Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament

Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament
Conference Basketball Championship
Atlantic Sun logo
Sport	Basketball
Conference	Atlantic Sun Conference
Number of teams	7
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium	Hawkins Arena
Current location	Macon, Georgia
Played	1979–present
Last contest	2013 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament
Current champion	Florida Gulf Coast
Most championships	Belmont Bruins (5)
TV partner(s)	ESPN
Official website	Atlantic Sun mens basketball

The Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Basketball Tournament (popularly known as the Atlantic Sun Tournament) is the conference championship tournament in basketball for the Atlantic Sun Conference. The tournament has been held every year since 1979, except for 1992–93. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

History

Year	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Location
1979	Northeast Louisiana	90–69	Mercer	Fant-Ewing Coliseum • Monroe, LA
1980	Centenary	79–77	Northeast Louisiana	Fant-Ewing Coliseum • Monroe, LA
1981	Mercer	72–67	Houston Baptist	Hirsch Coliseum • Shreveport, LA
1982	Northeast Louisiana	98–85	Centenary	Fant-Ewing Coliseum • Monroe, LA
1983	Georgia Southern	68–67	Arkansas-Little Rock	Barton Coliseum • Little Rock, AR
1984	Houston Baptist	81–76	Samford	Spring Branch Coliseum • Houston, TX
1985	Mercer	105–96	Arkansas-Little Rock	Hanner Fieldhouse • Statesboro, GA
1986	Arkansas-Little Rock	85–63	Centenary	Barton Coliseum • Little Rock, AR
1987	Georgia Southern	49–46	Stetson	Barton Coliseum • Little Rock, AR
1988	Texas-San Antonio	76–69	Georgia Southern	Ocean Center • Daytona Beach, FL
1989	Arkansas-Little Rock	100–72	Centenary	Barton Coliseum • Little Rock, AR
1990	Arkansas-Little Rock	105–95	Centenary	Barton Coliseum • Little Rock, AR
1991	Georgia State	80–60	Arkansas-Little Rock	Edmunds Center • DeLand, FL
1992	Georgia Southern	95–82	Georgia State	Hanner Fieldhouse • Statesboro, GA
1993	No Tournament
1994	Central Florida	70–67	Stetson	UCF Arena • Orlando, FL
1995	FIU	68–57	Mercer	UCF Arena • Orlando, FL
1996	Central Florida	86–77	Mercer	Edmunds Center • DeLand, FL
1997	College of Charleston	83–73	Florida International	John Kresse Arena • Charleston, SC
1998	College of Charleston	72–63	Florida International	John Kresse Arena • Charleston, SC
1999	Samford	89–61	Central Florida	Jacksonville Coliseum • Jacksonville, FL
2000	Samford	81–68	Central Florida	Jacksonville Coliseum • Jacksonville, FL
2001	Georgia State	79–55	Troy	GSU Sports Arena • Atlanta, GA
2002	Florida Atlantic	76–75	Georgia State	UCF Arena • Orlando, FL
2003	Troy	80–59	Central Florida	GSU Sports Arena • Atlanta, GA
2004	Central Florida	60–55	Troy	Curb Event Center • Nashville, TN
2005	Central Florida	63–54	Gardner-Webb	Curb Event Center • Nashville, TN
2006	Belmont	74–69 OT	Lipscomb	Memorial Center • Johnson City, TN
2007	Belmont	94–67	East Tennessee State	Memorial Center • Johnson City, TN
2008	Belmont	79–61	Jacksonville	Allen Arena • Nashville, TN
2009	East Tennessee State	85–68	Jacksonville	Allen Arena • Nashville, TN
2010	East Tennessee State	72–66	Mercer	University Center • Macon, GA
2011	Belmont	87–46	North Florida	University Center • Macon, GA
2012	Belmont	83–69	Florida Gulf Coast	University Center • Macon, GA
2013	Florida Gulf Coast	88–75	Mercer	Hawkins Arena • Macon, GA

Performance by school

Member	Winners	Winning Years
Belmonta	5	2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012
Central Floridaa	4	1994, 1996, 2004, 2005
Georgia Southerna	3	1983, 1987, 1992
Arkansas-Llittle Rocka	3	1986, 1989, 1990
Georgia Statea	2	1991, 2001
Samforda	2	1999, 2000
Mercer	2	1981, 1985
Northeast Louisianaa b	2	1979, 1982
College of Charlestona	2	1997, 1998
East Tennessee State	2	2009, 2010
FIUa	1	1995
Florida Atlantica	1	2002
Troya	1	2003
Florida Gulf Coast	1	2013
Texas-San Antonioa	1	1988
Houston Baptista	1	1984
Centenarya	1	1980
TOTAL	33

Footnotes

• ^a No longer a conference member.
• ^b Known since 1999 as Louisiana–Monroe (in full, the University of Louisiana at Monroe).

See also

• Atlantic Sun Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

References

• [1]

Men's Conference Basketball Tournaments

NCAA Division I men's basketball conference tournaments

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