| 2022 ASUN women's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2021–22 |
| Teams | 12 |
| Site | Campus sites |
| Champions | Florida Gulf Coast (9th title) |
| Winning coach | Karl Smesko (9th title) |
| MVP | Kierstan Bell (FGCU) |
| Television | ESPN+, |
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.
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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
- ↑ "2022 ASUN Women's Basketball Championship".
- ↑ "ASUN Conference" (PDF). ASUN Conference. Retrieved February 15, 2022.