2018–19 ASUN Conference men's basketball season

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2018–19 ASUN Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams8
Regular season
ChampionsLipscomb & Liberty
Season MVPGarrison Mathews, Lipscomb
Tournament
ChampionsLiberty
  Runners-upLipscomb
Finals MVPScottie James - Liberty
Atlantic Sun men's basketball seasons
2018–19 ASUN men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Liberty † 14 – 2   .875 29 – 7   .806
Lipscomb 14 – 2   .875 29 – 8   .784
North Florida 9 – 7   .563 16 – 17   .485
Florida Gulf Coast 9 – 7   .563 14 – 18   .438
NJIT 8 – 8   .500 22 – 13   .629
North Alabama 7 – 9   .438 10 – 22   .313
Jacksonville 5 – 11   .313 12 – 20   .375
Kennesaw State 3 – 13   .188 6 – 26   .188
Stetson 3 – 13   .188 7 – 24   .226
† 2019 ASUN Tournament winner

The 2018–19 ASUN Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2018, followed by the start of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began in January 2019 and concluded in March 2019. It was the 41st season of ASUN Conference basketball.

Lipscomb and Liberty tied for the regular season championship and were named co-champions. The ASUN Tournament was held March 4–10 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round.

Preseason[]

On October 17, 2018, the conference announced its preseason honors and polls.[1]

Preseason men's basketball coaches poll[]

(First place votes in parenthesis)

  1. Lipscomb (7) 79
  2. FGCU (1) 66
  3. Liberty 63
  4. North Florida (1) 61
  5. Jacksonville 40
  6. NJIT 38
  7. Kennesaw State 26
  8. Stetson 20
  9. North Alabama 12

Preseason men's basketball media poll[]

(First place votes in parenthesis)

  1. Lipscomb (44) 438
  2. FGCU (2) 374
  3. Liberty 338
  4. North Florida (2) 304
  5. Jacksonville (2) 254
  6. NJIT 203
  7. Kennesaw State 147
  8. Stetson 121
  9. North Alabama 71

Honors[]

  • Preseason Player of the Year: Garrison Mathews, Lipscomb
  • Preseason Defensive Player of the Year: Noah Horchler, North Florida
  • Fan-Voted Preseason Player of the Year: Kendall Stafford, North Alabama (640 votes)[2]
  • Fan-Voted Preseason Defensive Player of the Year: Reilly Walsh, NJIT (93 votes)

Conference matrix[]

  Florida Gulf Coast Jacksonville Kennesaw State Liberty Lipscomb NJIT North Alabama North Florida Stetson
vs. Florida Gulf Coast — 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 1-1 0–2 1–1
vs. Jacksonville 2–0 — 0-2 2–0 1–1 2–0 2-0 0–2 2–0
vs. Kennesaw State 2–0 2-0 — 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 2-0 1–1
vs. Liberty 0-2 0–2 0–2 — 1-1 0–2 1-1 0–2 0-2
vs. Lipscomb 1-1 0-2 0-2 1-1 — 0-2 0-2 0-2 0-2
vs. NJIT 1-1 0-2 1–1 2-0 2-0 — 1-1 1–1 0-2
vs. North Alabama 1-1 0-2 0–2 2–0 2-0 1–1 — 2-0 1–1
vs. North Florida 1-1 1-1 1-1 2–0 2-0 1–1 1-1 — 0-2
vs. Stetson 1–1 2-0 1–1 2–0 2-0 2-0 1-1 2-0 —
Total 9-7 5–11 3-13 14–2 14-2 8–8 7-9 9-7 3-13

All-Atlantic Sun awards[]

Atlantic Sun men's basketball weekly awards[]

Week Player of the Week School Newcomer of the Week School
Nov 12 Diandre Wilson NJIT Jamari Blackmon North Alabama
Nov 19 Haanif Cheatham FGCU Haanif Cheatham FGCU
Nov 26 Garrison Mathews
Zach Cooks 		Lipscomb
NJIT 		Darius McGhee Liberty
Dec 3 Garrison Mathews (2) Lipscomb Darius McGhee (2) FGCU
Dec 10 Rob Marberry
Zach Cooks (2) 		Lipscomb
NJIT 		Tyreese Davis Jacksonville
Dec 17 JD Notae Jacksonville Schadrac Casimir FGCU
Dec 23 Garrison Mathews (3) Lipscomb Zach Scott FGCU
Jan 1 Caleb Homesley Liberty Darius McGhee (3) Liberty
Jan 7 Noah Horchler North Florida Darius McGhee (4) Liberty
Jan 14 Garrison Mathews (4)
Scottie James 		Lipscomb
Liberty 		Tyreese Davis (2) Jacksonville
Jan 21 Schadrac Casimir
Christian Agnew 		FGCU
North Alabama 		Schadrac Casimir (2)
Christian Agnew 		FGCU
North Alabama
Jan 28 Garrison Mathews (5)
Abdul Lewis 		Lipscomb
NJIT 		Schadrac Casimir (3) FGCU
Feb 4 Garrison Mathews (6) Lipscomb Ashan Asadullah Lipscomb
Feb 11 Eli Pepper Lipscomb Bobby Parker Kennesaw State
Feb 18 Lovell Cabbil Liberty Marques Sumner Stetson
Feb 25 Wajid Aminu North Florida Zach Scott (2) FGCU
Mar 2 Garrison Mathews (7)
Tyler Hooker 		Lipscomb
Kennesaw State 		Carter Hendricksen North Florida

[3]

Postseason[]

Time Matchup Score Television Attendance
Quarterfinals – Monday, March 4
8:00 pm No. 8 Kennesaw State at No. 1 Lipscomb 71–86 ESPN+ 2,957
7:00 pm No. 5 NJIT at No. 4 Florida Gulf Coast 83–78 2,289
7:00 pm No. 6 North Alabama at No. 3 North Florida 66–76 1,924
7:00 pm No.7 Jacksonville at No. 2 Liberty 58–72 1,738
Semifinals – Thursday, March 7
8:00 pm No. 5 NJIT at No. 1 Lipscomb 55–78 ESPN+ 3,157
7:00 pm No. 3 North Florida at No. 2 Liberty 63–71 2,319
Final – Sunday, March 10
3:00 p.m. No. 2 Liberty at No. 1 Lipscomb 74–68 ESPN 5,607
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Quarterfinals
March 4
ESPN+ 		Semifinals
March 7
ESPN+ 		Championship
March 10
ESPN
         
1 Lipscomb 86
8 Kennesaw State 71
1 Lipscomb 78
5 NJIT 55
4 Florida Gulf Coast 78
5 NJIT 83
1 Lipscomb 68
2 Liberty 74
2 Liberty 72
7 Jacksonville 58
2 Liberty 71
3 North Florida 63
3 North Florida 76
6 North Alabama 66

References[]

  1. ^ "2018-19 ASUN Conference Men’s Basketball Preseason Honors & Polls" ASUNSports.org. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  2. ^ "Kendall Stafford wins preseason ASUN fan vote award" Rocket City Now. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  3. ^ "Mathews, Hooker & Hendricksen take home final @ASUNMBB weekly awards". ASUN Sports. March 2, 2019.
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