The 2021–22 ASUN Conference men's basketball season started non-conference play on November 9, 2021, and began conference play on January 4, 2022. The regular season ended on February 26, 2022, followed by the
2022 ASUN men's basketball tournament held March 1–8, 2022.
The conference's regular season champions, the
Jacksonville State Gamecocks
The Jacksonville State Gamecocks are the intercollegiate athletic teams of Jacksonville State University located in Jacksonville, Alabama, United States. In January 2023, the university began phasing in a new identity, Jax State, for marketing a ...
, were awarded the conference's automatic bid to the
2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 68 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament that determined the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's college basketball national champion for the ...
. The conference tournament was won by the
Bellarmine Knights
The Bellarmine Knights are the teams representing Bellarmine University, located in Louisville, Kentucky, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the NCAA Division I ranks, primarily competing in the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN) for most spor ...
, who were ineligible for the NCAA tournament due to their transitional status moving from
NCAA Division II
NCAA Division II (D-II) is the intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). It offers an alternative to both the larger and better-funded Division I and to the scholarship-free environment ...
to
NCAA Division I
NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest division of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States, which accepts players globally. D-I schools include the major collegiate athlet ...
.
Conference changes
Due to the offseason additions of Central Arkansas, Eastern Kentucky, and Jacksonville State, the ASUN changed the conference play format. The conference was split into East and West Divisions. The East includes Florida Gulf Coast, Jacksonville, Kennesaw State, Liberty, North Florida and Stetson, while the West features Bellarmine, Central Arkansas, Eastern Kentucky, Jacksonville State, Lipscomb and North Alabama. Conference play consists of 96 total games, with each team playing 16 games. Each team plays home-and-home against the other teams in its own division, and single games against teams from the other division evenly split between home and away games.
Head coaches
Coaching changes
Jacksonville hired
Jordan Mincy
Jordan Mincy (born October 11, 1986) is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of the Jacksonville Dolphins men's basketball team.
Playing career
Mincy played college basketball at Kent State under both Jim Christian and Geno ...
after
Tony Jasick
Anthony Michael Jasick (born April 17, 1978) is an American men's college basketball acting head coach. He was previously the head coach at Jacksonville and IPFW. He was the third head coach at the NCAA Division I level for the Mastodons.
Early ...
was fired after going 11–13.
Coaches
''Notes:''
* Year at school includes 2021–22 season.
* Overall and ASUN records are from the time at current school and are through the end of the 2020–21 season.
* NCAA Tournament appearances are from the time at current school only, and refer solely to Division I. Before Ballarmine started its transition to Division I, Scott Davenport had led the Knights to 12 Division II tournament appearances.
Preseason Awards
The ASUN preseason men's basketball poll was released on October 20, 2021.
Preseason men's basketball polls
Coaches Poll
''First Place Votes in Parentheses''
# Liberty (9) - 141
# Eastern Kentucky (1) - 126
# Jacksonville State - 103
# Bellarmine (1) - 97
# Lipscomb - 89
# Florida Gulf Coast - 88
#North Florida (1) - 82
#Stetson - 67
#North Alabama - 49
#Jacksonville - 40
#Kennesaw State - 37
#Central Arkansas - 17
Media Poll
''First Place Votes in Parentheses''
# Liberty (30) - 276
# Eastern Kentucky (2) - 288
# Bellarmine / Lipscomb - 284
#
# Jacksonville State - 240
# North Florida - 230
#Florida Gulf Coast - 200
#Stetson - 176
#North Alabama - 174
#Jacksonville - 94
#Central Arkansas - 80
#Kennesaw State - 0
Preseason Honors
''*unanimous selection''
Regular season
Conference standings
Conference Matrix
Players of the Week
Records against other conferences
Conference tournament
The 2022 ASUN Tournament was held at the higher seeded team's home court from March 1, 2022 to March 8, 2022.
References
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