2015 Atlantic Sun women's basketball tournament explained

Year:2015
Conference:Atlantic Sun
Division:I
Gender:Women's
Teams:8
Arena:campus sites
Finalarena:Alico Arena
Finalcity:Fort Myers, Florida
Champions:Florida Gulf Coast
Titlecount:3rd
Coach:Karl Smesko
Coachcount:3rd
Mvp:Whitney Knight
Mvpteam:Florida Gulf Coast
Television:ESPN3
Different Next:2016

The 2015 Atlantic Sun women's basketball tournament was the 29th edition of the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship. It took place from March 6, 2015 through March 15, 2015 in several arenas. All games took place at the higher-seeded 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

SeedSchoolConferenceOverallTiebreaker
1Florida Gulf Coast14–027–2
2Stetson 11–322–6
3Northern Kentucky8–617–12
4Jacksonville6–811–163-3 vs. Jax, KSU, USCUS
5Kennesaw State6–817–123-3 vs. Jax, KSU, USCUS
6USC Upstate6–814–152-4 vs. Jax, KSU, USCUS
7Lipscomb3–118–20
8North Florida2–1211–18
Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.

See also

External links

Notes and References

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