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2022 ASUN men's basketball tournament

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2022 ASUN men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2021–22
Teams12
SiteCampus sites
ChampionsBellarmine
Winning coachScott Davenport (1st title)
MVPDylan Penn (Bellarmine)
TelevisionESPN+, ESPN
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The 2022 ASUN men's basketball tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the ASUN Conference. The tournament was the 43rd year the league has conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held March 1, 3, 5, and 8, 2022 at campus sites of the higher seeds. The winner, Bellarmine, did not receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament due to not being eligible because of a transition from Division II. Instead the regular season conference champion, Jacksonville State, was awarded the conference's automatic bid.

2021–22 ASUN men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Liberty 12 4   .750 22 11   .667
Jacksonville 11 5   .688 21 10   .677
Florida Gulf Coast 10 6   .625 22 12   .647
Kennesaw State 7 9   .438 13 18   .419
North Florida 7 9   .438 11 20   .355
Stetson 5 11   .313 11 19   .367
West
Jacksonville State^ 13 3   .813 21 11   .656
Bellarmine* † 11 5   .688 20 13   .606
Central Arkansas 7 9   .438 11 20   .355
Lipscomb 6 10   .375 14 19   .424
Eastern Kentucky 5 11   .313 13 18   .419
North Alabama* 2 14   .125 9 21   .300
*Ineligible for the 2022 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II
^Due to Bellarmine's ineligibility, the regular-season champions Jacksonville State took their NCAA tournament berth instead.
2022 ASUN tournament winner

Seeds

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All teams in the conference qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded by their record in conference play, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top two teams from each division received byes into the quarterfinals. Kennesaw State got a higher seed than North Florida through the NET ranking tiebreaker.

The two tiebreakers used by the ASUN are: 1) head-to-head record of teams with identical record and 2) NCAA NET Rankings available on day following the conclusion of ASUN regular season play. These tiebreakers are also used to separate teams with the same seed from opposite divisions if necessary. This proved relevant when both #2 seeds, Bellarmine and Jacksonville, advanced to the championship game. With both having identical conference records, the tiebreaker was applied, and Bellarmine received home court by virtue of its win over Jacksonville in the teams' only regular-season game.

Seed School Conference NET ranking[1]
(February 28, 2021)
#1 East Liberty 12–4 116th
#1 West Jacksonville State 13–3 138th
#2 East Jacksonville 11–5 168th
#2 West Bellarmine 11–5 220th
#3 East Florida Gulf Coast 10–6 189th
#3 West Central Arkansas 7–9 319th
#4 East Kennesaw State 7–9 230th
#4 West Lipscomb 6–10 276th
#5 East North Florida 7–9 274th
#5 West Eastern Kentucky 5–11 265th
#6 East Stetson 5–11 306th
#6 West North Alabama 2–14 314th

Schedule

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Game Time [2] Matchup[3] Score Television
First round – Tuesday, March 1 – Campus Sites
1 6:00 pm E6 Stetson at W3 Central Arkansas 73–74 ESPN+
2 6:00 pm W5 Eastern Kentucky at E4 Kennesaw State 73–82
3 6:00 pm W6 North Alabama at E3 Florida Gulf Coast 72–81
4 6:00 pm E5 North Florida at W4 Lipscomb 65–74
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 3 – Campus Sites
5 6:00 pm W3 Central Arkansas at E2 Jacksonville 69–79 ESPN+
6 6:00 pm E4 Kennesaw State at W1 Jacksonville State 67–78
7 6:00 pm E3 Florida Gulf Coast at W2 Bellarmine 68–81
8 6:00 pm W4 Lipscomb at E1 Liberty 47–52
Semifinals – Saturday, March 5 – Campus Sites
9 6:00 pm E2 Jacksonville at W1 Jacksonville State 54–51 ESPN+
10 5:00 pm W2 Bellarmine at E1 Liberty 53–50
Championship – Tuesday, March 8 – Campus Sites
11 4:00 pm E2 Jacksonville at W2 Bellarmine 72–77 ESPN
Game times in CT. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

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Because Bellarmine won the ASUN Tournament, the conference's top overall seed, Jacksonville State, claimed the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The same would have applied if North Alabama had won the tournament, but the Lions were eliminated in the first round.[4]

First Round
Tuesday, March 1st, 2022 ESPN+
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 3rd, 2022 ESPN+
Semifinals
Saturday, March 5th, 2022 ESPN+
Championship game
Tuesday, March 8th, 2022 ESPN
2E Jacksonville 79
3W Central Arkansas 74 3W Central Arkansas 69
6E Stetson 73 2E Jacksonville 54
1W Jacksonville State 51
1W Jacksonville State 78
4E Kennesaw State 82 4E Kennesaw State 67
5W Eastern Kentucky 73 2E Jacksonville 72
2W Bellarmine 77
2W Bellarmine 81
3E Florida Gulf Coast 81 3E Florida Gulf Coast 68
6W North Alabama 72 2W Bellarmine 53
1E Liberty 50
1E Liberty 52
4W Lipscomb 74 4W Lipscomb 47
5E North Florida 65

References

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  1. ^ "NCAA Statistics - NET Ranking MBB 2/28/2022". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  2. ^ "2021 Sun Belt Men's Basketball Championship".
  3. ^ "ASUN Conference" (PDF). ASUN Conference. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
  4. ^ Keg (February 28, 2022). "ASUN Tournament Betting Preview, Bracket & Odds: 3 Futures, First-Round Preview & More". Action Network. Retrieved March 2, 2022.