2025 ASUN men's basketball tournament

The 2025 ASUN men's basketball tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament was the 46th year the league has conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held March 2–9 at campus sites of the higher seeds. The winner, Lipscomb, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Tournament.

2025 ASUN men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2024–25
Teams	10
Site	Campus sites
Champions	Lipscomb (2nd title)
Winning coach	Lennie Acuff (1st title)
MVP	Joe Anderson (Lipscomb)
Attendance	18,316 (total) 5,139 (final)
Television	ESPN+, ESPN2
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2024–25 ASUN men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Lipscomb †	14	–	4		.778			25	–	10		.714
North Alabama	14	–	4		.778			24	–	11		.686
Florida Gulf Coast	13	–	5		.722			18	–	14		.563
Jacksonville	12	–	6		.667			19	–	13		.594
Eastern Kentucky	12	–	6		.667			18	–	14		.563
Queens*	11	–	7		.611			19	–	14		.576
Austin Peay	8	–	10		.444			14	–	19		.424
North Florida	8	–	10		.444			15	–	17		.469
Stetson	6	–	12		.333			8	–	24		.250
Central Arkansas	4	–	14		.222			9	–	24		.273
West Georgia*	4	–	14		.222			6	–	25		.194
Bellarmine	2	–	16		.111			5	–	26		.161
* ineligible for the 2025 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II
† 2025 ASUN tournament winner As of March 21, 2025

Seeds

Ten teams are contesting the bracket. All rounds reseed 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 more common 7/10 and 8/9 matchups.^[1]

The three tiebreakers used by the ASUN are: 1) head-to-head record of teams with identical record, 2) comparison of tied teams' win-loss percentage vs. the top ranked team (or teams as a group in the event that they are tied), descending to the next highest placed team(s) until an advantage is gained and 3) NCAA NET rankings available on day following the conclusion of ASUN regular season play. If an advantage is gained in a tiebreaker of three or more teams, that team or teams is pulled out, and the remaining tied teams start back at step 1. If more than one team is pulled out, that set of teams would also start back at step 1.^[2]

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker	NET ranking[3]
1	Lipscomb	14–4	1–0 vs. Florida Gulf Coast	87
2	North Alabama	14–4	0–1 vs. Florida Gulf Coast	119
3	Florida Gulf Coast	13–5		168
4	Jacksonville	12–6	2–0 vs. Eastern Kentucky	180
5	Eastern Kentucky	12–6	0–2 vs. Jacksonville	178
6	Queens	11–7		216
7	Austin Peay	8–10	1–0 vs. North Florida	285
8	North Florida	8–10	0–1 vs. Austin Peay	250
9	Stetson	6–12		353
10	Central Arkansas	4–14	2–0 vs. West Georgia	349
DNQ	West Georgia	4–14	0–2 vs. Central Arkansas	347
DNQ	Bellarmine	2–16		354

Schedule

Game	Time	Matchup[4]	Score	Television
First round – Sunday, March 2 – Campus Sites
1	6:00 pm	No. 10 Central Arkansas vs. No. 9 Stetson	77–72	ESPN+
2	6:00 pm	No. 8 North Florida vs. No. 7 Austin Peay	69–90
Quarterfinals – Monday, March 3 – Campus Sites
3	7:00 pm	No. 10 Central Arkansas at No. 1 Lipscomb	66–84	ESPN+
4	6:00 pm	No. 5 Eastern Kentucky at No. 4 Jacksonville	67–78
5	6:00 pm	No. 7 Austin Peay at No. 2 North Alabama	64–90
6	6:00 pm	No. 6 Queens at No. 3 Florida Gulf Coast	71–65
Semifinals – Thursday, March 6 – Campus Sites
7	7:00 pm	No. 6 Queens at No. 1 Lipscomb	75–81OT	ESPN+
8	6:00 pm	No. 4 Jacksonville at No. 2 North Alabama	63–78
Championship – Sunday, March 9 – Campus Site
9	1:00 pm	No. 2 North Alabama at No. 1 Lipscomb	65–76	ESPN2
*Game times in CT (UTC−6 from March 2 through 6 and UTC−5 on March 9). Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

	First round Sunday, March 2					Quarterfinals Monday, March 3					Semifinals Thursday, March 6					Championship Sunday, March 9
						1	Lipscomb	84
	9	Stetson	72			10	Central Arkansas	66
	10	Central Arkansas	77								1	Lipscomb	81OT
											6	Queens University	75
						3	Florida Gulf Coast	65
						6	Queens University	71
																1	Lipscomb	76
																2	North Alabama	65
						2	North Alabama	90
	7	Austin Peay	90			7	Austin Peay	64
	8	North Florida	69								2	North Alabama	78
											4	Jacksonville	63
						4	Jacksonville	78
						5	Eastern Kentucky	67

Game summaries

All times are in CT (UTC−6 from March 2 through 6 and UTC−5 on March 9)

First round

ESPN+

March 2 6:00 p.m.

Box

No. 10 Central Arkansas 77, No. 9 Stetson 72
Scoring by half: 32–37, 45–35
Pts: Turner (37) Rebs: Turner (11) Asts: Tied - Fagbemi, Turner (4)		Pts: Wood (25) Rebs: Thompson (6) Asts: Sagna (6)
Central Arkansas advances to ASUN quarterfinals

Allen Arena Nashville, TN Attendance: 207 Referees: Blake Harris, R.B. Clyburn, Jason Deering

ESPN+

March 2 6:00 p.m.

Box

No. 8 North Florida 69, No. 7 Austin Peay 90
Scoring by half: 45–38, 24–52
Pts: Murphy (16) Rebs: Tied - Harris, Miles (8) Asts: Tied - Berry, Lliteras, Miles, Moss, Murphy, Smith (2)		Pts: Tied - Dawson, Haney, Thomas (20) Rebs: McCubbin (8) Asts: Thomas (6)
Austin Peay advances to ASUN quarterfinals

CB&S Bank Arena Florence, AL Attendance: 147 Referees: Evan Berg, Devyn Page, James Gibson

Quarterfinals

ESPN+

March 3 7:00 p.m.

Box

No. 10 Central Arkansas 66, No. 1 Lipscomb 84
Scoring by half: 24–46, 42–38
Pts: Fagbemi (20) Rebs: Cato (6) Asts: Tied - Fagbemi, Turner (4)		Pts: Anderson (28) Rebs: Pruitt (9) Asts: Williams (5)
Lipscomb advances to ASUN semifinals

Allen Arena Nashville, TN Attendance: 1,694 Referees: Kevin Driver, Kyle Bottoms, Hunter Allen

ESPN+

March 3 6:00 p.m.

Box

No. 5 Eastern Kentucky 67, No. 4 Jacksonville 78
Scoring by half: 41–30, 26–48
Pts: Blanton (27) Rebs: Myrick (10) Asts: Blanton (4)		Pts: McCray V (26) Rebs: McCray V (10) Asts: Tied - McCray V, Spence (5)
Jacksonville advances to ASUN semifinals

Swisher Gymnasium Jacksonville, FL Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Steven Anderson, Jon Broska, Raymond Lightfoot

ESPN+

March 3 6:00 p.m.

Box

No. 7 Austin Peay 64, No. 2 North Alabama 90
Scoring by half: 30–48, 34–42
Pts: Tied - Evans, Thomas (11) Rebs: Tied - Daniel, Haney, McCubbin (5) Asts: Thomas (5)		Pts: Lane (31) Rebs: Williams (14) Asts: Fields (4)
North Alabama advances to ASUN semifinals

CB&S Bank Arena Florence, AL Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Chris Ford, Art Vaulk, Chuck McCoy

ESPN+

March 3 6:00 p.m.

Box

No. 6 Queens 71, No. 3 Florida Gulf Coast 65
Scoring by half: 33–36, 38–29
Pts: Colimerio (21) Rebs: Wilson (8) Asts: Colimerio (6)		Pts: McLean (18) Rebs: Kellman (13) Asts: Tied - Johnson, Reddick (3)
Queens advances to ASUN semifinals

Alico Arena Fort Myers, FL Attendance: 2,423 Referees: N/A

Semifinals

ESPN+

March 6 7:00 p.m.

Box

No. 6 Queens 75, No. 1 Lipscomb 81 (OT)
Scoring by half: 33–34, 34–33 Overtime: 8–14
Pts: Pollard (17) Rebs: Wilson (8) Asts: Tied - Ashby, Cash, Colimerio (3)		Pts: Anderson (25) Rebs: Ognacevic (12) Asts: Anderson (4)
Lipscomb advances to ASUN championship

Allen Arena Nashville, TN Attendance: 1,706 Referees: John Dillon, Michael Wallace, Jason Deering

ESPN+

March 6 6:00 p.m.

Box

No. 4 Jacksonville 63, No. 2 North Alabama 78
Scoring by half: 23–35, 40–43
Pts: McCray V (19) Rebs: McCray V (6) Asts: McCray V (5)		Pts: Lane (19) Rebs: Williams (12) Asts: Lane (6)
North Alabama advances to ASUN championship

CB&S Bank Arena Florence, AL Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Sidney Cohen, Michael Husted, R.B. Clyburn

Championship

ESPN2

March 9 1:00 p.m.

Box

No. 2 North Alabama 65, No. 1 Lipscomb 76
Scoring by half: 29–35, 36–41
Pts: Lane (18) Rebs: Fields (12) Asts: Fields (6)		Pts: Anderson (23) Rebs: Ognacevic (12) Asts: Anderson (4)
Lipscomb wins ASUN championship

Allen Arena Nashville, TN Attendance: 5,139 Referees: Vladimir Voyard-Tadal, Landon Brandes, Josue Nieves

Awards and honors

Source:^[5]

Tournament MVP: Joe Anderson, Lipscomb

ASUN All-Tournament Team

• Joe Anderson, Lipscomb
• Jacob Ognacevic, Lipscomb
• Will Pruitt, Lipscomb
• Taye Fields, North Alabama
• Jacari Lane, North Alabama
• Robert McCray V, Jacksonville
• Kalib Mathews, Queens