2021 ASUN women's basketball tournament

The 2021 ASUN women's basketball tournament was the 35th edition of the ASUN Conference championship. It took place March 10–14, 2021, in the KSU Convocation Center in Kennesaw, Georgia. Florida Gulf Coast won the tournament, its seventh title, receiving the league's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA tournament.^[1][2]

2021 ASUN women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2020–21
Teams	9
Site	KSU Convocation Center Kennesaw, GA
Champions	Florida Gulf Coast (7th title)
Winning coach	Karl Smesko (7th title)
MVP	Kierstan Bell (Florida Gulf Coast)
Television	ESPN+
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2020–21 ASUN women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 24 Florida Gulf Coast	16	–	0		1.000			23	–	2		.920
Liberty	12	–	4		.750			17	–	7		.708
North Florida	11	–	5		.688			13	–	10		.565
Lipscomb	8	–	6		.571			11	–	9		.550
Stetson	7	–	9		.438			9	–	12		.429
North Alabama*	6	–	9		.400			7	–	17		.292
Bellarmine*	5	–	11		.313			5	–	16		.238
Kennesaw State	2	–	11		.154			7	–	11		.389
Jacksonville	1	–	13		.071			3	–	16		.158
* ineligible for the 2021 NCAA tournament due to transition period
† 2021 ASUN Tournament winner As of March 6, 2021 Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference	Overall
1	Florida Gulf Coast	16–0	23–2
2	Liberty	12–4	17–7
3	North Florida	11–5	13–10
4	Lipscomb	8–6	11–9
5	Stetson	7–9	9–12
6	North Alabama	6–9	7–17
7	Bellarmine	5–11	5–16
8	Kennesaw State	2–11	7–11
9	Jacksonville	1–13	3–16

Schedule

Game	Matchup	Time	Television	Score
First round – Wednesday, March 10
1	No. 9 Jacksonville vs. No. 8 Kennesaw State	2:00 pm	ESPN+	55–52
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 11
2	No. 9 Jacksonville vs. No. 1 Florida Gulf Coast	2:00 pm	ESPN+	62–87
3	No. 5 Stetson vs. No. 4 Lipscomb	2:00 pm^a		47–50^OT
4	No. 6 North Alabama vs. No. 3 North Florida	7:00 pm^a		74–86
5	No. 7 Bellarmine vs. No. 2 Liberty	7:00 pm		59–88
Semifinals – Friday, March 12
6	No. 1 Florida Gulf Coast vs. No. 4 Lipscomb	2:00 pm	ESPN+	59–44
7	No. 3 North Florida vs. No. 2 Liberty	7:00 pm		52–65
Championship – Sunday, March 14
8	No. 1 Florida Gulf Coast vs. No. 2 Liberty	2:00 pm	ESPN+	84–62
*Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding. ^a denotes alternate KSU site.

Bracket

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	First round March 10 ESPN+					Quarterfinals March 11 ESPN+					Semifinals March 12 ESPN+					Championship March 14 ESPN+
						1	Florida Gulf Coast	87
						9	Jacksonville	62
	8	Kennesaw State	52
	9	Jacksonville	55
											1	Florida Gulf Coast	59
											4	Lipscomb	44
						4	Lipscomb	50*
						5	Stetson	47
																1	Florida Gulf Coast	84
																2	Liberty	62
						3	North Florida	86
						6	North Alabama	74
											3	North Florida	52
											2	Liberty	65
						2	Liberty	88
						7	Bellarmine	59

* denotes overtime

See also

• 2020–21 NCAA Division I women's basketball season
• ASUN women's basketball tournament
• 2021 ASUN men's basketball tournament

References

1. "No. 21 FGCU Defeats Liberty to Capture the 2021 #ASUNMadness Championship". ASUN Conference. March 14, 2021. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
2. "2021 ASUN Women's Basketball Championship". ASUN Athletics. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
3. "2021 Atlantic Sun Tournament Bracket" (PDF). Atlantic Sun. Retrieved March 7, 2021.

External links

• Championship Details