2018 ASUN men's basketball tournament | |
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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 |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida Gulf Coast | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 23 | – | 12 | .657 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lipscomb † | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 23 | – | 10 | .697 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jacksonville | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 15 | – | 18 | .455 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NJIT | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Florida | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 14 | – | 19 | .424 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kennesaw State | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 10 | – | 20 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stetson | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 12 | – | 20 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
USC Upstate | 2 | – | 12 | .143 | 7 | – | 25 | .219 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2018 ASUN Tournament winner |
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]
Seeds
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker |
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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 | |
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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
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
- 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
- ASUN men's basketball tournament
- 2018 ASUN women's basketball tournament
References
- ^ "2018 ASUN Tournament general information". ASUN Conference. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
- ^ Reynolds, Tim (March 4, 2018). "Madness! Lipscomb tops FGCU 108-96, wins NCAA berth". ABC News. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- ^ "2018 ASUN Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). ASUN Conference. Retrieved April 30, 2022.