2018 ASUN women's basketball tournament

2018 ASUN women's basketball tournament
2018 ASUN women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2017–18
Teams	8
Site	Campus sites
Champions	Florida Gulf Coast (5th title)
Winning coach	Karl Smesko (5th title)
MVP	China Dow (Florida Gulf Coast)
Attendance	9,221
Television	ESPN3
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The 2018 ASUN women's basketball tournament was the 32nd edition of the ASUN Conference championship. It took place March 2, 7 and 11, 2018 in several arenas at campus sites.^[1]

2017–18 ASUN women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Florida Gulf Coast †	13	–	1	.929	31	–	5	.861
Jacksonville	12	–	2	.857	24	–	9	.727
Stetson	8	–	6	.571	17	–	15	.531
Lipscomb	7	–	7	.500	12	–	19	.387
USC Upstate	6	–	8	.429	11	–	19	.367
North Florida	5	–	9	.357	13	–	18	.419
Kennesaw State	3	–	11	.214	7	–	19	.269
NJIT	2	–	12	.143	4	–	26	.133

† 2018 ASUN Tournament winner As of 19 March 2018 Rankings from AP poll

Format

The ASUN Championship is a three-day single-elimination tournament. Eight teams competed in the championship, with the higher seeded team in each matchup hosting the game.^[2]

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference	Overall
1	Florida Gulf Coast	13–1	27–4
2	Jacksonville	12–2	22–7
3	Stetson	8–6	17–13
4	Lipscomb	7–7	11–18
5	USC Upstate	6–8	11–18
6	North Florida	5–9	12–17
7	Kennesaw State	3–11	7–18
8	NJIT	2–12	4–25
Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.

Schedule

Game	Matchup^#	Time*	Television	Attendance
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 2
1	No. 8 NJIT at No. 1 Florida Gulf Coast	7:00 PM	ESPN3	2,006
2	No. 5 USC Upstate at No. 4 Lipscomb	8:00 PM		401
3	No. 6 North Florida at No. 3 Stetson	7:00 PM		437
4	No. 7 Kennesaw State at No. 2 Jacksonville	7:00 PM		379
Semifinals – Wednesday, March 7
5	#4 Lipscomb at #1 Florida Gulf Coast	7:00 PM	ESPN3	2,022
6	#6 North Florida at #2 Jacksonville	7:00 PM	ESPN3	1,010
Championship – Sunday, March 11
7	#2 Jacksonville at #1 Florida Gulf Coast	3:00 PM	ESPN3	2,966
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team.

Bracket

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Quarterfinals March 2 ESPN3			Semifinals March 7 ESPN3			Championship March 11 ESPN3

1	Florida Gulf Coast	83

8	NJIT	62
			1	Florida Gulf Coast	105

			4	Lipscomb	55
4	Lipscomb	95

5	USC Upstate	53
						1	Florida Gulf Coast	68

						2	Jacksonville	58
3	Stetson	55

6	North Florida	63
			6	North Florida	77

			2	Jacksonville	83
2	Jacksonville	79

7	Kennesaw State	52

References

^ ^a ^b "2018 ASUN Women's Basketball Championship" (PDF). ASUN Conference. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
^ "Championship Format". Atlantic Sun. Presto Sports. Retrieved November 2, 2016.

External links

Championship Details

[Bracket-1] "2018 ASUN Women's Basketball Championship" (PDF). ASUN Conference. Retrieved April 30, 2022.

[2] "Championship Format". Atlantic Sun. Presto Sports. Retrieved November 2, 2016.

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