2009 Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament

2009 Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2008–09
Teams	7
Site	Allen Arena Nashville, Tennessee
Champions	East Tennessee State (1st title)
Winning coach	Murry Bartow (1st title)
MVP	Kevin Tiggs (East Tennessee State)
Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournaments

2008–09 Atlantic Sun men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Jacksonville	15	–	5		.750			18	–	14		.563
East Tennessee State †	14	–	6		.700			23	–	11		.676
Belmont	14	–	6		.700			20	–	13		.606
Lipscomb	12	–	8		.600			17	–	14		.548
Mercer	11	–	9		.550			17	–	15		.531
Campbell	11	–	9		.550			14	–	16		.467
Stetson	9	–	11		.450			13	–	17		.433
USC Upstate	8	–	12		.400			9	–	21		.300
Florida Gulf Coast	7	–	13		.350			11	–	20		.355
North Florida	6	–	14		.300			8	–	22		.267
Kennesaw State	3	–	17		.150			7	–	22		.241
† 2009 Atlantic Sun Tournament winner As of March 2, 2009 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009 Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament took place from March 4–7, 2009 at Allen Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.

Format

The seven eligible men's basketball teams in the Atlantic Sun Conference receive a berth in the conference tournament. After the 20 game conference season, teams are seeded by conference record. The winner of the tournament receives an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The #1 seed, if not tournament champions, will receive an automatic bid to the NIT.

Bracket

	First round March 4–5					Semifinals March 6					Finals March 7
						1	Jacksonville	88
						4	Lipscomb	72
	4	Lipscomb	82
	5	Campbell	52
											1	Jacksonville	68
											2	East Tennessee State	85
	3	Belmont	65
	6	Mercer	64
						3	Belmont	74
						2	East Tennessee State	88
	2	East Tennessee State	90
	7	Stetson	76

Sources

• Atlantic Sun Basketball Championship