2021 ASUN men's basketball tournament

The 2021 ASUN men's basketball tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the ASUN Conference. The tournament was the 42nd year the league has conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held March 4–7, 2021 in Jacksonville, Florida. Quarterfinals were played at both Swisher Gymnasium and UNF Arena, while the semifinals and finals were held solely at UNF Arena. The eligible winner received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.^[1]

2021 ASUN men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2020–21
Teams	8
Site	UNF Arena & Swisher Gymnasium Jacksonville, FL
Champions	Liberty (3rd title)
Winning coach	Ritchie McKay (3rd title)
MVP	Darius McGhee (Liberty)
Television	ESPN, ESPN+
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2020–21 ASUN men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Liberty †	11	–	2		.846			23	–	6		.793
Bellarmine *	10	–	3		.769			14	–	8		.636
Lipscomb	9	–	6		.600			15	–	12		.556
North Florida	6	–	6		.500			8	–	15		.348
North Alabama *	7	–	8		.467			13	–	11		.542
Florida Gulf Coast	4	–	5		.444			10	–	8		.556
Stetson	7	–	9		.438			12	–	15		.444
Jacksonville	5	–	9		.357			11	–	13		.458
Kennesaw State	2	–	13		.133			5	–	19		.208
* ineligible for the 2021 NCAA tournament due to transition period Jacksonville suspended their season on February 26, 2021
† 2021 ASUN Tournament winner

When No. 5 seeded North Alabama defeated No. 6 Florida Gulf Coast in the second semifinal game, Liberty was awarded the ASUN automatic bid to the NCAA tournament since North Alabama is ineligible as a team transitioning to Division I.

Seeds

All of the teams, except for Jacksonville, in the conference standings qualified for the tournament. Jacksonville cancelled their season after going 11–13, so they did not compete in the conference tournament. The teams were seeded by their record in conference play, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

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.^[2]

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Liberty	11–2
2	Bellarmine	10–3
3	Lipscomb	9–5
4	North Florida	6–6
5	North Alabama	7–8
6	Florida Gulf Coast	4–5
7	Stetson	7–9
8	Kennesaw State	2–13

Schedule

Game	Time ^[3]	Matchup	Score	Television	Attendance
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 4
1	2:00 pm	No. 1 Liberty vs. No. 8 Kennesaw State	69–59	ESPN+
2	2:00 pm	No. 4 North Florida vs. No. 5 North Alabama	60–68
3	7:00 pm	No. 3 Lipscomb vs. No. 6 Florida Gulf Coast	60–72
4	7:00 pm	No. 2 Bellarmine vs. No. 7 Stetson	70–73
Semifinals – Friday, March 5
5	2:00 pm	No. 1 Liberty vs. No. 7 Stetson	77–64	ESPN+
6	7:00 pm	No. 5 North Alabama vs No. 6 Florida Gulf Coast	96–81
Championship – Sunday, March 7
7	2:00 pm	No. 1 Liberty vs. No. 5 North Alabama	79–75	ESPN
Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

Teams are reseeded after the quarterfinals

	Quarterfinals March 4 ESPN+					Semifinals March 5 ESPN+					Championship March 7 ESPN
	1	Liberty	69
	8	Kennesaw State	59
						1	Liberty	77
						7	Stetson	64
	2	Bellarmine	70
	7	Stetson	73
											1	Liberty	79
											5	North Alabama	75
	4	North Florida	60
	5	North Alabama	68
						5	North Alabama	96
						6	Florida Gulf Coast	81
	3	Lipscomb	60
	6	Florida Gulf Coast	72

References

1. "2021 ASUN Men's Basketball Championship". ASUN Conference. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
2. "2020 ASUN Men's Basketball Championship".
3. "2021 ASUN Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). ASUN Conference. Retrieved February 27, 2021.