2024 ASUN men's basketball tournament

2024 ASUN men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2023–24
Teams	10
Site	Campus sites
Champions	Stetson (1st title)
Winning coach	Donnie Jones (1st title)
Television	ESPN+, ESPN2
ASUN men's basketball tournaments

2023–24 ASUN men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern Kentucky	12	–	4		.750			17	–	14		.548
Stetson †	11	–	5		.688			22	–	13		.629
Lipscomb	11	–	5		.688			20	–	12		.625
Austin Peay	10	–	6		.625			19	–	16		.543
North Florida	9	–	7		.563			16	–	16		.500
North Alabama	8	–	8		.500			15	–	17		.469
Florida Gulf Coast	8	–	8		.500			14	–	18		.438
Queens*	7	–	9		.438			14	–	19		.424
Kennesaw State	6	–	10		.375			15	–	16		.484
Jacksonville	5	–	11		.313			16	–	17		.485
Central Arkansas	5	–	11		.313			9	–	23		.281
Bellarmine*	4	–	12		.250			8	–	23		.258
* ineligible for the 2024 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II
† 2024 ASUN tournament winner

The 2024 Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament was the 45th year the league has conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held March 4–10 at campus sites of the higher seeds. The winner, Stetson, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Tournament. It was their first ever ASUN championship and NCAA tournament appearance for the Hatters.

Seeds

Ten teams contested the bracket. All rounds reseeded 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 traditional 7/10 and 8/9 matchup.^[1]

The two tiebreakers used by the Atlantic Sun are 1) head-to-head records of teams with identical records and 2) NCAA NET rankings available on day following the conclusion of ASUN regular season play.

Seed	School	Conference	Head-to-Head	NET ranking[2]
1	Eastern Kentucky	12–4		205
2	Stetson	11–5	1–0 vs. Lipscomb	217
3	Lipscomb	11–5	0–1 vs. Stetson	159
4	Austin Peay	10–6		219
5	North Florida	9–7		251
6	North Alabama	8–8	1–0 vs. Florida Gulf Coast	258
7	Florida Gulf Coast	8–8	0–1 vs. North Alabama	241
8	Queens	7–9		269
9	Kennesaw State	6–10		257
10	Jacksonville	5–11	1–0 vs. Central Arkansas	284
DNQ	Central Arkansas	5–11	0–1 vs. Jacksonville	343
DNQ	Bellarmine	4–12		318

Schedule

Game	Time [3]	Matchup[4]	Score	Television
First round – Monday, March 4 – Campus Sites
1	7:00 pm	No. 10 Jacksonville vs No. 9 Kennesaw State	92–86	ESPN+
2	7:00 pm	No. 8 Queens vs No. 7 Florida Gulf Coast	69–63
Quarterfinals – Tuesday, March 5 – Campus Sites
3	7:00 pm	No. 10 Jacksonville at No. 1 Eastern Kentucky	67–65	ESPN+
4	8:00 pm	No. 5 North Florida at No. 4 Austin Peay	98–101 ^OT
5	7:00 pm	No. 8 Queens at No. 2 Stetson	83–91
6	8:00 pm	No. 6 North Alabama at No. 3 Lipscomb	77–75
Semifinals – Thursday, March 7 – Campus Sites
7	7:00 pm	No. 10 Jacksonville at No. 2 Stetson	87–88	ESPN+
8	8:00 pm	No. 6 North Alabama at No. 4 Austin Peay	71–77
Championship – Sunday, March 10 – Campus Sites
9	2:00 pm	No. 4 Austin Peay at No. 2 Stetson	91–94	ESPN2
Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	First round Monday, March 4					Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 5					Semifinals Thursday, March 7					Championship Sunday, March 10
						1	Eastern Kentucky	65
	9	Kennesaw State	86			10	Jacksonville	67
	10	Jacksonville	92								2	Stetson	88
											10	Jacksonville	87
						4	Austin Peay	101*
						5	North Florida	98
																2	Stetson	94
																4	Austin Peay	91
						2	Stetson	83
	7	Florida Gulf Coast	63			8	Queens	71
	8	Queens	69								4	Austin Peay	77
											6	North Alabama	71
						3	Lipscomb	75
						6	North Alabama	77

Game summaries

First round

ESPN+

March 4 7:00 p.m.

No. 10 Jacksonville 92, No. 9 Kennesaw State 86
Scoring by half: 35–33, 57–53
Pts: McCray V (31) Rebs: Workman (15) Asts: Niblack (4)		Pts: Cottle (29) Rebs: Robinson (13) Asts: Burden (9)

Baptist Health Arena Richmond, KY Referees: Wil Howard, Kyle Bottoms, Matt Jarman

ESPN+

March 4 7:00 p.m.

No. 8 Queens 69, No. 7 Florida Gulf Coast 63
Scoring by half: 31–27, 38–36
Pts: McKee (23) Rebs: McLaurin(8) Asts: McLaurin/Albury/Cash (3)		Pts: Thompson (31) Rebs: Largie (7) Asts: Kellman (3)

Edmunds Center DeLand, FL Referees: Jon Broska, Ben Stirt, John Atanassov

References

1. "MBB Bracket - 2024 (PDF) - Atlantic Sun Conference" (PDF). asunsports.org. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
2. "NCAA Men's Basketball NET Rankings through Games Mar. 01 2024". NCAA.com. March 2, 2024. Archived from the original on March 2, 2024.
3. "2023 Sun Belt Men's Basketball Championship".
4. "2024 ASUN Men's Basketball Championship - Atlantic Sun Conference". asunsports.org. Retrieved 2023-11-25.