2020–21 ASUN Conference men's basketball season explained

2020–21 ASUN Conference men's basketball season
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League:NCAA Division I
Sport:Basketball
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No Of Teams:9
Season:Regular season
Season Champs:Liberty
Season Champ Name:Champions
Mvp:Darius McGhee, Liberty
Mvp Link:ASUN Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Finals:Tournament
Finals Link:2021 ASUN Men's Basketball Tournament
Finals Champ:Liberty
Finals Runner-Up:North Alabama
Finals Mvp:Darius McGhee, Liberty
Finals Mvp Link:2021 ASUN Men's Basketball Tournament
Seasonslist:List of Atlantic Sun men's basketball seasons
Seasonslistnames:Atlantic Sun men's basketball
Prevseason Year:2019–20
Nextseason Year:2021–22

The 2020–21 ASUN Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2020, followed by the start of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began in January 2021 and concluded in March 2021.[1] It was the 43rd season of ASUN Conference basketball. This season was also the first ASUN season for Bellarmine, which started a transition from NCAA Division II when it joined the ASUN on July 1, 2020.[2]

Preseason awards

Preseason awards were announced by the league office on November 5, 2020.[3]

Preseason men's basketball coaches poll

(First place votes in parentheses)

  1. Lipscomb (5) 74
  2. Liberty (2) 66
  3. Stetson (1) 64
  4. North Florida (1) 56
  5. FGCU 45
  6. North Alabama 40
  7. Jacksonville 29
  8. Bellarmine 18
  9. Kennesaw State 13

Preseason men's basketball media poll

(First place votes in parentheses)

  1. Lipscomb (16) 256
  2. Liberty (10) 245
  3. Stetson (4) 202
  4. North Florida (2) 192
  5. FGCU 156
  6. North Alabama 146
  7. Jacksonville 108
  8. Kennesaw State 68
  9. Bellarmine 62

Honors

Conference matrix

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vs. Bellarmine— 0−20−20−21−02−00−20−00−2
vs. Florida Gulf Coast2−0— 0−01−00−01−10−20−01−1
vs. Jacksonville2−00−0— 0−22−01−12−01−11−1
vs. Kennesaw State2−00−12−0— 2−02−02−02−01−1
vs. Liberty0−10−00−20−2— 1−10−20–21–1
vs. Lipscomb0–21–11–10–21–1— –01–11–1
vs. North Alabama2–02–00–20–22–00–1— 1–11–1
vs. North Florida0–00–01–10–22–01–11–1— 1–1
vs. Stetson2–01–11–11–11–11–11–11–1—
Total10−34−55−92−1311−29−67−86−67−9

All-ASUN awards

ASUN weekly awards

WeekPlayer(s) of the WeekSchoolNewcomer of the WeekSchool
Nov 30Darius McGheeLibertyRomeao FergusonLipscomb
Dec 7Keegan McDowell LibertyDontarius JamesJacksonville
Dec 14Caleb CattoFGCUDontarius JamesJacksonville
Dec 21Emmanuel Littles & Rob PerryNorth Alabama & StetsonChase JohnstonStetson
Dec 28Cyrus LargieFGCUEli AbaevFGCU
Jan 4Kevion NolanJacksonvilleKevion NolanJacksonville
Jan 11Dontarius JamesJacksonvilleDontarius JamesJacksonville
Jan 19Ethan ClaycombBellarmineRomeao FergusonLipscomb
Jan 25Mervin JamesNorth AlabamaJose PlacerNorth Florida
Feb 1Rob PerryStetsonJose PlacerNorth Florida
Feb 8Pedro Bradshaw & Jalen WarrenBellarmine & FGCURomeao FergusonLipscomb
Feb 15Ahsan Asadullah LipscombDontarius JamesJacksonville
Feb 22Bryce WorkmanJacksonvilleRomeao FergusonLipscomb
Mar 1

End-of-season awards

HonorRecipient
Darius McGhee, Liberty
Coach of the YearRitchie McKay, Liberty
Defensive Player of the Year Elijah Coffee, Liberty
Newcomer of the Year Romeao Ferguson, Lipscomb
Freshman of the Year Chase Johnston, Stetson
All-ASUN First TeamDarius McGhee, Liberty
Ahsan Asadullah, Lipscomb
Pedro Bradshaw, Bellarmine
Dylan Penn, Bellarmine
Carter Hendricksen, North Florida
All-ASUN Second TeamDontarius James, Jacksonville
Elijah Coffee, Liberty
Romaeo Ferguson, Lipscomb
Mervin James, North Alabama
Jose Placer, North Florida
All-ASUN Freshmen TeamChase Johnston, Stetson
Chris Youngblood, Kennesaw State
Detalian Brown, North Alabama
Jonathan Aybar, North Florida
Josh Smith, Stetson
Source[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020-12-24. @ASUN_MBB Teams Set to Conclude Non-League Play; Conference Action Begins New Year's Day. 2021-01-12. ASUN Conference. en.
  2. ASUN Conference Announces Addition of Bellarmine University . ASUN Conference . June 18, 2019 . June 18, 2019.
  3. Lipscomb Seletected Atop @ASUN_MBB Preseason Poll; Asadullah, Cuffee Earn Superlative Honors . ASUN Conference . November 5, 2020 . January 6, 2021.
  4. Liberty's McGhee Tabbed Player of the Year; 2020-21 @ASUN_MBB Awards Announced . ASUN Conference . March 3, 2021 . July 5, 2021.

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