2020 ASUN men's basketball tournament

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2020 ASUN men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2019–20
Teams8
SiteCampus sites
Champions Liberty (2nd title)
Winning coach Ritchie McKay (2nd title)
MVP Caleb Homesley (Liberty)
Television ESPN, ESPN+
←  2019
2021  →
2019–20 ASUN men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Liberty†13–3 .81330–4  .882
North Florida 13–3 .81321–12  .636
Lipscomb 9–7 .56316–16  .500
Stetson 9–7 .56316–17  .485
North Alabama*8–8 .50013–17  .433
Florida Gulf Coast 7–9 .43810–22  .313
Jacksonville 7–9 .43814–18  .438
NJIT 6–10 .3759–21  .300
Kennesaw State 0–16 .0001–28  .034
* Ineligible for the 2020 NCAA tournament due to transition period
† 2020 ASUN Tournament winner

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]

Contents

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]

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1 Liberty 13–3NET Ranking: 64
2 North Florida 13–3NET Ranking: 153
3 Lipscomb 9–7NET Ranking: 256
4 Stetson 9–7NET Ranking: 306
5 North Alabama 8–8
6 Florida Gulf Coast 7–92–0 vs. Jacksonville
7 Jacksonville 7–90–2 vs. FGCU
8 NJIT 6–10
DNQ Kennesaw State 0–16

Schedule

GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance
Quarterfinals – Tuesday, March 3
17:00 pmNo. 8 NJIT vs. No. 1 Liberty49–55 ESPN+ 3,042
27:00 pmNo. 5 North Alabama at No. 4 Stetson72–82681
37:00 pmNo. 7 Jacksonville at No. 2 North Florida88–912,797
48:00 pmNo. 6 Florida Gulf Coast at No. 3 Lipscomb63–662,191
Semifinals – Thursday, March 5
57:00 pmNo. 4 Stetson at No. 1 Liberty62–66ESPN+2,966
67:00 pmNo. 3 Lipscomb at No. 2 North Florida73–712,736
Championship – Sunday, March 8
73:00 pmNo. 3 Lipscomb at No. 1 Liberty57–73 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 Liberty55
8 NJIT 49
1 Liberty66
4 Stetson 62
4 Stetson82
5 North Alabama 72
1 Liberty73
3 Lipscomb 57
2 North Florida91
7 Jacksonville 88
2 North Florida 71
3 Lipscomb73
3 Lipscomb68
6 Florida Gulf Coast 63

Game summaries

Quarterfinals

ESPN+
March 3
7:00 PM
#1 Liberty55, #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
#4 Stetson82, #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
#2 North Florida91, #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
#3 Lipscomb68, #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
#1 Liberty66, #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
#2 North Florida 71, #3 Lipscomb73
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
#1 Liberty73, #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

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