2009 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2009 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 4–7, 2009 at Allen Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.

2009 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2008–09
Teams7
SiteAllen Arena
Nashville, Tennessee
ChampionsEast Tennessee State (1st title)
Winning coachMurry Bartow (1st title)
MVPKevin Tiggs (East Tennessee State)
2008–09 Atlantic Sun men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Jacksonville15–5 .750  18–14  .563
East Tennessee St.†14–6 .700  23–11  .676
Belmont14–6 .700  20–13  .606
Lipscomb12–8 .600  17–14  .548
Mercer11–9 .550  17–15  .531
Campbell11–9 .550  14–16  .467
Stetson9–11 .450  13–17  .433
USC Upstate8–12 .400  9–21  .300
Florida Gulf Coast7–13 .350  11–20  .355
North Florida6–14 .300  8–22  .267
Kennesaw State3–17 .150  7–22  .241
† 2009 Atlantic Sun Tournament winner
As of March 2, 2009; Rankings from AP Poll

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 St 85
  3 Belmont 65  
6 Mercer 64  
3 Belmont 74
    2 East Tennessee St 88  
2 East Tennessee St 90
  7 Stetson 76  

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