The 2019 ASUN men's basketball tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the ASUN Conference. The tournament was the 40th year the league has conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held March 4, 7, and 10, 2019 at campus sites of the higher seeds. Liberty upset top-seeded Lipscomb 74–68 in the championship game to win the tournament, and the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Seeds SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1Lipscomb14–2NET Rating 472Liberty14–2NET Rating 633North Florida9–71–1 vs. FGCU, 1–3 vs. Lipscomb/Liberty, 1–1 vs. NJIT, 2–0 vs. UNA49–71–1 vs. UNF, 1–3 vs. Lipscomb/Liberty, 1–1 vs. NJIT, 1–1 vs. UNA5NJIT8–8 6North Alabama7–97Jacksonville5–118Kennesaw State3–131–1 vs. Stetson, 0–4 vs. Lipscomb/Liberty, 1–3 vs. UNF/FGCU, 1–1 vs. NJITDNQStetson3–131–1 vs. Kennesaw State, 0–3 vs. Lipscomb/Liberty, 1–3 vs. UNF/FGCU, 0–2 vs. NJIT
Because North Alabama is in the first year of a four-year transition from NCAA Division II to Division I, it will not be eligible to compete in either the NCAA Tournament or the NCAA-operated NIT. Should the Lions win the ASUN tournament final, the ASUN's automatic NCAA Tournament bid goes either to Lipscomb or to Liberty if Liberty advances further than Lipscomb in the A-Sun tournament.
Schedule
TimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance Quarterfinals – Monday, March 48:00 pmNo. 8 Kennesaw State at No. 1 Lipscomb71–86ESPN+2,9577:00 pmNo. 5 NJIT at No. 4 Florida Gulf Coast83–782,2897:00 pmNo. 6 North Alabama at No. 3 North Florida66–761,9247:00 pmNo.7 Jacksonville at No. 2 Liberty58–721,738 Semifinals – Thursday, March 78:00 pmNo. 5 NJIT at No. 1 Lipscomb55–78ESPN+3,1577:00 pm No. 3 North Florida at No. 2 Liberty63–712,319 Final – Sunday, March 103:00 p.m.No. 2 Liberty at No. 1 Lipscomb74–68ESPN5,607 *Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
See also 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season ASUN men's basketball tournament 2019 ASUN women's basketball tournament
References
External links ASUN Men's Basketball Championship Details