2017 Atlantic Sun Women's Basketball Tournament

2017 Atlantic Sun 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
Television	ESPN3
Atlantic Sun Women's Basketball Tournaments

2016–17 Atlantic Sun women's basketball standings
	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 Atlantic Sun Women's Basketball Tournament was the 31st edition of the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship. It took place from 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	WatchESPN	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

References

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

External links

Championship Details

Atlantic Sun Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
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2017 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournaments
Conference	ACC American America East Atlantic 10 Atlantic Sun Big 12 Big East Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big West CAA Conference USA Horizon Ivy MAAC MEAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Mountain West Northeast Ohio Valley Pac-12 Patriot SEC Southern Southland SWAC Sun Belt The Summit League WAC West Coast
National	NCAA WNIT WBI

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