2018 ASUN men's basketball tournament

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]

2018 ASUN men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2017–18
Teams8
SiteCampus sites
ChampionsLipscomb (1st title)
Winning coachCasey Alexander (1st title)
MVPGarrison Mathews (Lipscomb)
Attendance16,590
TelevisionESPN3, ESPN
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2017–18 ASUN men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Florida Gulf Coast122 .8572312 .657
Lipscomb104 .7142310 .697
Jacksonville86 .5711518 .455
NJIT77 .5001416 .467
North Florida77 .5001419 .424
Kennesaw State68 .4291020 .333
Stetson410 .2861220 .375
USC Upstate212 .143725 .219
2018 ASUN Tournament winner

Seeds

Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1Florida Gulf Coast12–2
2Lipscomb10–4
3Jacksonville8–6
4NJIT7–71–1 vs. UNF, 0–2 vs. FGCU, 1–1 vs. LU, 1–1 vs. JU
5North Florida7–71–1 vs. NJIT, 0–2 vs. FGCU, 1–1 vs. LU, 0–2 vs. JU
6Kennesaw State6–8
7Stetson4–10
8USC Upstate2–12

Schedule

TimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance
Quarterfinals – Monday, February 26
7:00 pmNo. 8 USC Upstate at No. 1 Florida Gulf Coast76–96ESPN32,832
7:30 pmNo. 5 North Florida at No. 4 NJIT80–761,235
7:00 pmNo. 6 Kennesaw State at No. 3 Jacksonville68–87725
8:00 pmNo. 7 Stetson at No. 2 Lipscomb73–891,877
Semifinals – Thursday, March 1
7:00 pmNo. 5 North Florida at No. 1 Florida Gulf Coast72–95ESPN33,321
8:00 pmNo. 3 Jacksonville at No. 2 Lipscomb62–771,967
Final – Sunday, March 4
3:00 pmNo. 2 Lipscomb at No. 1 Florida Gulf Coast108–96ESPN4,633
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

[3]

Quarterfinals
February 26
ESPN3
Semifinals
March 1
ESPN3
Championship
March 4
ESPN
         
1Florida Gulf Coast96
8USC Upstate76
1Florida Gulf Coast95
5North Florida72
4NJIT76
5North Florida80
1Florida Gulf Coast96
2Lipscomb108
2Lipscomb89
7Stetson73
2Lipscomb77
3Jacksonville62
3Jacksonville87
6Kennesaw State68

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