1995 TAAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season199495
Teams8
SiteUCF Arena
Orlando, FL
ChampionsFlorida International (1st title)
Winning coachBob Weltlich (1st title)
MVPJames Mazyck (Florida International)
TAAC men's basketball tournaments
1994–95 TAAC men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
College of Charleston151 .938236  .793
Samford115 .6881611  .593
Stetson115 .6881512  .556
Mercer88 .5001514  .517
Southeastern Louisiana79 .4381216  .429
Central Florida79 .4381116  .407
Centenary79 .4381017  .370
Georgia State610 .3751117  .393
Florida International412 .2501119  .367
Campbell412 .250818  .308
Florida Atlantic 918  .333
1995 TAAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll[1]

The 1995 Trans America Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament (now known as the ASUN men's basketball tournament) was held March 2–4 at the UCF Arena in Orlando, Florida.[2]

Eighth-seeded Florida International upset Mercer in the championship game, 68–57, to win their first TAAC/Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament. FIU became the first team in the history of the TAAC/Atlantic Sun tournament to win the tournament as the lowest-seeded team in the field.

The Golden Panthers, therefore, received the TAAC's automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA tournament, their first Division I tournament appearance.

Even though the TAAC added one more team for the 1994–95 season (Campbell), the tournament field remained fixed at eight. Along with Campbell, fellow newcomers College of Charleston (who won the TAAC regular season title) and Florida Atlantic were not part of the final bracket.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 2
Semifinals
Friday, March 3
Championship
Saturday, March 4
         
1 Stetson 56
8 Florida International 63
8 Florida International 65
4 SE Louisiana 64
5 Central Florida 70
4 SE Louisiana 81
8 Florida International 68
3 Mercer 57
3 Mercer 90
6 Centenary (LA) 88
3 Mercer 81
7 Georgia State 71
7 Georgia State 71
2 Samford 57

References

  1. sports-reference.com 1994-95 Trans America Athletic Conference Season Summary
  2. "1994-95 Atlantic Sun Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
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