2017 ASUN women's basketball tournament

2017 ASUN women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2016–17
Teams	8
Site	campus sites
Champions	Florida Gulf Coast (4th title)
Winning coach	Karl Smesko (4th title)
MVP	China Dow (Florida Gulf Coast)
Television	ESPN3
ASUN women's basketball tournaments

2016–17 ASUN women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Stetson	13	–	1		.929			26	–	7		.788
Florida Gulf Coast †	12	–	2		.857			26	–	9		.743
Jacksonville	11	–	3		.786			23	–	9		.719
Kennesaw State	8	–	6		.571			10	–	20		.333
NJIT	4	–	10		.286			11	–	19		.367
North Florida	3	–	11		.214			10	–	20		.333
Lipscomb	3	–	11		.214			6	–	24		.200
USC Upstate	2	–	12		.143			9	–	21		.300
† 2017 ASUN Tournament winner As of March 18, 2017 Rankings from AP poll

The 2017 ASUN women's basketball tournament was the 31st edition of the ASUN Conference championship. It took place March 3, 8 and 12, 2017 in several arenas. Florida Gulf Coast won the tournament and received an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament.

Format

The ASUN Championship is a six-day single-elimination tournament. Eight teams competed in the championship, with the higher seeded team in each matchup hosting the game.^[1]

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker
1	Stetson	13–1	24–5
2	Florida Gulf Coast	12–2	23–8
3	Jacksonville	11–3	22–7
4	Kennesaw State	8–6	9–19
5	NJIT	4–10	11–18
6	Lipscomb	3–11	6–23	2-0 vs. North Florida
7	North Florida	3–11	10–19	0-2 vs. Lipscomb
8	USC Upstate	2–12	9–20
Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.

Schedule

Game	Matchup^#	Time*	Television	Attendance
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 3
1	#8 USC Upstate at #1 Stetson	7 pm	WatchESPN	640
2	#5 NJIT at #4 Kennesaw State	7 pm		983
3	#7 North Florida #2 at Florida Gulf Coast	7 pm		1,039
4	#6 Lipscomb at #3 Jacksonville	7 pm		603
Semifinals – Wednesday, March 8
5	#4 Kennesaw State at #1 Stetson	7 pm	WatchESPN	688
6	#3 Jacksonville at #2 Florida Gulf Coast	7 pm		1,203
Championship – Sunday, March 12
7	#2 Florida Gulf Coast at #1 Stetson	3 pm	WatchESPN
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team.

Bracket

^[2]

	Quarterfinals March 3 WatchESPN					Semifinals March 8 WatchESPN					Championship March 12 WatchESPN
	1	Stetson	'70
	8	USC Upstate	49
						1	Stetson	78
						4	Kennesaw State	48
	4	Kennesaw State	'62
	5	NJIT	60
											1	Stetson	70
											2	Florida Gulf Coast	77
	3	Jacksonville	91
	6	Lipscomb	64
						2	Florida Gulf Coast	68
						3	Jacksonville	64
	2	Florida Gulf Coast	59
	7	North Florida	42

See also

• 2017 ASUN men's basketball tournament

References

1. "Championship Format". Atlantic Sun. Presto Sports. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
2. "2017 Atlantic Sun Tournament Bracket" (PDF). Atlantic Sun. Retrieved November 3, 2016.

External links

• Championship Details