The ASUN women's basketball tournament is a postseason tournament that determines which team receives the ASUN Conference's automatic bid into the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.
The tournament was first held in 1986 by the New South Women's Athletic Conference, a women-only Division I conference. Following the 1990–91 basketball season, the NSWAC was absorbed by the Trans America Athletic Conference, with the TAAC incorporating all NSWAC statistics and records as its own. The conference changed its name to Atlantic Sun Conference in 2002, and rebranded itself as the ASUN Conference in 2016.
History For most of its history, the tournament was held at predetermined campus sites, a tradition which started with the inception of the women's tournament. From 2004–07, the tournament was played regularly at the Dothan Civic Center in Dothan, Alabama, though then-conference member Troy was the official host in 2004–05, and the city of Dothan was the host in 2006–07, after Troy had departed for the Sun Belt Conference. Starting in 2008, the tournament moved yet again, this time to Nashville, Tennessee, hosted by Lipscomb. In 2010, the tourney was moved to Macon, Georgia and was hosted by Mercer University through 2013. It then moved to Alico Arena on the campus of Florida Gulf Coast University near Fort Myers, Florida for two seasons. The 2016 tournament began a new era for the event, with all games being held at campus sites. Since then, all games have been hosted by the higher seed of the teams involved, except for the 2021 edition. With the 2020–21 season dramatically affected by COVID-19, the ASUN chose to move its entire tournament to the campus of Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia.
Results Year Champion Score Runner-up LocationNew South Women's Athletic Conference1986 Florida A&M (1) 68–54 Georgia Southern Gaither Gym, Tallahassee, Florida1987 Georgia Southern (1) 74–69 Florida A&M Hanner Fieldhouse, Statesboro, Georgia1988 Georgia Southern (2) 73–66 Florida A&M Edmunds Center, DeLand, Florida1989 Stetson (1) 72–65 Georgia Southern GSU Sports Arena, Atlanta, Georgia 1990 Georgia Southern (3) 71–70 FIU Golden Panther Arena, Miami, Florida1991 Miami (FL) (1) 73–44 Florida A&M Gaither Gym, Tallahassee, FloridaTrans America Athletic Conference1992 FIU (1) 88–78 Georgia Southern Hanner Fieldhouse, Statesboro, Georgia1993 FIU (2) 77–52 Mercer Golden Panther Arena, Miami, Florida1994 FIU (3) 89–67 Southeastern Louisiana University Center, Hammond, Louisiana 1995 FIU (4) 76–74 Southeastern Louisiana John Kresse Arena, Charleston, South Carolina1996 Central Florida (1) 81–57 Florida Atlantic University Center, Hammond, Louisiana1997 FIU (5) 91–71 Jacksonville State Edmunds Center, DeLand, Florida1998 FIU (6) 86–50 Georgia State Golden Panther Arena, Miami, Florida1999 Central Florida (2) 80–59 Jacksonville State GSU Sports Arena, Atlanta, Georgia2000 Campbell (1) 66–49 Georgia State Pelham Civic Center, Pelham, Alabama2001 Georgia State (1) 64–62 Campbell UCF Arena, Orlando, FloridaAtlantic Sun Conference2002 Georgia State (2) 64–63 Florida Atlantic Trojan Arena, Troy, AL2003 Georgia State (3) 80–63 Central Florida UCF Arena, Orlando, Florida2004 Lipscomb (1) 64–62 Central Florida Dothan Civic Center, Dothan, Alabama 2005 Stetson (2) 88–62 Georgia State 2006 Florida Atlantic (1) 88–62 Gardner–Webb2007 Belmont (1) 69–57 East Tennessee State2008 East Tennessee State (1) 72–72 Jacksonville Allen Arena, Nashville, Tennessee2009 East Tennessee State (2) 58–52 Jacksonville2010 East Tennessee State (3) 63–62 North Florida University Center, Macon, Georgia2011 Stetson (3) 69–50 Jacksonville2012 Florida Gulf Coast (1) 67–39 Stetson2013 Stetson (4) 70–64 Stetson2014 Florida Gulf Coast (2) 72–70 Stetson Alico Arena, Fort Myers, Florida2015 Florida Gulf Coast (3) 60–43 Northern Kentucky2016 Jacksonville (1) 56–54 Florida Gulf CoastASUN Conference2017 Florida Gulf Coast (4) 77–70 Stetson Edmunds Center, DeLand, Florida2018 Florida Gulf Coast (5) 68–58 Jacksonville Alico Arena, Fort Myers, Florida2019 Florida Gulf Coast (6) 72–49 Liberty 2020 Tournament canceled due to COVID-19 pandemicFGCU, Liberty, semi-finalists, named as co-champions of tournament2021 Florida Gulf Coast (7) 84–62 Liberty KSU Convocation Center, Kennesaw, Georgia 2022 Florida Gulf Coast (8) 69–54 Jacksonville State Campus sites 2023 Florida Gulf Coast (9) 84–60 Liberty2024Florida Gulf Coast (10) 76–47 Central Arkansas 2025 Florida Gulf Coast (11) 68–51 Central Arkansas2026 Jacksonville (2) 66–63 (OT) Austin Peay
Champions School Championships Championships Years Florida Gulf Coast 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020Co, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 FIU 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998 Stetson 1989, 2005, 2011, 2013 East Tennessee State 2008, 2009, 2010 Georgia State 2001, 2002, 2003 Georgia Southern 1987, 1988, 1990 Jacksonville 2016, 2026 UCF 1996, 1999 Belmont 2007 Lipscomb 2004 Campbell 2000 Florida Atlantic 2006 Miami (FL) 1991 Florida A&M 1986 Liberty 2020Co Austin Peay, Bellarmine, Central Arkansas, Eastern Kentucky, North Alabama, North Florida, and Queens (NC) have not yet won an ASUN tournament. Centenary (LA), Charleston, Gardner–Webb, Kennesaw State, Mercer, Northern Kentucky, NJIT, Samford, Southeastern Louisiana, Troy, and USC Upstate never won the tournament as a ASUN members. Schools highlighted in pink are former members of the ASUN as of the 2023–24 season.
See also ASUN men's basketball tournament
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