2018–19 ASUN Conference men's basketball season explained

2018–19 ASUN Conference men's basketball season
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League:NCAA Division I
Sport:Basketball
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No Of Teams:8
Season:Regular season
Season Champs:Lipscomb & Liberty
Season Champ Name:Champions
Mvp:Garrison Mathews, Lipscomb
Mvp Link:ASUN Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Finals:Tournament
Finals Link:2019 ASUN Men's Basketball Tournament
Finals Champ:Liberty
Finals Runner-Up:Lipscomb
Finals Mvp:Scottie James - Liberty
Finals Mvp Link:2019 ASUN Men's Basketball Tournament
Seasonslist:List of Atlantic Sun men's basketball seasons
Seasonslistnames:Atlantic Sun men's basketball
Prevseason Year:2017–18
Nextseason Year:2019–20

The 2018–19 ASUN Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2018, followed by the start of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began in January 2019 and concluded in March 2019. It was the 41st season of ASUN Conference basketball.

Lipscomb and Liberty tied for the regular season championship and were named co-champions. The ASUN tournament was held March 4–10 at campus sites as top seeds hosted each round.

Preseason

On October 17, 2018, the conference announced its preseason honors and polls.[1]

Preseason men's basketball coaches poll

(First place votes in parentheses)

  1. Lipscomb (7) 79
  2. FGCU (1) 66
  3. Liberty 63
  4. North Florida (1) 61
  5. Jacksonville 40
  6. NJIT 38
  7. Kennesaw State 26
  8. Stetson 20
  9. North Alabama 12

Preseason men's basketball media poll

(First place votes in parentheses)

  1. Lipscomb (44) 438
  2. FGCU (2) 374
  3. Liberty 338
  4. North Florida (2) 304
  5. Jacksonville (2) 254
  6. NJIT 203
  7. Kennesaw State 147
  8. Stetson 121
  9. North Alabama 71

Honors

Conference matrix

  style= width="75" Florida Gulf Coaststyle= width="75" Jacksonvillestyle= width="75" Kennesaw Statestyle= width="75" Libertystyle= width="75" Lipscombstyle= width="75" NJITstyle= width="75" North Alabamastyle= width="75" North Floridastyle= width="75" Stetson
vs. Florida Gulf Coast— 0–2 0–21–10–20–21-10–2 1–1
vs. Jacksonville2–0 — 0-2 2–0 1–12–02-00–2 2–0
vs. Kennesaw State2–02-0 — 2–0 0–21–10–22-01–1
vs. Liberty0-20–2 0–2 — 1-10–2 1-10–20-2
vs. Lipscomb1-10-20-21-1— 0-20-20-20-2
vs. NJIT1-10-21–12-02-0— 1-11–10-2
vs. North Alabama1-1 0-20–22–02-01–1— 2-01–1
vs. North Florida1-1 1-11-12–02-01–11-1— 0-2
vs. Stetson1–12-01–12–02-02-01-12-0—
Total9-7 5–113-1314–214-28–87-99-73-13

All-Atlantic Sun awards

Atlantic Sun men's basketball weekly awards

WeekPlayer of the WeekSchoolNewcomer of the WeekSchool
Nov 12Diandre WilsonNJITJamari BlackmonNorth Alabama
Nov 19Haanif CheathamFGCUHaanif CheathamFGCU
Nov 26Garrison Mathews
Zach Cooks		Lipscomb
NJIT		Darius McGheeLiberty
Dec 3Garrison Mathews (2)LipscombDarius McGhee (2)FGCU
Dec 10Rob Marberry
Zach Cooks (2)		Lipscomb
NJIT		Tyreese DavisJacksonville
Dec 17JD NotaeJacksonvilleSchadrac CasimirFGCU
Dec 23Garrison Mathews (3)LipscombZach ScottFGCU
Jan 1Caleb HomesleyLibertyDarius McGhee (3)Liberty
Jan 7Noah HorchlerNorth FloridaDarius McGhee (4)Liberty
Jan 14Garrison Mathews (4)
Scottie James		Lipscomb
Liberty		Tyreese Davis (2)Jacksonville
Jan 21Schadrac Casimir
Christian Agnew		FGCU
North Alabama		Schadrac Casimir (2)
Christian Agnew		FGCU
North Alabama
Jan 28Garrison Mathews (5)
Abdul Lewis		Lipscomb
NJIT		Schadrac Casimir (3)FGCU
Feb 4Garrison Mathews (6)LipscombAshan AsadullahLipscomb
Feb 11Eli PepperLipscombBobby ParkerKennesaw State
Feb 18Lovell CabbilLibertyMarques SumnerStetson
Feb 25Wajid AminuNorth FloridaZach Scott (2)FGCU
Mar 2Garrison Mathews (7)
Tyler Hooker		Lipscomb
Kennesaw State		Carter HendricksenNorth Florida
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Postseason

TimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance
Quarterfinals – Monday, March 4
8:00 pmNo. 8 Kennesaw State at No. 1 Lipscomb71–86ESPN+2,957
7:00 pmNo. 5 NJIT at No. 4 Florida Gulf Coast83–782,289
7:00 pmNo. 6 North Alabama at No. 3 North Florida66–761,924
7:00 pmNo.7 Jacksonville at No. 2 Liberty58–721,738
Semifinals – Thursday, March 7
8:00 pmNo. 5 NJIT at No. 1 Lipscomb55–78ESPN+3,157
7:00 pm No. 3 North Florida at No. 2 Liberty63–712,319
Final – Sunday, March 10
3:00 p.m.No. 2 Liberty at No. 1 Lipscomb74–68ESPN5,607
  • Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Notes and References

  1. http://asunsports.org/sports/mbkb/2018-19/files/2018-19_ASUN_MBB_Preseason_Team.pdf "2018-19 ASUN Conference Men’s Basketball Preseason Honors & Polls"
  2. https://www.rocketcitynow.com/sports/sports-video/kendall-stafford-wins-preseason-asun-fan-vote-award_20181019050706/1534930031 "Kendall Stafford wins preseason ASUN fan vote award"
  3. Web site: Mathews, Hooker & Hendricksen take home final @ASUNMBB weekly awards. ASUN Sports. March 2, 2019.

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