The 2017 ASUN men's basketball tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the ASUN Conference. The tournament marked the 38th year the league conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held February 27, March 2 and 5, 2017 at campus sites as top seeds host each round. Florida Gulf Coast defeated North Florida, 77–61, in the championship game to receive the conference's automatic trip to the NCAA tournament.
Seeds Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Seed School Conference Tiebreaker1Florida Gulf Coast12–2 2Lipscomb11–33North Florida8–64USC Upstate7–71–1 vs. KSU, 1–1 vs. FGCU5Kennesaw State7–71–1 vs. USC Upstate, 0–2 vs. FGCU6Jacksonville5–97NJIT3–111–1 vs. Stetson, identical records against all other teams, higher non-conference RPI8Stetson3–111–1 vs. NJIT, identical records against all other teams, lower non-conference RPI
Schedule TimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance Quarterfinals – Monday, February 277:00 p.m.No. 8 Stetson at No. 1 Florida Gulf Coast57–87ESPN33,7447:00 p.m.No. 5 Kennesaw State at No. 4 USC Upstate80–787357:00 p.m.No. 6 Jacksonville at No. 3 North Florida74–772,9388:00 p.m.No. 7 NJIT at No. 2 Lipscomb66–972,456 Semifinals – Thursday, March 27:00 p.m.No. 5 Kennesaw State at No. 1 Florida Gulf Coast62–74ESPN34,3338:00 p.m.No. 3 North Florida at No. 2 Lipscomb91–853,011 Final – Sunday, March 53:00 p.m.No. 3 North Florida at No. 1 Florida Gulf Coast61–77ESPN4,711 *Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
See also 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season ASUN men's basketball tournament 2017 ASUN women's basketball tournament
References
External links ASUN Men's Basketball Championship Details