2019–20 ASUN Conference men's basketball season

2019–20 ASUN Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams8
Regular season
ChampionsLiberty & North Florida
Season MVPCaleb Homesley, Liberty
Tournament
ChampionsLiberty
  Runners-upLipscomb
Finals MVPCaleb Homesley, Liberty
Atlantic Sun men's basketball seasons
2019–20 ASUN men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Liberty† 13 – 3   .813 30 – 4   .882
North Florida 13 – 3   .813 21 – 12   .636
Lipscomb 9 – 7   .563 16 – 16   .500
Stetson 9 – 7   .563 16 – 17   .485
North Alabama* 8 – 8   .500 13 – 17   .433
Florida Gulf Coast 7 – 9   .438 10 – 22   .313
Jacksonville 7 – 9   .438 14 – 18   .438
NJIT 6 – 10   .375 9 – 21   .300
Kennesaw State 0 – 16   .000 1 – 28   .034
* Ineligible for the 2020 NCAA tournament due to transition period
† 2020 ASUN Tournament winner

The 2019–20 ASUN Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2019, followed by the start of the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play begins in January 2020 and concluded in March 2020. It was the 42nd season of ASUN Conference basketball.

Preseason

On October 11, 2019, the conference announced its preseason honors and polls.[1]

Preseason men's basketball coaches poll

(First place votes in parentheses)

  1. Liberty (7) 79
  2. North Florida (2) 74
  3. FGCU 60
  4. NJIT 51
  5. Lipscomb 40
  6. North Alabama 35
  7. Jacksonville 32
  8. Kennesaw State 20
  9. Stetson 14

Preseason men's basketball media poll

(First place votes in parentheses)

  1. Liberty (44) 429
  2. North Florida (2) 340
  3. FGCU 314
  4. Lipscomb (2) 298
  5. NJIT 240
  6. North Alabama 189
  7. Jacksonville 161
  8. Kennesaw State 99
  9. Stetson 90

Honors

  • Preseason Player of the Year: Caleb Homesley, Liberty
  • Preseason Defensive Player of the Year: Wajid Aminu, North Florida
  • Fan-Voted Preseason Player of the Year: Christiaan Jones, Stetson
  • Fan-Voted Preseason Defensive Player of the Year: Jahlil Rawley, Stetson

Conference matrix

  Florida Gulf Coast Jacksonville Kennesaw State Liberty Lipscomb NJIT North Alabama North Florida Stetson
vs. Florida Gulf Coast — 0−2 0−2 2−0 1−1 1−1 2−0 2−0 1−1
vs. Jacksonville 2−0 — 0−2 2−0 1−1 0−2 1−1 2−0 1−1
vs. Kennesaw State 2−0 2−0 — 2−0 2−0 2−0 2−0 2−0 2−0
vs. Liberty 0−2 0−2 0−2 — 1−1 0−2 0−2 1−1 1−1
vs. Lipscomb 1−1 1−1 0−2 1−1 — 1−1 1−1 1−1 1−1
vs. NJIT 1−1 2−0 0−2 2−0 1−1 — 2−0 1−1 1−1
vs. North Alabama 0−2 1−1 0−2 2−0 1−1 0−2 — 2−0 2−0
vs. North Florida 0−2 0−2 0−2 1−1 1−1 1−1 0−2 — 0−2
vs. Stetson 1−1 1−1 0−2 1−1 1−1 1−1 0−2 2−0 —
Total 7−9 7−9 0−16 13−3 9−7 6−10 8−8 13−3 9−7

All-Atlantic Sun awards

Atlantic Sun men's basketball weekly awards

Week Player(s) of the Week School Newcomer of the Week School
Nov 11 Ahsan Asadullah Lipscomb Rob Perry Stetson
Nov 18 Zach Cooks & Carter Hendricksen NJIT & North Florida C.J. Brim North Alabama
Nov 25 Scottie James Liberty Kyle Rode Liberty
Dec 2 David Bell Jacksonville KJ Johnson Lipscomb
Dec 9 Carter Hendricksen North Florida Destin Barnes Jacksonville
Dec 16 Tyler Hooker & Myo-Baxter Bell Kennesaw State & Liberty Diante Wood Jacksonville
Dec 23 Scottie James Liberty Mahamadou Diawara Stetson
Dec 30 Souleymane Diakite NJIT KJ Johnson Lipscomb
Jan 6 Caleb Homesley Liberty Sam Gagliardi Florida Gulf Coast
Jan 13 San Antonio Brinson NJIT Mervin James North Alabama
Jan 21 Garrett Sams North Florida Rob Perry Stetson
Jan 27 Ahsan Asadullah Lipscomb Rob Perry Stetson
Feb 3 Garrett Sams North Florida Jalen Warren Florida Gulf Coast
Feb 10 Caleb Homesley Liberty Rob Perry Stetson
Feb 17 Ahsan Asadullah Lipscomb Joel Kabimba Stetson
Feb 24
Mar 2

Conference awards

On March 3, 2020, the ASUN announced its conference awards.[2]

Award Recipients
Coach of the Year Matthew Driscoll, North Florida &
Ritchie McKay, Liberty
Player of the Year Caleb Homesley, Liberty
Defensive Player of the Year David Bell, Jacksonville
Newcomer of the Year Destin Barnes, Jacksonville
Freshman of the Year Rob Perry, Stetson
First Team Caleb Homesley, Liberty

Scottie James, Liberty
Ahsan Asadullah, Lipscomb
Ivan Gandia-Rosa, North Florida
Garrett Sams, North Florida

Second Team David Bell, Jacksonville

Georgie Pacheco-Ortiz, Liberty
Zach Cooks, NJIT
Carter Hendricksen, North Florida
Rob Perry, Stetson

All-Freshman Team Rob Perry, Stetson

Mahamadou Diawara, Stetson
KJ Johnson, Lipscomb
Mervin James, North Alabama
Mo Arnold, Jacksonville

References

  1. ^ "2019-20 ASUN Conference Men’s Basketball Preseason Honors & Polls" ASUNSports.org. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
  2. ^ "Liberty's Homesley Highlights 2019–20 @ASUN_MBB Postseason Awards" (Press release). ASUN Conference. March 3, 2020. Retrieved March 3, 2020.