Atlantic Sun Women's Basketball Tournament

Atlantic Sun Women's Basketball Tournament
	Conference Basketball Championship
Sport	Basketball
Conference	ASUN Conference
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium	Campus sites
Played	1986–1991 (as NSWAC Tournament); 1992–2001 (as TAAC Tournament); 2002–present (as ASUN Tournament)
Last contest	2019
Current champion	Florida Gulf Coast
Most championships	FIU, Georgia Southern, FGCU (6)
Official website	asunsports.org

The Atlantic Sun Women's Basketball Tournament is a postseason tournament that determines which team receives the Atlantic Sun Conference's automatic bid into the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.

The tournament was first held in 1986 by the New South Women's Athletic Conference, a women-only Division I conference. Following the 1990–91 basketball season, the NSWAC was absorbed by the Trans America Athletic Conference, with the TAAC incorporating all NSWAC statistics and records as its own. The conference changed its name to Atlantic Sun Conference in 2002, and rebranded itself as the ASUN Conference in 2016 (though the legal name is still "Atlantic Sun").

For most of its history, the tournament was held at predetermined campus sites, a tradition which started with the inception of the women's tournament. From 2004-07, the tournament was played regularly at the Dothan Civic Center in Dothan, Alabama, though then-conference member Troy was the official host in 2004-05, and the city of Dothan was the host in 2006-07, after Troy had departed for the Sun Belt Conference. Starting in 2008, the tournament moved yet again, this time to Nashville, Tennessee, hosted by Lipscomb. In 2010, the tourney was moved to Macon, Georgia and was hosted by Mercer University through 2013. It then moved to Alico Arena on the campus of Florida Gulf Coast University near Fort Myers, Florida for two seasons. The 2016 tournament began a new era for the event, with all games being held at campus sites. Since then, all games have been hosted by the higher seed of the teams involved.

Tournament champions

New South Women's Athletic Conference

Year	Champion	Location	Host
1986	Florida A&M	Gaither Gym, Tallahassee, Florida	FAMU
1987	Georgia Southern	Hanner Fieldhouse, Statesboro, Georgia	Georgia Southern
1988	Georgia Southern	Edmunds Center, DeLand, Florida	Stetson
1989	Stetson	GSU Sports Arena, Atlanta, Georgia	Georgia State
1990	Georgia Southern	Golden Panther Arena, Miami, Florida	FIU
1991	Miami (FL)	Gaither Gym, Tallahassee, Florida	FAMU

Trans America Athletic Conference

Year	Champion	Location	Host
1992	FIU	Hanner Fieldhouse, Statesboro, Georgia	Georgia Southern
1993	FIU	Golden Panther Arena, Miami, Florida	FIU
1994	FIU	University Center, Hammond, Louisiana	Southeastern Louisiana University
1995	FIU	John Kresse Arena, Charleston, South Carolina	College of Charleston
1996	UCF	University Center, Hammond, Louisiana	Southeastern Louisiana University
1997	FIU	Edmunds Center, DeLand Florida	Stetson
1998	FIU	Golden Panther Arena, Miami, Florida	FIU
1999	UCF	GSU Sports Arena, Atlanta, Georgia	Georgia Southern
2000	Campbell	Pelham Civic Center, Pelham, Alabama	ASF (in conjunction with Samford, Jacksonville State and Troy).
2001	Georgia Southern	UCF Arena, Orlando, Florida	UCF

Atlantic Sun Conference

Year	Champion	Location	Host[lower-alpha 1]
2002	Georgia Southern	Trojan Arena, Troy, Alabama	Troy
2003	Georgia Southern	UCF Arena, Orlando, Florida	UCF
2004	Lipscomb	Dothan Civic Center, Dothan, Alabama	Troy
2005	Stetson	Dothan Civic Center, Dothan, Alabama	Troy
2006	FAU	Dothan Civic Center, Dothan, Alabama	Dothan, AL
2007	Belmont	Dothan Civic Center, Dothan, Alabama	Dothan, AL
2008	ETSU	Allen Arena, Nashville, Tennessee	Lipscomb
2009	ETSU	Allen Arena, Nashville, Tennessee	Lipscomb
2010	ETSU	University Center, Macon, Georgia	Mercer
2011	Stetson	University Center, Macon, Georgia	Mercer
2012	FGCU	University Center, Macon, Georgia	Mercer
2013	Stetson	University Center, Macon, Georgia	Mercer
2014	FGCU	Alico Arena, Fort Myers, Florida	FGCU
2015	FGCU	Alico Arena, Fort Myers, Florida	FGCU
2016	Jacksonville	Alico Arena, Fort Myers, Florida	FGCU
2017	FGCU	Edmunds Center, DeLand, Florida	Stetson
2018	FGCU	Alico Arena, Fort Myers, Florida	FGCU
2019	FGCU	Alico Arena, Fort Myers, Florida	FGCU

Since 2016, refers to host of final game only.

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Performance by school

Member	Winners	Winning Years
FGCU	6	2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
Georgia Southern	6	1987, 1988, 1990, 2001, 2002, 2003
FIU	6	1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998
Stetson	4	1989, 2005, 2011, 2013
ETSU	3	2008, 2009, 2010
UCF	2	1996, 1999
Jacksonville	1	2016
Belmont	1	2007
Lipscomb	1	2004
Campbell	1	2000
FAU	1	2006
Miami	1	1991
FAMU	1	1986
TOTAL	29

Teams in bold are current ASUN members

References

"ASUN Conference" (PDF). asunsports.org. Retrieved 2019-03-16.

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[1] Since 2016, refers to host of final game only.

[2] "ASUN Conference" (PDF). asunsports.org. Retrieved 2019-03-16.

Atlantic Sun Conference women's basketball
Teams	Bellarmine Knights Florida Gulf Coast Eagles Jacksonville Dolphins Kennesaw State Owls Liberty Lady Flames Lipscomb Bisons North Alabama Lions North Florida Ospreys Stetson Hatters
Championships & awards	Atlantic Sun Conference Women's Basketball Tournament Player of the Year
Seasons	1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20