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
Classification	Division I
Season	2017–18
Teams	8
Site	Campus sites
Champions	Lipscomb (1st title)
Winning coach	Casey Alexander (1st title)
MVP	Garrison Mathews (Lipscomb)
Attendance	16,590
Television	ESPN3, ESPN
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2017–18 ASUN men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Florida Gulf Coast	12	–	2		.857			23	–	12		.657
Lipscomb †	10	–	4		.714			23	–	10		.697
Jacksonville	8	–	6		.571			15	–	18		.455
NJIT	7	–	7		.500			14	–	16		.467
North Florida	7	–	7		.500			14	–	19		.424
Kennesaw State	6	–	8		.429			10	–	20		.333
Stetson	4	–	10		.286			12	–	20		.375
USC Upstate	2	–	12		.143			7	–	25		.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.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Florida Gulf Coast	12–2
2	Lipscomb	10–4
3	Jacksonville	8–6
4	NJIT	7–7	1–1 vs. UNF, 0–2 vs. FGCU, 1–1 vs. LU, 1–1 vs. JU
5	North Florida	7–7	1–1 vs. NJIT, 0–2 vs. FGCU, 1–1 vs. LU, 0–2 vs. JU
6	Kennesaw State	6–8
7	Stetson	4–10
8	USC Upstate	2–12

Schedule

Time	Matchup	Score	Television	Attendance
Quarterfinals – Monday, February 26
7:00 pm	No. 8 USC Upstate at No. 1 Florida Gulf Coast	76–96	ESPN3	2,832
7:30 pm	No. 5 North Florida at No. 4 NJIT	80–76		1,235
7:00 pm	No. 6 Kennesaw State at No. 3 Jacksonville	68–87		725
8:00 pm	No. 7 Stetson at No. 2 Lipscomb	73–89		1,877
Semifinals – Thursday, March 1
7:00 pm	No. 5 North Florida at No. 1 Florida Gulf Coast	72–95	ESPN3	3,321
8:00 pm	No. 3 Jacksonville at No. 2 Lipscomb	62–77		1,967
Final – Sunday, March 4
3:00 pm	No. 2 Lipscomb at No. 1 Florida Gulf Coast	108–96	ESPN	4,633
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

^[3]

	Quarterfinals February 26 ESPN3					Semifinals March 1 ESPN3					Championship March 4 ESPN
	1	Florida Gulf Coast	96
	8	USC Upstate	76
						1	Florida Gulf Coast	95
						5	North Florida	72
	4	NJIT	76
	5	North Florida	80
											1	Florida Gulf Coast	96
											2	Lipscomb	108
	2	Lipscomb	89
	7	Stetson	73
						2	Lipscomb	77
						3	Jacksonville	62
	3	Jacksonville	87
	6	Kennesaw State	68

See also

• 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
• ASUN men's basketball tournament
• 2018 ASUN women's basketball tournament

References

1. "2018 ASUN Tournament general information". ASUN Conference. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
2. Reynolds, Tim (March 4, 2018). "Madness! Lipscomb tops FGCU 108-96, wins NCAA berth". ABC News. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
3. "2018 ASUN Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). ASUN Conference. Retrieved April 30, 2022.

External links

• ASUN Men's Basketball Championship Details