2006 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament

2006 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 200506
Teams 8
Site Memorial Center
Johnson City, TN
Champions Belmont (1st title)
Winning coach Rick Byrd (1st title)
MVP Justin Hare (Belmont)
Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournaments
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The 2006 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 2–4 at the Memorial Center at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee.[1]

Belmont defeated top-seeded rival Lipscomb in the championship game, 74–69, to clinch their first Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournament.

The Bruins, therefore, received the Atlantic Sun's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Tournament. This was Belmont's first appearance in the Division I tournament.

Format

The Atlantic Sun saw some significant membership changes prior to the 2005–06 season, even though the A-Sun remained fixed at 11 programs. Long-time member Georgia State departed for the CAA, Central Florida joined Conference USA, and Troy (formerly Troy State) left for the Sun Belt. Meanwhile, the conference added three new members: East Tennessee State (from the SoCon), Kennesaw State (from Division II), and North Florida (also from Division II).

Nonetheless, no changes were made to the tournament format. Only the top eight teams from the conference tournament were eligible for the tournament. These eight teams were seeded based on regular season conference records and were all entered into the quarterfinal round.

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 2
Semifinals
Friday, March 3
Championship
Saturday, March 4
                           
  1  Lipscomb 78  
8  Mercer 62  
  1  Lipscomb 70  
    4  Gardner–Webb 51  
5  East Tennessee State 63
  4  Gardner–Webb 64  
    1  Lipscomb 69
  2  Belmont 74
  3  Florida Atlantic 44  
6  Mercer 54  
6  Stetson 59
    2  Belmont 72  
7  Campbell 76
  2  Belmont 90  

References

  1. "2005-2006 Atlantic Sun Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
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