2015 Atlantic Sun Women's Basketball Tournament

2015 Atlantic Sun Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2014–15
Teams 8
Site campus sites
Finals site Alico Arena
Fort Myers, Florida
Champions Florida Gulf Coast (3rd title)
Winning coach Karl Smesko (3rd title)
MVP Whitney Knight (Florida Gulf Coast)
Television ESPN3
Atlantic Sun Women's Basketball Tournaments
«2014  2016»
2014–15 Atlantic Sun women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#20 Florida Gulf Coast† 14 – 0   1.000     31 – 3   .912
Stetson 11 – 3   .786     23 – 8   .742
Northern Kentucky* 8 – 6   .571     19 – 14   .576
Kennesaw State 6 – 8   .429     17 – 13   .567
USC Upstate 6 – 8   .429     14 – 16   .467
Jacksonville 6 – 8   .429     12 – 17   .414
Lipscomb 3 – 11   .214     8 – 21   .276
North Florida 2 – 12   .143     11 – 19   .367
† 2015 Atlantic Sun Tournament winner
As of March 23, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll
*Ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transition

The 2015 Atlantic Sun Women's Basketball Tournament will be the 29th edition of the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship. It takes place from March 6, 2015 through March 15, 2015 in several arenas. All games will take place at the higher of the two teams competing.

Format

The A-Sun Championship is a six-day single-elimination tournament. Eight teams will compete in the championship.[1]

On July 22. 2014 The A-Sun announced Northern Kentucky will be eligible for all conference postseason championships for which their teams qualify starting with the upcoming 2014-15 academic year, as part of their transition to Division I from Division II, The Norse must still complete the four-year reclassification period before becoming eligible for NCAA Championships. The change in A-Sun policy arose after NCAA clarification that a conference may set specific criteria allowing its highest ranked finisher to be the AQ recipient if a non-eligible team were to participate and win the conference postseason tournament. Prior policy had determined that the conference would lose its AQ if an ineligible team won the tournament.[2]

Seeds

Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker
1 Florida Gulf Coast 14–0 27–2
2 Stetson 11–3 22–6
3 Northern Kentucky 8–6 17–12
4 Jacksonville 6–8 11–16 3-3 vs. Jax, KSU, USCUS
5 Kennesaw State 6–8 17–12 3-3 vs. Jax, KSU, USCUS
6 USC Upstate 6–8 14–15 2-4 vs. Jax, KSU, USCUS
7 Lipscomb 3–11 8–20
8 North Florida 2–12 11–18
Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
March 6
ESPN3		 Semifinals
March 11
ESPN3		 Championship
March 15
ESPN3
                           
  1  Florida Gulf Coast 74  
8  North Florida 35  
  1  Florida Gulf Coast 62  
    4  Jacksonville 42  
4  Jacksonville 55
  5  Kennesaw State 54  
    1  Florida Gulf Coast 60
  3  Northern Kentucky 43
  2  Stetson 92  
7  Lipscomb 69  
2  Stetson 52
    3  Northern Kentucky 53  
3  Northern Kentucky 64
  6  USC Upstate 45  

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Championship Format". Atlantic Sun. Presto Sports. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "NKU Eligible for A-Sun Championships in 2014-15 Season". Atlantic Sun. Presto Sports. Retrieved 20 December 2014.

External links

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