2024 ASUN women's basketball tournament explained

Year:2024
Conference:ASUN
Division:I
Gender:Women's
Teams:10
Arena:Campus sites
Champions:Florida Gulf Coast
Titlecount:11th
Coach:Karl Smesko
Coachcount:11th
Topscorerteam:Points=
Television:ESPN+

The 2024 Atlantic Sun women's basketball tournament will be the conference postseason tournament for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament will be the 45th year the league has conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament will be held March 8-16 at campus sites of the higher seeds. If eligible, the winner will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Tournament. If Bellarmine or Queens wins the tournament, the automatic bid will instead be given to the regular season champion.

Seeds

Ten teams will contest the bracket. 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 seeds do as well, rather than the traditional 7/10 and 8/9 matchup.[1]

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

SeedSchoolConferenceHead-to-HeadNET ranking
1Florida Gulf Coast16–0
2Stetson12–4
3Central Arkansas11–5
4Lipscomb10–6
5Eastern Kentucky9–7
6North Alabama8–82–0 vs. Austin Peay
7Austin Peay8–80–2 vs. North Alabama
8Kennesaw State7–9
9Jacksonville6–10
10Bellarmine5–11
DNQNorth Florida3–13
DNQQueens1–15

Schedule

GameTime [2] Matchup[3] ScoreTelevision
First round – Friday, March 8 – Campus Sites
15:00 pmNo. 10 Bellarmine vs No. 9 Jacksonville62–79ESPN+
25:00 pmNo. 8 Kennesaw State vs No. 7 Austin Peay60–73
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 9 – Campus Sites
35:00 pmNo. 9 Jacksonville at No. 1 Florida Gulf Coast69–76ESPN+
44:00 pmNo. 5 Eastern Kentucky at No. 4 Lipscomb99–68
55:00 pmNo. 7 Austin Peay at No. 2 Stetson49–45
66:00 pmNo. 6 North Alabama at No. 3 Central Arkansas69–52
Semifinals – Tuesday, March 12 – Campus Sites
76:00 pmNo. 7 Austin Peay at No. 1 Florida Gulf Coast52–74ESPN+
86:30 pmNo. 5 Eastern Kentucky at No. 3 Central Arkansas57–68
Championship – Saturday, March 16 – Campus Sites
96:00 pmNo. 3 Central Arkansas at No. 1 Florida Gulf Coast47–76ESPN+
Game times in CT. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

Notes and References

  1. Web site: WBB Bracket - 2024 (PDF) - Atlantic Sun Conference . 2024-02-13 . asunsports.org . en.
  2. Web site: 2024 Sun Belt Women's Basketball Championship .
  3. Web site: 2024 ASUN Women's Basketball Championship - Atlantic Sun Conference . 2023-11-25 . asunsports.org . en.