ASUN women's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
SportBasketball
ConferenceASUN Conference
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumCampus sites
Played1986–1991 (as NSWAC Tournament)
1992–2001 (as TAAC Tournament)
2002–present (as ASUN Tournament)
Last contest2023
Current championFlorida Gulf Coast
Most championshipsFGCU (10)
Official websiteasunsports.org

The ASUN women's basketball tournament is a postseason tournament that determines which team receives the ASUN Conference's automatic bid into the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

The tournament was first held in 1986 by the New South Women's Athletic Conference, a women-only Division I conference. Following the 1990–91 basketball season, the NSWAC was absorbed by the Trans America Athletic Conference, with the TAAC incorporating all NSWAC statistics and records as its own. The conference changed its name to Atlantic Sun Conference in 2002, and rebranded itself as the ASUN Conference in 2016.[1]

History

For most of its history, the tournament was held at predetermined campus sites, a tradition which started with the inception of the women's tournament. From 2004-07, the tournament was played regularly at the Dothan Civic Center in Dothan, Alabama, though then-conference member Troy was the official host in 2004-05, and the city of Dothan was the host in 2006-07, after Troy had departed for the Sun Belt Conference. Starting in 2008, the tournament moved yet again, this time to Nashville, Tennessee, hosted by Lipscomb. In 2010, the tourney was moved to Macon, Georgia and was hosted by Mercer University through 2013. It then moved to Alico Arena on the campus of Florida Gulf Coast University near Fort Myers, Florida for two seasons. The 2016 tournament began a new era for the event, with all games being held at campus sites. Since then, all games have been hosted by the higher seed of the teams involved, except for the 2021 edition. With the 2020–21 season dramatically affected by COVID-19, the ASUN chose to move its entire tournament to the campus of Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia.

Results

Year Champions Score Runner-Up Venue
New South Women's Athletic Conference
1986Florida A&M (1)68–54Georgia SouthernGaither Gym, Tallahassee, Florida
1987Georgia Southern (1)74–69Florida A&MHanner Fieldhouse, Statesboro, Georgia
1988Georgia Southern (2)73–66Florida A&MEdmunds Center, DeLand, Florida
1989Stetson (1)72–65Georgia SouthernGSU Sports Arena, Atlanta, Georgia
1990Georgia Southern (3)71–70FIUGolden Panther Arena, Miami, Florida
1991Miami (FL) (1)73–44Florida A&MGaither Gym, Tallahassee, Florida
Trans America Athletic Conference
1992FIU (1)88–78Georgia SouthernHanner Fieldhouse, Statesboro, Georgia
1993FIU (2)77–52MercerGolden Panther Arena, Miami, Florida
1994FIU (3)89–67Southeastern LouisianaUniversity Center, Hammond, Louisiana
1995FIU (4)76–74Southeastern LouisianaJohn Kresse Arena, Charleston, South Carolina
1996Central Florida (1)81–57Florida AtlanticUniversity Center, Hammond, Louisiana
1997FIU (5)91–71Jacksonville StateEdmunds Center, DeLand, Florida
1998FIU (6)86–50Georgia StateGolden Panther Arena, Miami, Florida
1999Central Florida (2)80–59Jacksonville StateGSU Sports Arena, Atlanta, Georgia
2000Campbell (1)66–49Georgia StatePelham Civic Center, Pelham, Alabama
2001Georgia State (1)64–62CampbellUCF Arena, Orlando, Florida
Atlantic Sun Conference
2002Georgia State (2)64–63Florida AtlanticTrojan Arena, Troy, AL
2003Georgia State (3)80–63Central FloridaUCF Arena, Orlando, Florida
2004Lipscomb (1)64–62Central FloridaDothan Civic Center, Dothan, Alabama
2005Stetson (2)88–62Georgia State
2006Florida Atlantic (1)88–62Gardner–Webb
2007Belmont (1)69–57East Tennessee State
2008East Tennessee State (1)72–72JacksonvilleAllen Arena, Nashville, Tennessee
2009East Tennessee State (2)58–52Jacksonville
2010East Tennessee State (3)63–62North FloridaUniversity Center, Macon, Georgia
2011Stetson (3)69–50Jacksonville
2012Florida Gulf Coast (1)67–39Stetson
2013Stetson (4)70–64Stetson
2014Florida Gulf Coast (2)72–70StetsonAlico Arena, Fort Myers, Florida
2015Florida Gulf Coast (3)60–43Northern Kentucky
2016Jacksonville (1)56–54Florida Gulf Coast
ASUN Conference
2017Florida Gulf Coast (4)77–70StetsonEdmunds Center, DeLand, Florida
2018Florida Gulf Coast (5)68–58JacksonvilleAlico Arena, Fort Myers, Florida
2019Florida Gulf Coast (6)72–49Liberty
2020 Tournament canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic[2][3]
2021Florida Gulf Coast (7)[4]84–62LibertyKSU Convocation Center, Kennesaw, Georgia
2022Florida Gulf Coast (8)69–54Jacksonville StateAlico Arena, Fort Myers, Florida
2023Florida Gulf Coast (9)84–60Liberty

Champions

School Titles Years
Florida Gulf Coast
10
2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020Co, 2021, 2022, 2023
FIU
6
1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998
Stetson
4
1989, 2005, 2011, 2013
East Tennessee State
3
2008, 2009, 2010
Georgia State
3
2001, 2002, 2003
Georgia Southern
3
1987, 1988, 1990
UCF
2
1996, 1999
Jacksonville
1
2016
Belmont
1
2007
Lipscomb
1
2004
Campbell
1
2000
Florida Atlantic
1
2006
Miami (FL)
1
1991
Florida A&M
1
1986
Liberty
1
2020Co

See also

References

  1. "ASUN Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). asunsports.org. ASUN Conference. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  2. FGCU, Liberty, semi-finalists, named as co-champions of tournament
  3. Carmany, Paul (2020-09-25). "Lady Flames Announce Revamped 2020-21 ASUN WBB Schedule". WSLS. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
  4. "No. 21 FGCU Defeats Liberty to Capture the 2021 #ASUNMadness Championship". ASUN Conference. 2021-03-14. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
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