2023 ASUN women's basketball tournament explained

Year:2023
Conference:ASUN
Division:I
Gender:Women's
Teams:10
Arena:Campus sites
Champions:Florida Gulf Coast
Titlecount:10th
Coach:Karl Smesko
Coachcount:10th
Mvpteam:Bellarmine
Television:ESPN+

The 2023 ASUN women's basketball tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the ASUN Conference. The tournament was the 44th year the league has conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held March 4, 5, 8, and 11 at campus sites of the higher seeds. The winner will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Tournament.

Seeds

Ten teams will contest the bracket. The tournament has a new format in 2023, as all rounds reseed instead of a traditional set bracket. To that end, the 9 and 10 seeds play each other in round 1, and the 7 and 8 seed do as well, rather than the traditional 7/10 and 8/9 matchup.[1]

The two tiebreakers used by the ASUN are: 1) head-to-head record of teams with identical record and 2) NCAA NET Rankings available on day following the conclusion of ASUN regular season play.

SeedSchoolConferenceNET ranking[2]
(March 2, 2023)
  1. 1
Florida Gulf Coast17-137
  1. 2
Liberty16-2115
  1. 3
Lipscomb13-5202
  1. 4
Austin Peay12–6178
  1. 5
Eastern Kentucky11-7205
  1. 6
North Alabama10-8211
  1. 7
Kennesaw State10-8231
  1. 8
Jacksonville State9-9197
  1. 9
Steton6-12262
  1. 10
Jacksonville 6-12238

Schedule

GameTime [3] Matchup[4] ScoreTelevision
First round – Saturday, March 4 – Campus Sites
12:00 pm
  1. 9 Stetson vs. #10 Jacksonville
60–53ESPN+
23:00 pm
  1. 7 Kennesaw State vs. #8 Jacksonville State
82–73
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 5 – Campus Sites
34:00 pm
  1. 9 Stetson at #1 Florida Gulf Coast
48–66ESPN+
43:00 pm
  1. 5 Eastern Kentucky at #4 Austin Peay
55–73
53:00 pm
  1. 7 Kennesaw State at #2 Liberty
70–91
66:00 pm
  1. 6 North Alabama at #3 Lipscomb
53–63
Semifinals – Wednesday, March 8 – Campus Sites
76:00 pm
  1. 4 Austin Peay at #1 Florida Gulf Coast
34-51ESPN+
86:00 pm
  1. 3 Lipscomb at #2 Liberty
56-84
Championship – Saturday, March 11 – Campus Sites
96:00 pm
  1. 2 Liberty at #1 Florida Gulf Coast
60-84ESPN+
Game times in CT. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

[5]

Notes and References

  1. https://asunsports.org/sports/wbkb/championship/2022-23/WBB_Bracket_-_2023.pdf
  2. Web site: NCAA Statistics - NET Ranking MBB 2/28/2022 . . 4 March 2022.
  3. Web site: 2023 Sun Belt Women's Basketball Championship.
  4. Web site: ASUN Conference. 2022-01-16. ASUN Conference. en.
  5. Web site: ASUN Tournament Betting Preview, Bracket & Odds: 3 Futures, First-Round Preview & More. Keg. Action Network. February 28, 2022. March 2, 2022.