vs. Liberty 0−20−20−10−10−20−21−11−1
vs. Lipscomb 1−11−10−21−01−11−11−11−1
vs. NJIT 1−12−00−12−01−11−01−11−1
vs. North Alabama 0−11−10−22−01−10−12−02−0
vs. North Florida 0−20−20−21−11−11−10−20−1
vs. Stetson 1−10−10−21−11−11−10−21−0
Total 6−86−80−1412−28−75−96−812−39−5

All-Atlantic Sun awards

Atlantic Sun men's basketball weekly awards

Week Player(s) of the Week School Newcomer of the Week School
Nov 11 Ahsan Asadullah Lipscomb Rob Perry Stetson
Nov 18 Zach Cooks & Carter Hendricksen NJIT & North Florida C.J. Brim North Alabama
Nov 25 Scottie James Liberty Kyle Rode Liberty
Dec 2 David Bell Jacksonville KJ Johnson Lipscomb
Dec 9 Carter Hendricksen North Florida Destin Barnes Jacksonville
Dec 16 Tyler Hooker & Myo-Baxter Bell Kennesaw State & Liberty Diante Wood Jacksonville
Dec 23 Scottie James Liberty Mahamadou Diawara Stetson
Dec 30 Souleymane Diakite NJIT KJ Johnson Lipscomb
Jan 6 Caleb Homesley Liberty Sam Gagliardi Florida Gulf Coast
Jan 13 San Antonio Brinson NJIT Mervin James North Alabama
Jan 21 Garrett Sams North Florida Rob Perry Stetson
Jan 27 Ahsan Asadullah Lipscomb Rob Perry Stetson
Feb 3 Garrett Sams North Florida Jalen Warren Florida Gulf Coast
Feb 10 Caleb Homesley Liberty Rob Perry Stetson
Feb 17 Ahsan Asadullah Lipscomb Joel Kabimba Stetson
Feb 24
Mar 2

Conference awards

On March 3, 2020, the Atlantic Sun announced its conference awards.[2]

Award Recipients
Coach of the Year Matthew Driscoll, North Florida &
Ritchie McKay, Liberty
Player of the Year Caleb Homesley, Liberty
Defensive Player of the Year David Bell, Jacksonville
Newcomer of the Year Destin Barnes, Jacksonville
Freshman of the Year Rob Perry, Stetson
First Team Caleb Homesley, Liberty

Scottie James, Liberty
Ahsan Asadullah, Lipscomb
Ivan Gandia-Rosa, North Florida
Garrett Sams, North Florida

Second Team David Bell, Jacksonville

Georgie Pacheco-Ortiz, Liberty
Zach Cooks, NJIT
Carter Hendricksen, North Florida
Rob Perry, Stetson

All-Freshman Team Rob Perry, Stetson

Mahamadou Diawara, Stetson
KJ Johnson, Lipscomb
Mervin James, North Alabama
Mo Arnold, Jacksonville

References

  1. "2019-20 ASUN Conference Men’s Basketball Preseason Honors & Polls" ASUNSports.org. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
  2. "Liberty's Homesley Highlights 2019–20 @ASUN_MBB Postseason Awards" (Press release). ASUN Conference. March 3, 2020. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
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