2009 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament

2009 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2008–09
Teams	7
Site	Allen Arena Nashville, Tennessee
Champions	East Tennessee State (1st title)
Winning coach	Murry Bartow (1st title)
MVP	Kevin Tiggs (East Tennessee State)
Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournaments «2008  2010»

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

Sources

• Atlantic Sun Basketball Championship

References