2022 ASUN women's basketball tournament

2022 ASUN women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2021–22
Teams12
SiteCampus sites
ChampionsFlorida Gulf Coast (9th title)
Winning coachKarl Smesko (9th title)
MVPKierstan Bell (FGCU)
TelevisionESPN+,
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The 2022 ASUN women's basketball tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the ASUN Conference. This was the 43rd season in which the league has conducted a postseason tournament. The tournament was held March 2, 6, 9, and 12, 2022, at campus sites of the higher seeds. Florida Gulf Coast, winners of the conference's East Division and also with the best overall conference record, won the tournament and with it the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

2021–22 ASUN women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
No. 23 Florida Gulf Coast † 15 – 1   .938 30 – 3   .909
Liberty 14 – 2   .875 28 – 5   .848
Stetson 11 – 5   .688 20 – 12   .625
Jacksonville 8 – 8   .500 16 – 13   .552
North Florida 5 – 11   .313 13 – 17   .433
Kennesaw State 5 – 11   .313 9 – 19   .321
West
Jacksonville State 13 – 3   .813 24 – 8   .750
North Alabama* 8 – 8   .500 13 – 16   .448
Eastern Kentucky 7 – 9   .438 15 – 16   .484
Lipscomb 5 – 11   .313 10 – 20   .333
Central Arkansas 4 – 12   .250 9 – 19   .321
Bellarmine* 1 – 15   .063 4 – 24   .143
* ineligible for the 2022 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II
† 2022 ASUN Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

All teams in the conference qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded by their record in conference play, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top two teams from each division received byes into the quarterfinals.

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. These tiebreakers are also used to determine home court should teams with identical divisional seedings and conference records advance to the championship game (which happened in the 2022 ASUN men's tournament).

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
#1 East Florida Gulf Coast 15–1
#1 West Jacksonville State 13–3
#2 East Liberty 14–2
#2 West North Alabama 8–8
#3 East Stetson 11–5
#3 West Eastern Kentucky 7–9
#4 East Jacksonville 8–8
#4 West Lipscomb 5–11
#5 East North Florida 5–11 Superior NET Ranking to Kennesaw State
#5 West Central Arkansas 5–11
#6 East Kennesaw State 5–11 Lost NET to North Florida
#6 West Bellarmine 1–15

Schedule

Game Time [1] Matchup[2] Score Television
First round – Wednesday, March 2 – Campus Sites
1 5:00 pm W6 Bellarmine at E3 Stetson 53–81 ESPN+
2 6:00 pm W5 Central Arkansas at E4 Jacksonville 55–65
3 6:00 pm E6 Kennesaw State at W3 Eastern Kentucky 57–71
4 7:00 pm E5 North Florida at W4 Lipscomb 60–42
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 6– Campus Sites
5 1:00 pm W3 Eastern Kentucky at E2 Liberty 57–77 ESPN+
6 1:00 pm E5 North Florida at E1 Florida Gulf Coast 60–71
7 3:00 pm E4 Jacksonville at W1 Jacksonville State 56–70
8 3:30 pm E3 Stetson at W2 North Alabama 64–53
Semifinals – Wednesday, March 9 – Campus Sites
9 6:00 pm E2 Liberty at W1 Jacksonville State 57–59 ESPN+
10 6:00 pm E3 Stetson at E1 Florida Gulf Coast 67–82
Championship – Saturday, March 12 – Campus Sites
11 6:00 pm W1 Jacksonville State at E1 Florida Gulf Coast 54-69 ESPN+
Game times in CT. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

If North Alabama or Bellarmine had won the ASUN Tournament, the conference's top overall seed, Florida Gulf Coast, would have claimed the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. However, both lost their first tournament games.

First round
Wednesday, March 2, 2022
ESPN+ 		Quarterfinals
Sunday, March 6, 2022
ESPN+ 		Semifinals
Wednesday, March 9, 2022
ESPN+ 		Championship game
Saturday, March 12, 2022
ESPN+
2E Liberty 77
3W Eastern Kentucky 71 3W Eastern Kentucky 57
6E Kennesaw State 57 2E Liberty 57
1W Jacksonville State 59
1W Jacksonville State 70
4E Jacksonville 65 4E Jacksonville 56
5W Central Arkansas 55 1W Jacksonville State 54
1E Florida Gulf Coast 69
2W North Alabama 53
3E Stetson 81 3E Stetson 64
6W Bellarmine 53 3E Stetson 67
1E Florida Gulf Coast 82
1E Florida Gulf Coast 71
4W Lipscomb 42 5E North Florida 60
5E North Florida 60

References

  1. ^ "2022 ASUN Women's Basketball Championship".
  2. ^ "ASUN Conference" (PDF). ASUN Conference. Retrieved February 15, 2022.