2024 ASUN men's basketball tournament

The 2024 Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament was the 45th year the league has conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held March 4–10 at campus sites of the higher seeds. The winner, Stetson, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Tournament. It was their first ever ASUN championship and NCAA tournament appearance for the Hatters.

2024 ASUN men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2023–24
Teams10
SiteCampus sites
ChampionsStetson (1st title)
Winning coachDonnie Jones (1st title)
TelevisionESPN+, ESPN2
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2023–24 ASUN men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Eastern Kentucky124 .7501714 .548
Stetson115 .6882213 .629
Lipscomb115 .6882012 .625
Austin Peay106 .6251916 .543
North Florida97 .5631616 .500
North Alabama88 .5001517 .469
Florida Gulf Coast88 .5001418 .438
Queens*79 .4381419 .424
Kennesaw State610 .3751516 .484
Jacksonville511 .3131617 .485
Central Arkansas511 .313923 .281
Bellarmine*412 .250823 .258
* ineligible for the 2024 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II
2024 ASUN tournament winner

Seeds

Ten teams contested the bracket. All rounds reseeded instead of a traditional set bracket; to that end, the 9 and 10 seeds play each other in round 1, and the 7 and 8 seeds do as well, rather than the traditional 7/10 and 8/9 matchup.[1]

The two tiebreakers used by the Atlantic Sun are 1) head-to-head records of teams with identical records and 2) NCAA NET rankings available on day following the conclusion of ASUN regular season play.

SeedSchoolConferenceHead-to-HeadNET ranking[2]
1Eastern Kentucky12–4205
2Stetson11–51–0 vs. Lipscomb217
3Lipscomb11–50–1 vs. Stetson159
4Austin Peay10–6219
5North Florida9–7251
6North Alabama8–81–0 vs. Florida Gulf Coast258
7Florida Gulf Coast8–80–1 vs. North Alabama241
8Queens7–9269
9Kennesaw State6–10257
10Jacksonville5–111–0 vs. Central Arkansas284
DNQCentral Arkansas5–110–1 vs. Jacksonville343
DNQBellarmine4–12318

Schedule

GameTime [3]Matchup[4]ScoreTelevision
First round – Monday, March 4 – Campus Sites
17:00 pmNo. 10 Jacksonville vs No. 9 Kennesaw State92–86ESPN+
27:00 pmNo. 8 Queens vs No. 7 Florida Gulf Coast69–63
Quarterfinals – Tuesday, March 5 – Campus Sites
37:00 pmNo. 10 Jacksonville at No. 1 Eastern Kentucky67–65ESPN+
48:00 pmNo. 5 North Florida at No. 4 Austin Peay98–101 OT
57:00 pmNo. 8 Queens at No. 2 Stetson83–91
68:00 pmNo. 6 North Alabama at No. 3 Lipscomb77–75
Semifinals – Thursday, March 7 – Campus Sites
77:00 pmNo. 10 Jacksonville at No. 2 Stetson87–88ESPN+
88:00 pmNo. 6 North Alabama at No. 4 Austin Peay71–77
Championship – Sunday, March 10 – Campus Sites
92:00 pmNo. 4 Austin Peay at No. 2 Stetson91–94ESPN2
Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

First round
Monday, March 4
Quarterfinals
Tuesday, March 5
Semifinals
Thursday, March 7
Championship
Sunday, March 10
1Eastern Kentucky65
9Kennesaw State8610Jacksonville67
10Jacksonville922Stetson88
10Jacksonville87
4Austin Peay101*
5North Florida98
2Stetson94
4Austin Peay91
2Stetson83
7Florida Gulf Coast638Queens71
8Queens694Austin Peay77
6North Alabama71
3Lipscomb75
6North Alabama77


Game summaries

First round

ESPN+
March 4
7:00 p.m.
No. 10 Jacksonville 92, No. 9 Kennesaw State 86
Scoring by half: 35–33, 57–53
Pts: McCray V (31)
Rebs: Workman (15)
Asts: Niblack (4)
Pts: Cottle (29)
Rebs: Robinson (13)
Asts: Burden (9)
Baptist Health Arena
Richmond, KY
Referees: Wil Howard, Kyle Bottoms, Matt Jarman
ESPN+
March 4
7:00 p.m.
No. 8 Queens 69, No. 7 Florida Gulf Coast 63
Scoring by half: 31–27, 38–36
Pts: McKee (23)
Rebs: McLaurin(8)
Asts: McLaurin/Albury/Cash (3)
Pts: Thompson (31)
Rebs: Largie (7)
Asts: Kellman (3)
Edmunds Center
DeLand, FL
Referees: Jon Broska, Ben Stirt, John Atanassov

References