ASUN Men's Basketball Tournament
ASUN Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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Conference Basketball Championship | |
Sport | Basketball |
Conference | ASUN Conference (2002–present) Trans America Athletic Conference (1979–2001) |
Number of teams | 8 |
Format | Single-elimination tournament |
Current stadium | campus sites |
Current location | campus sites |
Played | 1979–present |
Last contest | 2021 |
Current champion | Liberty Flames (3) |
Most championships | Belmont Bruins (5) |
TV partner(s) | ESPN |
Official website | ASUN men's basketball |
The ASUN Conference Men's Basketball Tournament (formerly known as the Trans America Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament between 1979 and 2001) is the conference championship tournament in basketball for the ASUN Conference, formerly known as the Trans America Athletic Conference (TAAC) and Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament has been held every year since 1979, except for 1992–93.
It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA men's basketball tournament.
History[]
Trans America Athletic Conference[]
Year | Champion | Score | Runner-up | MVP | Location |
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1979 | Northeast Louisiana | 90–69 | Mercer | Calvin Natt, Northeast Louisiana[1] | Fant–Ewing Coliseum • Monroe, Louisiana |
1980 | Centenary | 79–77 | Northeast Louisiana | , Centenary[1] | |
1981 | Mercer | 72–67 | Houston Baptist | Tony Gattis, Mercer[1] | Hirsch Coliseum • Shreveport, Louisiana |
1982 | Northeast Louisiana | 98–85 | Centenary | Donald Wilson, Northeast Louisiana[1] | Fant–Ewing Coliseum • Monroe, Louisiana |
1983 | Georgia Southern | 68–67 | Arkansas–Little Rock | Jim Lampley, UALR[1] | Barton Coliseum • Little Rock, Arkansas |
1984 | Houston Baptist | 81–76 | Samford | Craig Beard, Samford[1] | Spring Branch Coliseum • Houston, Texas |
1985 | Mercer | 105–96 | Arkansas–Little Rock | Sam Mitchell, Mercer[1] | Hanner Fieldhouse • Statesboro, Georgia |
1986 | Arkansas–Little Rock | 85–63 | Centenary | Michael Clarke, UALR[1] | Barton Coliseum • Little Rock, Arkansas |
1987 | Georgia Southern | 49–46 | Stetson | Jeff Sanders, Georgia Southern[1] | |
1988 | Texas–San Antonio | 76–69 | Georgia Southern | Frank Hampton, UTSA[1] | Ocean Center • Daytona Beach, Florida |
1989 | Arkansas–Little Rock | 100–72 | Centenary | Jeff Cummings, UALR[1] | Barton Coliseum • Little Rock, Arkansas |
1990 | Arkansas–Little Rock | 105–95 | Centenary | Derrick Owens, UALR[1] | |
1991 | Georgia State | 80–60 | Arkansas–Little Rock | Chris Collier, Georgia State[1] | Edmunds Center • DeLand, Florida |
1992 | Georgia Southern | 95–82 | Georgia State | Charlton Young, Georgia Southern[1] | Hanner Fieldhouse • Statesboro, Georgia |
1993 | No tournament | ||||
1994 | Central Florida | 70–67 | Stetson | Victor Saxton, UCF[1] | UCF Arena • Orlando, Florida |
1995 | Florida International | 68–57 | Mercer | James Mazyck, FIU[1] | |
1996 | Central Florida | 86–77 | Mercer | Harry Kennedy, UCF[1] | Edmunds Center • DeLand, Florida |
1997 | College of Charleston | 83–73 | Florida International | Anthony Johnson, C of C[1] | John Kresse Arena • Charleston, South Carolina |
1998 | College of Charleston | 72–63 | Florida International | Sedric Webber, C of C[1] | |
1999 | Samford | 89–61 | Central Florida | Marc Salyers, Samford[1] | Jacksonville Coliseum • Jacksonville, Florida |
2000 | Samford | 81–68 | Central Florida | Marc Salyers, Samford[1] | |
2001 | Georgia State | 79–55 | Troy State | Thomas Terrell, Georgia State[1] | GSU Sports Arena • Atlanta, Georgia |
Atlantic Sun/ASUN Conference[]
Year | Champion | Score | Runner-up | MVP | Location |
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2002 | Florida Atlantic | 76–75 | Georgia State | Thomas Terrell, Georgia State[1] | UCF Arena • Orlando, Florida |
2003 | Troy State | 80–59 | Central Florida | Ben Fletcher, Troy[1] | GSU Sports Arena • Atlanta |
2004 | Central Florida | 60–55 | Troy State | Dexter Lyons, UCF[1] | Curb Event Center • Nashville, Tennessee |
2005 | Central Florida | 63–54 | Gardner–Webb | Gary Johnson, UCF[1] | |
2006 | Belmont | 74–69OT | Lipscomb | Justin Hare, Belmont[1] | Memorial Center • Johnson City, Tennessee |
2007 | Belmont | 94–67 | East Tennessee State | Justin Hare, Belmont[1] | |
2008 | Belmont | 79–61 | Jacksonville | Shane Dansby, Belmont[1] | Allen Arena • Nashville, Tennessee |
2009 | East Tennessee State | 85–68 | Jacksonville | Kevin Tiggs, ETSU[1] | |
2010 | East Tennessee State | 72–66 | Mercer | Micah Williams, ETSU[1] | University Center • Macon, Georgia |
2011 | Belmont | 87–46 | North Florida | Mick Hedgepeth, Belmont[1] | |
2012 | Belmont | 83–69 | Florida Gulf Coast | Kerron Johnson, Belmont[1] | |
2013 | Florida Gulf Coast | 88–75 | Mercer | Brett Comer, FGCU[1] | |
2014 | Mercer | 68–60 | Florida Gulf Coast | Langston Hall, Mercer | Alico Arena • Fort Myers, Florida |
2015 | North Florida | 63–57 | USC Upstate | Demarcus Daniels, North Florida | UNF Arena • Jacksonville, Florida |
2016 | Florida Gulf Coast | 80–78OT | Stetson | Marc-Eddy Norelia, FGCU | Alico Arena • Fort Myers, Florida |
2017 | Florida Gulf Coast | 77–61 | North Florida | Brandon Goodwin, FGCU | |
2018 | Lipscomb | 108–96 | Florida Gulf Coast | Garrison Mathews, Lipscomb | |
2019 | Liberty | 74–68 | Lipscomb | Scottie James, Liberty | Allen Arena • Nashville, Tennessee |
2020 | Liberty | 73–57 | Lipscomb | Caleb Homesley, Liberty | Vines Center • Lynchburg, Virginia |
2021 | Liberty | 79–75 | North Alabama | Darius McGhee, Liberty | UNF Arena • Jacksonville, Florida |
Broadcasters[]
Year | Network | Play-by-play | Analyst |
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2021 | ESPN | Anish Shroff | Jon Sundvold |
2020 | Jon Crispin | ||
2019 | Anish Shroff | Cory Alexander | |
2018 | |||
2017 | ESPN2 | ||
2016 | Tom Hart | ||
2015 | |||
2014 | Jason Benetti | ||
2013[2] | Dereck Whittenburg | ||
2012[3] | Adam Amin | Bob Valvano | |
2011[4] | Mark Jones | ||
2010[5] | Rob Stone | Tim McCormick | |
2009[6] | ESPN | Eric Collins | Bob Valvano |
2008 | |||
2007[7] | ESPN2 | Jon Sciambi | Bucky Waters |
2006 | ESPN | ||
1998 | Dewayne Staats | Len Elmore |
Performance by school[]
School | Championships | Years |
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Belmont[a] | 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012 | |
UCF[a] | 1994, 1996, 2004, 2005 | |
Arkansas-Little Rock[a][b] | 1986, 1989, 1990 | |
Georgia Southern[a] | 1983, 1987, 1992 | |
Florida Gulf Coast | 2013, 2016, 2017 | |
Mercer[a] | 1981, 1985, 2014 | |
Liberty | 2019, 2020, 2021 | |
College of Charleston[a] | 1997, 1998 | |
East Tennessee State[a] | 2009, 2010 | |
Georgia State[a] | 1991, 2001 | |
Northeast Louisiana[a][c] | 1979, 1982 | |
Samford[a] | 1999, 2000 | |
Centenary[a] | 1980 | |
FIU[a] | 1995 | |
Florida Atlantic[a] | 2002 | |
Houston Baptist[a] | 1984 | |
Lipscomb | 2018 | |
North Florida | 2015 | |
Troy[a] | 2003 | |
UTSA[a] | 1988 | |
TOTAL |
Teams in bold are current ASUN members
- Among other current ASUN members:
- Jacksonville, North Alabama, and Stetson have advanced to the tournament final but have yet to win a championship.
- Bellarmine, Jacksonville State, and Kennesaw State have yet to advance to the tournament final. Jacksonville State had been a TAAC/ASUN member from 1995 to 2003 before rejoining in 2021.
- Central Arkansas and Eastern Kentucky joined the ASUN for the first time in 2021.
Footnotes[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p No longer a conference member.
- ^ Branded athletically as Little Rock since the 2015–16 school year.
- ^ Known since 1999 as Louisiana–Monroe (in full, the University of Louisiana at Monroe). For athletic branding purposes, the school uses "Louisiana–Monroe" and "ULM" interchangeably.
See also[]
References[]
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- ^ "Championship Week Presented by DICK'S Sporting Goods Schedule". March 4, 2013.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 1, 2012. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
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