2017 ASUN men's basketball tournament

The 2017 ASUN men's basketball tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the ASUN Conference. The tournament marked the 38th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 27, March 2 and 5, 2017[1] at campus sites as top seeds host each round. Florida Gulf Coast defeated North Florida, 77–61, in the championship game to receive the conference's automatic trip to the NCAA tournament.

2017 ASUN men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2016–17
Teams8
Sitecampus sites
ChampionsFlorida Gulf Coast (3rd title)
Winning coachJoe Dooley (2nd title)
MVPBrandon Goodwin (Florida Gulf Coast)
TelevisionESPN
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2016–17 ASUN men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Florida Gulf Coast 12 2   .857 26 8   .765
Lipscomb 11 3   .786 20 13   .606
North Florida 8 6   .571 15 19   .441
USC Upstate 7 7   .500 17 16   .515
Kennesaw State 7 7   .500 14 18   .438
Jacksonville 5 9   .357 17 16   .515
NJIT 3 11   .214 11 20   .355
Stetson 3 11   .214 11 21   .344
2017 ASUN Tournament winner

Seeds edit

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 11–3
3 North Florida 8–6
4 USC Upstate 7–7 1–1 vs. KSU, 1–1 vs. FGCU
5 Kennesaw State 7–7 1–1 vs. USC Upstate, 0–2 vs. FGCU
6 Jacksonville 5–9
7 NJIT 3–11 1–1 vs. Stetson, identical records against all other teams, higher non-conference RPI
8 Stetson 3–11 1–1 vs. NJIT, identical records against all other teams, lower non-conference RPI

Schedule edit

Time Matchup Score Television Attendance
Quarterfinals – Monday, February 27
7:00 p.m. No. 8 Stetson at No. 1 Florida Gulf Coast 57–87 ESPN3 3,744
7:00 p.m. No. 5 Kennesaw State at No. 4 USC Upstate 80–78 735
7:00 p.m. No. 6 Jacksonville at No. 3 North Florida 74–77 2,938
8:00 p.m. No. 7 NJIT at No. 2 Lipscomb 66–97 2,456
Semifinals – Thursday, March 2
7:00 p.m. No. 5 Kennesaw State at No. 1 Florida Gulf Coast 62–74 ESPN3 4,333
8:00 p.m. No. 3 North Florida at No. 2 Lipscomb 91–85 3,011
Final – Sunday, March 5
3:00 p.m. No. 3 North Florida at No. 1 Florida Gulf Coast 61–77 ESPN 4,711
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket edit

[2]

Quarterfinals
February 27
ESPN3
Semifinals
March 2
ESPN3
Championship
March 5
ESPN
         
1 Florida Gulf Coast 87
8 Stetson 57
1 Florida Gulf Coast 74
5 Kennesaw State 62
4 USC Upstate 78
5 Kennesaw State 80
1 Florida Gulf Coast 77
3 North Florida 61
2 Lipscomb 97
7 NJIT 66
2 Lipscomb 85
3 North Florida 91
3 North Florida 77
6 Jacksonville 74

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2017 ASUN Tournament general information". ASUN Conference. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  2. ^ "2017 ASUN Tournament Bracket" (PDF). ASUN Conference. Retrieved November 3, 2016.

External links edit