2019–20 ASUN Conference men's basketball season explained

2019–20 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:Liberty & North Florida
Season Champ Name:Champions
Mvp:Caleb Homesley, Liberty
Mvp Link:ASUN Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Finals:Tournament
Finals Link:2020 ASUN Men's Basketball Tournament
Finals Champ:Liberty
Finals Runner-Up:Lipscomb
Finals Mvp:Caleb Homesley, Liberty
Finals Mvp Link:2020 ASUN Men's Basketball Tournament
Seasonslist:List of Atlantic Sun men's basketball seasons
Seasonslistnames:Atlantic Sun men's basketball
Prevseason Year:2018–19
Nextseason Year:2020–21

The 2019–20 ASUN Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2019, followed by the start of the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play begins in January 2020 and concluded in March 2020. It was the 42nd season of ASUN Conference basketball.

Preseason

On October 11, 2019, the conference announced its preseason honors and polls.[1]

Preseason men's basketball coaches poll

(First place votes in parentheses)

  1. Liberty (7) 79
  2. North Florida (2) 74
  3. FGCU 60
  4. NJIT 51
  5. Lipscomb 40
  6. North Alabama 35
  7. Jacksonville 32
  8. Kennesaw State 20
  9. Stetson 14

Preseason men's basketball media poll

(First place votes in parentheses)

  1. Liberty (44) 429
  2. North Florida (2) 340
  3. FGCU 314
  4. Lipscomb (2) 298
  5. NJIT 240
  6. North Alabama 189
  7. Jacksonville 161
  8. Kennesaw State 99
  9. Stetson 90

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— 0−20−22−01−11−12−02−01−1
vs. Jacksonville2−0— 0−22−01−10−21−12−01−1
vs. Kennesaw State2−02−0— 2−02−02−02−02−02−0
vs. Liberty0−20−20−2— 1−10−20−21−11−1
vs. Lipscomb1−11−10−21−1— 1−11−11−11−1
vs. NJIT1−12−00−22−01−1— 2−01−11−1
vs. North Alabama0−21−10−22−01−10−2— 2−02−0
vs. North Florida0−20−20−21−11−11−10−2— 0−2
vs. Stetson1−11−10−21−11−11−10−22−0—
Total7−97−90−1613−39−76−108−813−39−7

All-Atlantic Sun awards

Atlantic Sun men's basketball weekly awards

WeekPlayer(s) of the WeekSchoolNewcomer of the WeekSchool
Nov 11Ahsan AsadullahLipscombRob PerryStetson
Nov 18Zach Cooks & Carter Hendricksen NJIT & North FloridaC.J. BrimNorth Alabama
Nov 25Scottie JamesLibertyKyle RodeLiberty
Dec 2David BellJacksonvilleKJ JohnsonLipscomb
Dec 9Carter HendricksenNorth FloridaDestin BarnesJacksonville
Dec 16Tyler Hooker & Myo-Baxter BellKennesaw State & LibertyDiante WoodJacksonville
Dec 23Scottie JamesLibertyMahamadou DiawaraStetson
Dec 30Souleymane DiakiteNJITKJ JohnsonLipscomb
Jan 6Caleb HomesleyLibertySam GagliardiFlorida Gulf Coast
Jan 13San Antonio BrinsonNJITMervin JamesNorth Alabama
Jan 21Garrett SamsNorth FloridaRob PerryStetson
Jan 27Ahsan AsadullahLipscombRob PerryStetson
Feb 3Garrett SamsNorth FloridaJalen Warren Florida Gulf Coast
Feb 10Caleb HomesleyLibertyRob PerryStetson
Feb 17Ahsan AsadullahLipscombJoel KabimbaStetson
Feb 24
Mar 2

Conference awards

On March 3, 2020, the ASUN announced its conference awards.[2]

AwardRecipients
Coach of the YearMatthew Driscoll, North Florida &<br>Ritchie McKay, Liberty
Player of the YearCaleb Homesley, Liberty
Defensive Player of the YearDavid Bell, Jacksonville
Newcomer of the YearDestin Barnes, Jacksonville
Freshman of the YearRob Perry, Stetson
First TeamCaleb Homesley, Liberty
Scottie James, Liberty
Ahsan Asadullah, Lipscomb
Ivan Gandia-Rosa, North Florida
Garrett Sams, North Florida
Second TeamDavid Bell, Jacksonville
Georgie Pacheco-Ortiz, Liberty
Zach Cooks, NJIT
Carter Hendricksen, North Florida
Rob Perry, Stetson
All-Freshman TeamRob Perry, Stetson
Mahamadou Diawara, Stetson
KJ Johnson, Lipscomb
Mervin James, North Alabama
Mo Arnold, Jacksonville

Notes and References

  1. http://asunsports.org/sports/mbkb/2019-20/files/2019-20_ASUN_Men-s_Basketball_Preseason_All-Conference_Team.pdf "2019-20 ASUN Conference Men’s Basketball Preseason Honors & Polls"
  2. Liberty's Homesley Highlights 2019–20 @ASUN_MBB Postseason Awards . ASUN Conference . March 3, 2020 . March 3, 2020.

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