2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament

2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2015–16
Teams 8
Site campus sites
Champions Florida Gulf Coast (2nd title)
Winning coach Joe Dooley (1st title)
MVP Marc-Eddy Norelia (Florida Gulf Coast)
Attendance 19,278
Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2015  2017»
2015–16 Atlantic Sun men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
North Florida 10 – 4   .714     22 – 12   .647
NJIT 8 – 6   .571     20 – 15   .571
Jacksonville 8 – 6   .571     16 – 16   .500
Florida Gulf Coast † 8 – 6   .571     21 – 14   .600
Kennesaw State 7 – 7   .500     11 – 20   .355
Lipscomb 7 – 7   .500     12 – 21   .364
Stetson* 4 – 10   .286     12 – 22   .353
USC Upstate 4 – 10   .286     10 – 22   .313
*ineligible for the 2016 NCAA Tournament due to APR violations
† 2016 Atlantic Sun Tournament winner

The 2016 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament marked the 37th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held March 1–6, 2016[1] at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round. Florida Gulf Coast won their second Atlantic Sun Tournament title and a berth in the 2016 NCAA Tournament.

Seeds

All 8 teams in the conference participated in the Tournament.

Stetson was ineligible to participate in the NCAA Tournament due to APR violations, but was allowed to participate in the Atlantic Sun Tournament. Had Stetson won the tournament, North Florida would have gone to the NCAA Tournament because of its regular season Atlantic Sun Conference title.

Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

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

Schedule

Time Matchup Final score Television Attendance
Quarterfinals – Tuesday, March 1
7:30 pm #8 USC Upstate at #1 North Florida 69–92 WatchESPN 3,317
7:05 pm #5 Kennesaw State at #4 Florida Gulf Coast 64–74 2,752
7:00 pm #6 Lipscomb at #3 Jacksonville 92–89OT 747
7:30 pm #7 Stetson at #2 NJIT 82–67 1,022
Semifinals – Thursday, March 3
7:00 pm #7 Stetson at #6 Lipscomb 96–75 WatchESPN 2,465
7:30 pm #4 Florida Gulf Coast at #1 North Florida 89–56 4,305
Final – Sunday, March 6
7:00 pm #7 Stetson at #4 Florida Gulf Coast 78–80OT ESPN2 4,670
*Game times in ET.
#-Tournament seed

Bracket

[2]

Quarterfinals
March 1
WatchESPN 		Semifinals
March 3
WatchESPN 		Championship
March 6
ESPN2
         
1 North Florida 92
8 USC Upstate 69
1 North Florida 56
4 Florida Gulf Coast 89
4 Florida Gulf Coast 74
5 Kennesaw State 64
4 Florida Gulf Coast 80*
7 Stetson 78
3 Jacksonville 89
6 Lipscomb 92*
6 Lipscomb 75
7 Stetson 96
2 NJIT 67
7 Stetson 82

* denotes overtime period

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2016 Atlantic Sun Tournament general information". Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "2016 Atlantic Sun Tournament Bracket" (PDF). Atlantic Sun. Retrieved 3 December 2015.

External links

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