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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)
Atlantic Sun men's basketball tournaments← 20082010 →
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

2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournaments
Conference
National
ASUN men's basketball tournament
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