2020 ASUN men's basketball tournament

The 2020 ASUN men's basketball tournament is the conference postseason tournament for the ASUN Conference. The tournament is the 41st year the league has conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament will be held March 3, 5, and 8, 2020 at campus sites of the higher seeds. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.^[1]

2020 ASUN men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2019–20
Teams	8
Site	Campus sites
Champions	Liberty (2nd title)
Winning coach	Ritchie McKay (2nd title)
MVP	Caleb Homesley (Liberty)
Television	ESPN, ESPN+
ASUN men's basketball tournaments ← 2019 2021 →

2019–20 ASUN men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Liberty†	13	–	3		.813			30	–	4		.882
North Florida	13	–	3		.813			21	–	12		.636
Lipscomb	9	–	7		.563			16	–	16		.500
Stetson	9	–	7		.563			16	–	17		.485
North Alabama*	8	–	8		.500			13	–	17		.433
Florida Gulf Coast	7	–	9		.438			10	–	22		.313
Jacksonville	7	–	9		.438			14	–	18		.438
NJIT	6	–	10		.375			9	–	21		.300
Kennesaw State	0	–	16		.000			1	–	28		.034
* Ineligible for the 2020 NCAA tournament due to transition period
† 2020 ASUN Tournament winner

Seeds

The top eight teams in the conference standings qualify for the tournament. The teams are seeded by record in conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

The two tiebreakers used by the ASUN are: 1) head-to-head record of teams with identical record and 2) NCAA NET Rankings available on day following the conclusion of ASUN regular season play.^[1]

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Liberty	13–3	NET Ranking: 64
2	North Florida	13–3	NET Ranking: 153
3	Lipscomb	9–7	NET Ranking: 256
4	Stetson	9–7	NET Ranking: 306
5	North Alabama	8–8
6	Florida Gulf Coast	7–9	2–0 vs. Jacksonville
7	Jacksonville	7–9	0–2 vs. FGCU
8	NJIT	6–10
DNQ	Kennesaw State	0–16

Schedule

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television	Attendance
Quarterfinals – Tuesday, March 3
1	7:00 pm	No. 8 NJIT vs. No. 1 Liberty	49–55	ESPN+	3,042
2	7:00 pm	No. 5 North Alabama at No. 4 Stetson	72–82		681
3	7:00 pm	No. 7 Jacksonville at No. 2 North Florida	88–91		2,797
4	8:00 pm	No. 6 Florida Gulf Coast at No. 3 Lipscomb	63–66		2,191
Semifinals – Thursday, March 5
5	7:00 pm	No. 4 Stetson at No. 1 Liberty	62–66	ESPN+	2,966
6	7:00 pm	No. 3 Lipscomb at No. 2 North Florida	73–71		2,736
Championship – Sunday, March 8
7	3:00 pm	No. 3 Lipscomb at No. 1 Liberty	57–73	ESPN	7,422
Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 3, 2020 ESPN+					Semifinals Thursday, March 5, 2020 ESPN+					Championship Sunday, March 8, 2020 ESPN
	1	Liberty	55
	8	NJIT	49
						1	Liberty	66
						4	Stetson	62
	4	Stetson	82
	5	North Alabama	72
											1	Liberty	73
											3	Lipscomb	57
	2	North Florida	91
	7	Jacksonville	88
						2	North Florida	71
						3	Lipscomb	73
	3	Lipscomb	68
	6	Florida Gulf Coast	63

Game summaries

Quarterfinals

ESPN+

March 3 7:00 PM

Report

#1 Liberty 55, #8 NJIT 49
Scoring by half: 22-16, 33-33
Pts: Homesley (14) Rebs: James (10) Asts: Cuffee (4)		Pts: Cooks (17) Rebs: Cooks (12) Asts: Tied (3)

Vines Center Lynchburg, VA Attendance: 3,042 Referees: Chris King, Garrick Shannon, Wil Howard

ESPN+

March 3 7:00 PM

Report

#4 Stetson 82, #5 North Alabama 72
Scoring by half: 35-34, 47-38
Pts: Aninye (21) Rebs: Diawara (7) Asts: Tied (3)		Pts: Blackmon (22) Rebs: James (9) Asts: Brim (6)

Edmunds Center DeLand, FL Attendance: 681 Referees: Stephen Divine, Josue Nieves, Keith Patterson

ESPN+

March 3 7:00 PM

Report

#2 North Florida 91, #7 Jacksonville 88
Scoring by half: 47-42, 44-46
Pts: Tied (21) Rebs: Aminu (6) Asts: Gandia-Rosa (8)		Pts: Wood (27) Rebs: Bell (11) Asts: Arnold (4)

UNF Arena Jacksonville, FL Attendance: 2,797 Referees: Jose Carrion, Jon Broska, Art Vaulk

ESPN+

March 3 8:00 PM

Report

#3 Lipscomb 68, #6 Florida Gulf Coast 63
Scoring by half: 32-33, 36-30
Pts: Asadullah (40) Rebs: Asadullah (14) Asts: Asadullah (3)		Pts: Catto (20) Rebs: Largie (7) Asts: Tied (3)

Allen Arena Nashville, TN Attendance: 2,191 Referees: Sidney Cohen, John Hampton, Landon Brandes

Semifinals

ESPN+

March 5 7:00 PM

Report

#1 Liberty 66, #4 Stetson 62
Scoring by half: 22-25, 44-37
Pts: Homesley (26) Rebs: Homesley (8) Asts: Tied (3)		Pts: Jones (15) Rebs: Jones (7) Asts: Jones (3)

Vines Center Lynchburg, VA Attendance: 2,966 Referees: Jose Carrion, Vladimir Voyard-Tadal, Todd Austin

ESPN+

March 5 7:00 PM

Report

#2 North Florida 71, #3 Lipscomb 73
Scoring by half: 33-42, 38-31
Pts: Hendricksen (19) Rebs: Aminu (9) Asts: Gandia-Rosa (5)		Pts: Asadullah (27) Rebs: Asadullah (19) Asts: Asadullah (4)

UNF Arena Jacksonville, FL Attendance: 2,736 Referees: Brian Shey, Chuck Jones, R.B. Clyburn

Championship

ESPN

March 8 3:00 PM

Report

#1 Liberty 73, #3 Lipscomb 57
Scoring by half: 45-26, 28-31
Pts: Tied (16) Rebs: Homesley (9) Asts: Baxter-Bell (4)		Pts: Asadullah (22) Rebs: Asadullah (9) Asts: Tied (3)

Vines Center Lynchburg, VA Attendance: 7,728 Referees: Jason Baker, Bart Lenox, Steven Anderson

References

1. "2020 ASUN Men's Basketball Championship". ASUN Conference. Archived from the original on April 19, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2022.